Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Medical News

Medical News


Reduced hedonic capacity in euthymic bipolar patients

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Euthymic patients with bipolar disorder and remitted patients with major depressive disorder show reduced hedonic capacity compared with mentally healthy individuals, Italian researchers report.

Family history of schizophrenia ups risk for nonpsychotic disorders

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Individuals with a family history of schizophrenia are at a significantly increased risk for a wide range of nonpsychotic DSM-IV axis I psychiatric disorders, US research shows.

Reduced hedonic capacity in euthymic bipolar patients

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Euthymic patients with bipolar disorder and remitted patients with major depressive disorder show reduced hedonic capacity compared with mentally healthy individuals, Italian researchers report.

Family history of schizophrenia ups risk for nonpsychotic disorders

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Individuals with a family history of schizophrenia are at a significantly increased risk for a wide range of nonpsychotic DSM-IV axis I psychiatric disorders, US research shows.

Traditional CV risk factors linked to peripheral artery disease

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Smoking, Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia are significantly associated with the risk for clinically significant peripheral artery disease in men, with each additional factor doubling the risk, conclude US and Dutch researchers.

Workout in the catheter lab gives clues to ‘warm-up angina’

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Improved coupling of vascular and ventricular circulation during exercise appears to underlie the phenomenon known as warm-up angina, a UK study shows.

Traditional CV risk factors linked to peripheral artery disease

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Smoking, Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia are significantly associated with the risk for clinically significant peripheral artery disease in men, with each additional factor doubling the risk, conclude US and Dutch researchers.

Lupus may carry pregnancy complication risk

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

US researchers report that women with systemic lupus erythematosus have a twofold higher risk for developing preeclampsia than women without an autoimmune disease.

Monoclonal antibody boosts cholesterol reduction

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Adding a monoclonal antibody that blocks the breakdown of lipid receptors to atorvastatin therapy further reduces low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in patients with primary hypercholesterolemia, show study findings.

Lupus may carry pregnancy complication risk

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

US researchers report that women with systemic lupus erythematosus have a twofold higher risk for developing preeclampsia than women without an autoimmune disease.

Low molecular weight agents heighten inhalation challenge risk

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Asthmatic reactions needing drug treatment are more likely to result from specific inhalation challenges for occupational asthma with low molecular weight agents than high molecular weight agents, show the results of a Belgian study.

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