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• DSM-IV insufficient for bipolar disorder diagnosis
• Kraepelin distinctions back in favor
• Pulmonary rehabilitation underused in COPD
• Kraepelin distinctions back in favor
• Palliative chemoradiation boosts survival, QoL in poor-prognosis NSCLC
• Palliative chemoradiation boosts survival, QoL in poor-prognosis NSCLC
• Antisocial path to violence in psychosis
• Pregnant smoking may have mood consequences for offspring
• Maternal fatty acid intake linked to infant wheeze
• Antisocial path to violence in psychosis
• HIV infection heralds worse outcomes in NSCLC
• HIV infection heralds worse outcomes in NSCLC
• HIV infection heralds worse outcomes in NSCLC
• Multiple factors linked to recurrent infant AOM, treatment failure
• Milestone for ischemic preconditioning
• Statins could be ‘novel therapy for asthma’
• Unstable blood pressure may have cognitive consequences in the elderly
• Vitamin D supplementation falls short in pneumonia prevention
• Periodontitis may induce rheumatoid arthritis precursor
• Long-term monitoring needed after hypertension in pregnancy
• TVT-O effective in long term
• Rituximab shows long-term efficacy in antibody-associated vasculitis
• Call for improved antenatal asthma management
• Multiple BP components give better vascular risk picture
• Multiple BP components give better vascular risk picture
• Multiple BP components give better vascular risk picture
• PE presents ‘therapeutic challenge’ in COPD
• Intensive therapy pays employment dividends in rheumatoid arthritis
• Adult HPV vaccination has limited impact
• Poorer antihypertensive adherence poses greater stroke risk

DSM-IV insufficient for bipolar disorder diagnosis Posted: 10 Oct 2013 05:00 PM PDT Research findings support concerns that the text revision of the 4th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is too restrictive for diagnosing bipolar disorder.

Kraepelin distinctions back in favor Posted: 10 Oct 2013 05:00 PM PDT Modern statistical methods support Kraepelin's original distinction between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but not the more recent schizoaffective disorder category, say researchers.

Pulmonary rehabilitation underused in COPD Posted: 10 Oct 2013 05:00 PM PDT Data from an Australian hospital show that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients admitted for exacerbations are rarely referred for pulmonary rehabilitation, despite it being strongly recommended by national treatment guidelines.

Kraepelin distinctions back in favor Posted: 10 Oct 2013 05:00 PM PDT Modern statistical methods support Kraepelin's original distinction between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but not the more recent schizoaffective disorder category, say researchers.

Palliative chemoradiation boosts survival, QoL in poor-prognosis NSCLC Posted: 09 Oct 2013 05:00 PM PDT C hemoradiation is superior to chemotherapy alone with respect to both survival and quality of life in patients with inoperable non-small-cell lung cancer, a phase III trial has found.

Palliative chemoradiation boosts survival, QoL in poor-prognosis NSCLC Posted: 09 Oct 2013 05:00 PM PDT C hemoradiation is superior to chemotherapy alone with respect to both survival and quality of life in patients with inoperable non-small-cell lung cancer, a phase III trial has found.

Antisocial path to violence in psychosis Posted: 09 Oct 2013 05:00 PM PDT People are at particular risk for violent behavior during a first episode of psychosis if they have displayed antisocial behavior since childhood, show findings from the UK National EDEN Study.

Pregnant smoking may have mood consequences for offspring Posted: 09 Oct 2013 05:00 PM PDT A case–control study suggests that people have an increased risk for developing bipolar disorder if their mothers smoked during pregnancy.

Maternal fatty acid intake linked to infant wheeze Posted: 09 Oct 2013 05:00 PM PDT Japanese researchers have found that high intake of certain fatty acids by pregnant women is associated with a lower risk for wheeze during infancy in their offspring.

Antisocial path to violence in psychosis Posted: 09 Oct 2013 05:00 PM PDT People are at particular risk for violent behavior during a first episode of psychosis if they have displayed antisocial behavior since childhood, show findings from the UK National EDEN Study.

HIV infection heralds worse outcomes in NSCLC Posted: 08 Oct 2013 05:00 PM PDT Infection with HIV is an indicator of poor prognosis in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer, analysis of epidemiologic data indicates.

HIV infection heralds worse outcomes in NSCLC Posted: 08 Oct 2013 05:00 PM PDT Infection with HIV is an indicator of poor prognosis in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer, analysis of epidemiologic data indicates.

