Archive for April, 2008

 

Depression Patients Show Altered Response To Pain

April 28th, 2008

When anticipating pain, the brains of subjects with major depressive disorder appear to react more strongly, and appear to display altered functioning of the neural network that moderates pain sensitivity, according to an article released on November 3, 2008 in Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
"Chronic pain and depression are common and […]

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In Kidney Disease Patients On Dialysis Behavioral Therapy Helps Overcome Depression

April 21st, 2008

Depression is common among individuals on dialysis for kidney disease, but behavioral therapy can significantly improve their quality of life, according to a paper presented at the American Society of Nephrology’s 41st Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Many patients with kidney disease must sit through hemodialysis - the process of removing blood, purifying […]

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MU Researcher Develops Screening Tool To Identify Patients With Prediabetes

April 17th, 2008

A third of Americans with diabetes do not know that they have it, and many more who have prediabetic conditions are unaware that they are at risk. A University of Missouri researcher has created a clinical tool to identify those at highest risk for having undetected hyperglycemia, impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and undiagnosed diabetes. […]

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Antidepressant Medications May Have Alternate Use

April 13th, 2008

A new study published in the August 15th issue of Biological
Psychiatry finds that hippocampal neurogenesis (neuron birth
in the hippocampus part of the brain) might be used by the
monoaminergic antidepressants (related to the secretion of monoamine
neurotransmitters such as dopamine and serotonin) to counteract the
effects of stress, whereas similar effects could

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CNSystems Medizintechnik AG Receives FDA Approval For CNAP™ Blood Pressure Monitor 500

April 5th, 2008

generic diflucan online buy CNSystems Medizintechnik AG, a medical device company marketing CNAP™, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the 510(k) notification for CNSystem’s CNAP™

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