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Obesity not linked to bipolar disorder course
Biguanide mechanism discovered
Haiti cholera: less than 50% vaccination needed to halt spread
Cancer risk not increased in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder
Intermittent therapy may be answer to treating drug-resistant melanoma
Daytime insomnia impact varies by subtype
Cancer risk not increased in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder
No link between gas cooking and asthma, allergies
Cancer risk not increased in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder

Obesity not linked to bipolar disorder course

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 04:00 PM PST

Obesity is not significantly associated with psychiatric disease course in patients with bipolar disorder (BD), Canadian researchers report.

Biguanide mechanism discovered

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 04:00 PM PST

Researchers have discovered a novel mechanism by which biguanides exert their glucose-lowering effect, potentially leading to new therapeutic approaches to the treatment of diabetes and insulin resistance.

Haiti cholera: less than 50% vaccination needed to halt spread

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 04:00 PM PST

Researchers have used a mathematical model to show that a surprisingly low level of vaccination coverage would stem the spread of cholera in Haiti that has followed the 2010 earthquake.

Cancer risk not increased in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 04:00 PM PST

Results from a large UK study suggest that people with severe mental illness are not at increased risk for developing common cancers.

Intermittent therapy may be answer to treating drug-resistant melanoma

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 04:00 PM PST

Findings from a study carried out in mice suggest that an intermittent dosing strategy may be the answer to combating lethal tumor resistance to the BRAF inhibitor vemurafenib, in patients with late-stage BRAF-mutated melanoma.

Daytime insomnia impact varies by subtype

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 04:00 PM PST

Insomnia's daytime impact appears to be greatest among those patients who have trouble both initiating and maintaining sleep, those with poor mental health, and those with childhood onset of the disorder, findings from the Great British Sleep Survey suggest.

Cancer risk not increased in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 04:00 PM PST

Results from a large UK study suggest that people with severe mental illness are not at increased risk for developing common cancers.

No link between gas cooking and asthma, allergies

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 04:00 PM PST

Research suggests that exposure to gas cooking does not increase a child's risk for asthma and other allergic conditions.

Cancer risk not increased in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 04:00 PM PST

Results from a large UK study suggest that people with severe mental illness are not at increased risk for developing common cancers.