Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Medical News

Medical News


Psychotic and mixed episodes linked in bipolar disorder

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Results from a large Danish study show that psychotic depression, psychotic mania, and mixed affective episodes share significant associations in patients with bipolar disorder.

Psychotic and mixed episodes linked in bipolar disorder

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Results from a large Danish study show that psychotic depression, psychotic mania, and mixed affective episodes share significant associations in patients with bipolar disorder.

Exercise benefits physical, mental health in schizophrenia

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Exercise therapy improves mental health and cardiovascular fitness in patients with schizophrenia, researchers report.

Exercise benefits physical, mental health in schizophrenia

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Exercise therapy improves mental health and cardiovascular fitness in patients with schizophrenia, researchers report.

Communications down in anesthetized brain

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Two studies indicate that inhaled anesthetics disrupt communication between distant cortical areas before directly activating sleep-inducing neuronal circuitry.

FREEDOM results announced

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Results from the FREEDOM trial show that coronary artery bypass graft surgery significantly reduces the risk for adverse outcomes compared with percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease.

Trauma transfusion ratios linked to survival

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Transfusion practices significantly predict early inhospital mortality among adult trauma patients, suggests a report published in the Archives of Surgery.

Synthetic cannabinoid could treat pain in diabetes patients

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Oral synthetic cannabinoid nabilone may be effective for treating diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain, a study shows.

FREEDOM results announced

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Results from the FREEDOM trial show that coronary artery bypass graft surgery significantly reduces the risk for adverse outcomes compared with percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease.

Surgery-free ileostomy removal shows promise

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Temporary percutaneous ileostomy following rectal resection is as effective at preventing anastomotic leakage as conventional loop ileostomy, show the results of an Italian study.

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in US wastewater treatment plants

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Researchers have found methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a significant number of wastewater samples taken from four US wastewater treatment plants.

Presence of neoehrlichiosis confirmed in Switzerland

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Researchers have confirmed the presence of a novel tick-borne disease known as neoehrlichiosis in Switzerland.

Two-drug combo relieves agitation first time

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

The majority of advanced cancer patients who experience agitation achieve control after the first dose of an antipsychotic–antiseizure combination is administered, show study results.

Ocular sebaceous carcinoma rare, but often misdiagnosed in UK

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Ocular sebaceous carcinoma is rare in the UK, say researchers in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.

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