Tuesday, September 24, 2013

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Stroke warning for bipolar patients

Posted: 24 Sep 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Patients with bipolar disorder are at an increased risk for having a stroke and for dying soon after their stroke, a study shows.

Stroke warning for bipolar patients

Posted: 24 Sep 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Patients with bipolar disorder are at an increased risk for having a stroke and for dying soon after their stroke, a study shows.

Early intermodality dysfunction predicts schizophrenia risk

Posted: 24 Sep 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Researchers have found abnormalities in the way infants of parents with schizophrenia perceive the way they move and how this relates to vision, touch, hearing, and orientation.

Stroke warning for bipolar patients

Posted: 24 Sep 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Patients with bipolar disorder are at an increased risk for having a stroke and for dying soon after their stroke, a study shows.

Early intermodality dysfunction predicts schizophrenia risk

Posted: 24 Sep 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Researchers have found abnormalities in the way infants of parents with schizophrenia perceive the way they move and how this relates to vision, touch, hearing, and orientation.

Metastatic site impacts survival in targeted RCC treatment

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Bone and liver metastases may have the heaviest impact on the survival of patients receiving targeted therapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma, suggest data from the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium.

Inflammatory marker may highlight aggressive RCC treatment need

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma who have high preoperative levels of the inflammatory marker C-reactive protein may need intensive multimodal treatment to optimize their survival, say researchers.

Amendment to renal cancer TNM staging proposed

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Patients with pT3a renal cell carcinoma have markedly worse survival rates if they have both fat invasion and renal vein thrombosis, rather than just one of these factors, a study shows.

Immune marker prognostic after non-clear cell RCC surgery

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 05:00 PM PDT

The preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is associated with disease-free survival in patients undergoing resection of localized non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma, research shows.

Major role for body weight in COPD, asthma risk

Posted: 23 Sep 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Results from a large study in Italy show that increasing body weight is associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma risk, independent of smoking history.

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