HIV infection heralds worse outcomes in NSCLC Posted: 08 Oct 2013 05:00 PM PDT Infection with HIV is an indicator of poor prognosis in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer, analysis of epidemiologic data indicates.

Multiple factors linked to recurrent infant AOM, treatment failure Posted: 25 Aug 2013 05:00 PM PDT Researchers from Egypt have identified several clinical factors that significantly increase the risk for recurrent acute otitis media in infants.

Milestone for ischemic preconditioning Posted: 20 Aug 2013 05:00 PM PDT A randomized, controlled trial provides the first strong evidence that remote ischemic preconditioning can reduce mortality among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Statins could be ‘novel therapy for asthma’ Posted: 19 Aug 2013 05:00 PM PDT Researchers from the USA say that there may be certain patients with asthma who could benefit from the addition of statins to their inhaler therapy.

Unstable blood pressure may have cognitive consequences in the elderly Posted: 18 Aug 2013 05:00 PM PDT Increased visit-to-visit blood pressure variability is associated with impaired cognition in elderly patients with risk factors for cardiovascular disease, shows a secondary analysis of a randomized, controlled trial.

Vitamin D supplementation falls short in pneumonia prevention Posted: 18 Aug 2013 05:00 PM PDT Results from a series of case–control studies involving over 135,000 participants have failed to show any benefit of vitamin D supplementation in the prevention of pneumonia.

Periodontitis may induce rheumatoid arthritis precursor Posted: 18 Aug 2013 05:00 PM PDT Periodontal disease caused by Porphyromonas gingivalis infection can induce the autoimmune response that characterizes rheumatoid arthritis, a pilot study indicates.

Long-term monitoring needed after hypertension in pregnancy Posted: 11 Aug 2013 05:00 PM PDT Women who develop hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are at increased risk for developing hypertension later in life, show findings from a large observational study.

TVT-O effective in long term Posted: 11 Aug 2013 05:00 PM PDT Transvaginal tension-free vaginal tape–obturator results in high long-term efficacy rates and sustained improvements in quality of life for women with stress urinary incontinence, show the results of the longest follow-up study of the procedure to date.

Rituximab shows long-term efficacy in antibody-associated vasculitis Posted: 11 Aug 2013 05:00 PM PDT A single course of rituximab is a viable alternative to conventional cyclophosphamide/azathioprine immunosuppression in patients with severe antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis, long-term results of the RAVE trial suggests.

Call for improved antenatal asthma management Posted: 07 Aug 2013 05:00 PM PDT The results of a study in South Australia show that maternal asthma significantly and independently increases the risk for perinatal complications, such as premature birth, gestational diabetes, and small for gestational age birthweight.

Multiple BP components give better vascular risk picture Posted: 04 Aug 2013 05:00 PM PDT Considering just one component of blood pressure may give an incomplete picture of a person's cardiovascular risk, study findings suggest.

Multiple BP components give better vascular risk picture Posted: 04 Aug 2013 05:00 PM PDT Considering just one component of blood pressure may give an incomplete picture of a person's cardiovascular risk, study findings suggest.

Multiple BP components give better vascular risk picture Posted: 04 Aug 2013 05:00 PM PDT Considering just one component of blood pressure may give an incomplete picture of a person's cardiovascular risk, study findings suggest.

PE presents ‘therapeutic challenge’ in COPD Posted: 29 Jul 2013 05:00 PM PDT Researchers have found that those patients who develop pulmonary embolism have the poorest outcomes among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with venous thromboembolism.

Intensive therapy pays employment dividends in rheumatoid arthritis Posted: 23 Jul 2013 05:00 PM PDT Biologic-based combination therapy for patients with rheumatoid arthritis is no more effective in reducing work loss than conventional combination therapy, despite better radiologic outcomes, shows a secondary analysis of a randomized trial.

Adult HPV vaccination has limited impact Posted: 21 Jul 2013 05:00 PM PDT The Costa Rica Vaccine Trial for human papillomavirus in young women has had a "modest" impact on gynecologic outcomes in the first few years of the program.

Poorer antihypertensive adherence poses greater stroke risk Posted: 21 Jul 2013 05:00 PM PDT Researchers have established a dose-response relationship between patients' adherence to their antihypertensive medication and their risk for stroke.

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