Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Medical News

Medical News


Bipolar I disorder has higher costs than other affective disorders

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Results from an Australian study show that bipolar I disorder is associated with higher costs than bipolar II disorder or unipolar depression.

Bipolar I disorder has higher costs than other affective disorders

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Results from an Australian study show that bipolar I disorder is associated with higher costs than bipolar II disorder or unipolar depression.

Antioxidant defense reduced in teens with psychotic family history

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Mentally healthy adolescents with a family history of psychosis have lower total antioxidant status, indicating increased oxidative stress, than those without such a family history.

Antioxidant defense reduced in teens with psychotic family history

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Mentally healthy adolescents with a family history of psychosis have lower total antioxidant status, indicating increased oxidative stress, than those without such a family history.

Metabolomics clue to postoperative delirium

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

The choice of general anesthetic in children influences their cerebral metabolism, which in turn affects their risk for postoperative delirium, an imaging study shows.

Exercise relieves cancer fatigue

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

A review of studies spanning 45 years shows that exercise, particularly aerobic rather than strength- or flexibility-based training, improves fatigue in cancer patients.

Watch-and-wait approach feasible following adjuvant therapy for rectal cancer

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Patients with rectal cancer managed conservatively following a complete response to chemoradiotherapy achieve similar rates of disease control as those who undergo rectal resection, research shows.

Promising results for pneumococcal vaccine

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Research published in The Lancet shows that the PHiD-CV10 vaccine is highly effective at protecting children against invasive pneumococcal disease.

Computational apolipoprotein estimates ‘reliable’ for CV risk

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Computational estimates of apolipoprotein B and apolipoprotein A1 can be used as reliable markers for atherosclerosis, report researchers.

Exercise relieves cancer fatigue

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

A review of studies spanning 45 years shows that exercise, particularly aerobic rather than strength- or flexibility-based training, improves fatigue in cancer patients.

Watch-and-wait approach feasible following adjuvant therapy for rectal cancer

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Patients with rectal cancer managed conservatively following a complete response to chemoradiotherapy achieve similar rates of disease control as those who undergo rectal resection, research shows.

Exercise relieves cancer fatigue

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

A review of studies spanning 45 years shows that exercise, particularly aerobic rather than strength- or flexibility-based training, improves fatigue in cancer patients.

Poor oral health linked to severe mental health issues

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

UK study results show that individuals with severe mental illness who live in the community and receive community-based psychiatric care have poorer oral health than the national adult population.

Cryoprecipitate plus tranexamic acid boost war injury survival

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Administration of cryoprecipitate and tranexamic acid significantly improves the likelihood of survival among seriously injured patients requiring packed red blood cells, suggest results from MATTERS II.

Scars mark hypertension risk in vesicoureteral reflux

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Renal scarring associated with vesicoureteral reflux is a significant risk factor for developing hypertension, shows a study of pediatric patients.

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