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Dopamine transporter availability predicts ICDs

Reduced striatal dopamine transporter availability is already present in patients with Parkinson’s disease who go on to develop impulse control disorders, a study shows.

5 Jun 2014

Study offers clues to best long-acting injectable antipsychotic use

Findings from the PROACTIVE study suggest why the benefits of long-acting injectable second-generation antipsychotics may be difficult to detect in a clinical trial.

5 Jun 2014

Newborn congenital adrenal hyperplasia screening justified

The Swedish neonatal screening programme successfully detected all cases of clinically classified salt-wasting congenital adrenal hyperplasia during a 26-year period, researchers report.

5 Jun 2014

Risk factors for violence and death are not restricted to schizophrenia

Drug-use disorders, criminality and self-harm increase the risk for violent crime and premature death not only in patients with schizophrenia, but also in their unaffected siblings, researchers report.

5 Jun 2014

Suicide risk factors are not generalisable

Canadian researchers have identified differences in suicide risk factors between people with and without bipolar disorder, highlighting the hazard of generalising suicide risk factors to all populations.

5 Jun 2014

Prostate biopsy method impacts cancer risk profile

Prostate cancers that are classified as “low risk” based on conventional prostate biopsy and histology are frequently found to be higher risk when assessed using the newer targeted biopsy method, US researchers have warned.

5 Jun 2014

Urinary microbiota implicated in overactive bladder

Contrary to popular belief, urine is not sterile and contains a range of microbiological organisms that vary in health and disease, US scientists have shown.

5 Jun 2014

MRI findings rarely associated with spine-related symptoms

Incidental magnetic resonance imaging findings are not generally associated with the development of chronic low back pain or radicular symptoms, US study findings indicate.

5 Jun 2014

Canadian invasive pneumococcal disease outbreak characterised

Canadian scientists have reported details of an outbreak of serotype 12F invasive pneumococcal disease that occurred in Winnipeg between 2009 and 2011 and predominantly affected people who were homeless and/or engaged in illegal drug use.

5 Jun 2014

Blood pressure has heterogeneous associations with cardiovascular diseases

The associations between blood pressure and cardiovascular disease are variable, reveals a large study that highlights the impact of angina and heart failure.

5 Jun 2014

High CHD risk in diabetic women confirmed

A meta-analysis confirms that the excess risk for coronary heart disease in patients with diabetes is greater in women than men.

5 Jun 2014

Glycaemic control crucial in first years after diabetes diagnosis

The largest deterioration in glycaemic control among patients with newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetes occurs in the first 2 years after diagnosis, research shows.

5 Jun 2014

Predictive factors ‘raise suspicion’ for emergence of bipolar disorder

Researchers have identified seven factors that predict which patients initially diagnosed with depression will later meet the diagnostic criteria for bipolar disorder.

5 Jun 2014

Data from Caris Registry clinical outcomes presented at ASCO annual meeting

Caris Life Sciences and investigators from Inova Fairfax Hospital presented the first clinical outcomes data presentation from the Caris Registry™ at the 50th annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago, Ill., this weekend.

5 Jun 2014

Many heroin users transitioned from prescription opioids, finds study

A research paper published in the May 28, 2014 issue of JAMA Psychiatry a paper entitled "The Changing Face of Heroin Use in the United States A Retrospective Analysis of the Past 50 Years" concluded that heroin abuse has left low-income urban areas and has become prevalent in more affluent suburbs and rural areas with mostly white populations.

5 Jun 2014

Researchers examine how residential environment impacts birth outcomes in African-Americans

High levels of racial disparities in preterm delivery exist, with African Americans having higher rates than non-Hispanic whites. Since traditional risk factors do not fully account for this disparity, other explanations are needed and researchers at Wayne State University are teaming up to find answers.

5 Jun 2014

Palliative support services help caregivers of patients with advanced cancer

Dartmouth researchers have found that those caring for patients with advanced cancer experienced reduced depression and felt less burdened by caregiving tasks when palliative support services were offered soon after the patient's diagnosis.

5 Jun 2014

New study redefines gene responses to external stimulus

An international team led by scientists at the University of Turku in Finland studied thermally-adapted fish populations to discover that the more biological functions a gene has, the less it responds to environmental change. "In addition to having important implications for climate change adaptation, these findings could radically change the way we study gene responses to any external stimulus like for example to drug treatments", the authors suggest.

5 Jun 2014

New single-dose antibiotic is as effective as twice-daily infusion given for up to 10 days

In the battle against stubborn skin infections, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a new single-dose antibiotic is as effective as a twice-daily infusion given for up to 10 days, according to a large study led by Duke Medicine researchers.

5 Jun 2014

Variety of lifestyle and health factors increase memory complaints among young adults

If you're depressed, don't get enough exercise or have high blood pressure, you may find yourself complaining more about memory problems, even if you're a young adult, according to a new UCLA study.

5 Jun 2014