Bladder instability and stress incontinence

The relationship between bladder instability and stress incontinence is complex, but the two conditions frequently coexist; when they do, the unstable bladder appears to be etiologically related to the stress incontinence, since surgical repair of the latter resolves symptomatic bladder instability in about 80% of such patients.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/38468/1/1930070605_ftp.pd

Impaired working speed and executive functions as frontal lobe dysfunctions in young first-degree relatives of schizophrenic patients

The aim of the investigation was to detect neuropsychological markers, such as sustained and selective attention and executive functions, which contribute to the vulnerability to schizophrenia especially in young persons. Performance was assessed in 32 siblings and children of schizophrenic patients and 32 matched controls using Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, Colour-Word-Interference-Test, Trail Making Test, and d2-Concentration-Test. The first-degree relatives showed certain impairments on all four tests, in particular, slower times on all time-limited tests. These results suggest the need for more time when completing neuropsychological tasks involving selected and focused attention, as well as cognitive flexibility, as a possible indicator of genetic vulnerability to schizophrenia