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Prenatal antipsychotic exposure linked to reduced neuromotor performance

Infants with prenatal exposure to antipsychotics show significant reductions in neuromotor performance compared with other children, US researchers report.

8 Aug 2012

A third of depression patients convert to bipolar disorder

Around a third of patients initially diagnosed with major depressive disorder have their diagnosis changed to bipolar disorder, Polish researchers report.

8 Aug 2012

Study highlights uncertain value of tachypnea at triage

The usual method of assessing respiratory rate at triage in the emergency department is highly insensitive for the presence of tachypnea, say researchers.

8 Aug 2012

Vulvodynia confers risk for other chronic pain syndromes

Women who experience vulvodynia are more likely than those without the pain syndrome to have fibromyalgia, interstitial cystitis, and irritable bowel syndrome, research suggests.

8 Aug 2012

Chemotherapy is appropriate adjunct to surgery for oral melanoma in dogs

The addition of chemotherapeutic treatment with carboplatin for dogs with oral malignant melanomas that have undergone surgical excision may be a reasonable alternative to adjunctive radiotherapy, report researchers.

8 Aug 2012

Researchers call for digital rectal exam revival

Rates of digital rectal examination are low in clinical practice and levels of sufficient training in the technique may be in decline, the results of a US study suggest.

8 Aug 2012

Plasma exchange is beneficial additive to optic neuritis treatment

The addition of plasma exchange to pulsed intravenous corticosteroid treatment of acute optic neuritis associated with neuromyelitis optica results in improved visual acuity, show study results.

8 Aug 2012

Hospice cancer patients adhere well to pain meds

Study results from the midwest USA indicate that hospice-treated older individuals with cancer are highly adherent to pain medication, but that as they become more comfortable, adherence wanes.

8 Aug 2012

High BMI linked to poor outcomes after prostatectomy and ADT

Men initiating androgen deprivation therapy after radical prostatectomy are more likely to experience poor outcomes if they are overweight or obese, report researchers.

8 Aug 2012

Old cardiac drug performs new tricks

An animal study has shown that the anti-angina drug ranolazine could significantly reduce the number of deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning.

8 Aug 2012

‘Green’ disinfectant shows promise against hospital-acquired infections

Research shows that the polyhexamethylene-guanidine hydrochloride-based disinfectant Akwaton effectively destroys Bacillus subtilis spores even at low concentrations.

8 Aug 2012

Steroid induced Cushing’s warning

People who develop Cushing’s syndrome as a result of taking systemic glucocorticoids are at very high risk of cardiovascular disease, warn researchers.

8 Aug 2012

Prostate cancer cells can be killed by theranostic imaging without harming healthy cells

Experimenting with human prostate cancer cells and mice, cancer imaging experts at Johns Hopkins say they have developed a method for finding and killing malignant cells while sparing healthy ones.

8 Aug 2012

About half of adults with type 2 diabetes experience acute and chronic pain

Almost half of adults with type 2 diabetes report acute and chronic pain, and close to one quarter report neuropathy, fatigue, depression, sleep disturbance and physical or emotional disability, according to a study of more than 13,000 adults conducted by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, the University of California, San Francisco and the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Oakland, CA. The researchers also found significant rates of shortness of breath, nausea and constipation.

8 Aug 2012

Greening vacant lots may reduce violent crime

Greening vacant lots may make neighborhood residents feel safer and may be associated with reductions in certain gun crimes, according to a new study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

8 Aug 2012

Plain packaging of cigarettes may help draw attention of adolescent smokers to health warnings

New research published online in the scientific journal Addiction shows that plain packaging (requiring cigarettes to be packaged in standard packages without attractive designs and imagery) may help to draw the attention of some adolescent smokers to the health warnings on the package. If so, this may in turn deter young smokers from continuing to smoke.

8 Aug 2012