Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Medical News

Medical News


Facial fear recognition responses identified in adolescent bipolar disorder

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Patients with adolescent bipolar disorder show increased neural activity and a prolonged response when presented with fearful faces compared with neutral faces, suggest study findings.

Schizophrenia may shorten lifespan

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Study results suggest that individuals with schizophrenia die at a younger age than the general population.

Facial fear recognition responses identified in adolescent bipolar disorder

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Patients with adolescent bipolar disorder show increased neural activity and a prolonged response when presented with fearful faces compared with neutral faces, suggest study findings.

Schizophrenia may shorten lifespan

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Study results suggest that individuals with schizophrenia die at a younger age than the general population.

Global vascular risk factors for cognitive decline modifiable

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Vascular risk factors that are potentially modifiable are associated with cognitive decline in aging populations, show research findings.

Phototherapy plus reflecting curtains effective for neonatal jaundice

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia requiring intensive phototherapy can be treated equally well with single phototherapy using reflecting curtains as with double phototherapy, the results of a study indicate.

Dose-intense chemotherapy not superior for B-cell lymphoma

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Compressing R-CHOP treatment cycles does not improve the outcome of elderly patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, suggests research published in The Lancet Oncology.

Depressive symptoms worsen acute COPD exacerbation outcomes

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have an increased risk for a poor outcome if they have depressive symptoms, say scientists.

Group therapy reduces bulimia nervosa symptoms

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Group therapy for bulimia nervosa significantly reduces the frequency of binging and vomiting episodes, Danish study results show.

Depressive symptoms worsen acute COPD exacerbation outcomes

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have an increased risk for a poor outcome if they have depressive symptoms, say scientists.

CD8 cell subset count linked to airway obstruction in asthma

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 05:00 PM PDT

The frequency of a subset of CD8 T lymphocytes expressing the high-affinity receptor for LTB4 and producing interleukin-13 is significantly greater in the airways of patients with asthma than healthy people, a study finds.

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