Monday, March 11, 2013

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Medical News


Scale identifies bipolar disorder patients reluctant to give up ‘sick role’

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Researchers have highlighted the importance of recognizing patients with bipolar disorder who may have difficulty adjusting out of the "sick role," so that useful psychological treatment strategies can be provided.

Anger mediates delusion link to violence in psychotic patients

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Anger due to delusions appears to be a key factor explaining violent behavior in patients with acute psychosis, findings from the East London First Episode Psychosis Study show.

Scale identifies bipolar disorder patients reluctant to give up ‘sick role’

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Researchers have highlighted the importance of recognizing patients with bipolar disorder who may have difficulty adjusting out of the "sick role," so that useful psychological treatment strategies can be provided.

Anger mediates delusion link to violence in psychotic patients

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Anger due to delusions appears to be a key factor explaining violent behavior in patients with acute psychosis, findings from the East London First Episode Psychosis Study show.

Post-bariatric surgery pregnancies call for special attention

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Women who have had bariatric surgery are more than twice as likely to have a small for gestational age baby than women who have not, Danish research shows.

Resistant HBV mutants raise public health concerns

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Researchers have shown that treatment with anti-hepatitis B virus nucleoside analogs in HBV–HIV co-infection results in a substantial increase in mutants linked to treatment and vaccine resistance.

Resistant HBV mutants raise public health concerns

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Researchers have shown that treatment with anti-hepatitis B virus nucleoside analogs in HBV–HIV co-infection results in a substantial increase in mutants linked to treatment and vaccine resistance.

Post-bariatric surgery pregnancies call for special attention

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Women who have had bariatric surgery are more than twice as likely to have a small for gestational age baby than women who have not, Danish research shows.

Impact of surgical waiting time varies with genitourinary neoplasm type

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Prolonged surgical waiting times can have a greater negative impact on outcome in some types of genitourologic neoplasms than others, say researchers.

Prostate tissue androgen content predicts ADT outcome

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Determining the androgen content in prostate tissue could predict patients' responses to androgen deprivation therapy and the risk for castration-resistant prostate cancer, show study findings.

Chromosome 17 variants specific to childhood asthma and wheezing

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Genetic variations at the 17q21 locus on chromosome 17 are specific to childhood asthma and certain wheezing phenotypes and not to more general phenotypes such as atopy or lung function, according to the results of an international study.

Shingles risk in rheumatoid arthritis independent of biologics

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Choosing between biologic and nonbiologic treatment pathways does not alter the risk for shingles in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune conditions, suggest results from a large cohort study published in JAMA.

Impact of surgical waiting time varies with genitourinary neoplasm type

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Prolonged surgical waiting times can have a greater negative impact on outcome in some types of genitourologic neoplasms than others, say researchers.

Prostate tissue androgen content predicts ADT outcome

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Determining the androgen content in prostate tissue could predict patients' responses to androgen deprivation therapy and the risk for castration-resistant prostate cancer, show study findings.

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