Thursday, December 20, 2012

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Medical News


Bipolar subtypes have differing personality traits

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST

Results from a Korean study show how personality trait patterns differ between patients with bipolar I and II disorder.

Pneumococcal disease risk increased in mental health patients

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST

Patients with severe mental illness are at increased risk for pneumococcal disease, results from a UK study suggest.

Bipolar subtypes have differing personality traits

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST

Results from a Korean study show how personality trait patterns differ between patients with bipolar I and II disorder.

Pneumococcal disease risk increased in mental health patients

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST

Patients with severe mental illness are at increased risk for pneumococcal disease, results from a UK study suggest.

Pneumococcal disease risk increased in mental health patients

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST

Patients with severe mental illness are at increased risk for pneumococcal disease, results from a UK study suggest.

Palliative care consultation may benefit heart failure patients

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST

Symptomatic heart failure patients experience a high prevalence of pain and symptom burden akin to the experiences of cancer patients, say researchers, who report that a palliative care consultation in this population could reduce these factors.

The war on terror: High rates of stoma creation after colorectal injury

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST

Over one third of military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan who sustain colorectal injury undergo fecal diversion, show coalition force data.

Bariatric surgery rates dropping in adolescents

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST

Rates of bariatric surgery in adolescents have plateaued since 2003, despite childhood obesity being on the increase, suggest US study findings.

Coffee habit improves survival chances with oral cancer

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST

Drinking more than four cups of coffee per day lowers the risk for death from oral/pharyngeal cancer by almost half compared with drinking none, according to US study findings.

Slushy spares kidney during partial nephrectomy

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST

US researchers report the success and feasibility of a novel method of carrying out partial nephrectomy in kidney patients, using minimally invasive surgery.

CBT boosts response in medication-resistant depression

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST

Patients with depression who have not responded to pharmacologic treatment should be offered cognitive behavioral therapy, suggest the results of a randomized trial conducted in a primary care setting.

Slushy spares kidney during partial nephrectomy

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST

US researchers report the success and feasibility of a novel method of carrying out partial nephrectomy in kidney patients, using minimally invasive surgery.

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