Sunday, March 2, 2014

Medical News

Medical News


Insomnia behaviours independently influence sleep in mood disorders

Posted: 02 Mar 2014 04:00 PM PST

Behaviours associated with controlling sleep and managing the negative effects of insomnia are independently associated with disturbed sleep in patients with anxiety or depressive disorders, US research shows.

Simple approach best for blood pressure risk stratification

Posted: 02 Mar 2014 04:00 PM PST

Calculating blood pressure load does not increase physicians' ability to predict a patient's risk of cardiovascular events, research shows.

Hypervirulent <i>S. pneumoniae</i> mutants discovered

Posted: 02 Mar 2014 04:00 PM PST

Swedish researchers studying Streptococcus pneumoniae have discovered "hypervirulent" mutant forms of the bacteria that are selected for because they are more resistant to clearance by macrophages.

Brief physical therapy improves symptoms, QoL in urinary incontinence

Posted: 02 Mar 2014 04:00 PM PST

A 1-month programme of physical therapy results in significant improvements in quality of life among women with urinary incontinence, a clinical trial has found.

LUTS frequency, severity assessed across Finnish population

Posted: 02 Mar 2014 04:00 PM PST

Urinary urgency is the most bothersome lower urinary tract symptom at the population level, whereas urgency incontinence causes the most bother to individuals, a large European survey reveals.

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