New Program Challenges Stigma And Honors Police Officers Who Help Each Other And Themselves To Cope With Job Stress
November 29th, 2008
Mangled bodies, gunfire, high-speed chases and injured children are just a few events witnessed by police officers and soldiers serving in dangerous hot spots around the world.
The city of Cleveland’s Division of Police has partnered with Case Western Reserve University, the Partnership for a Safer Cleveland and the U.S. Department of Defense to reduce on-the-job […]
Antihypertensive Treatment On Cognitive Functions In Alzheimer’s Disease
November 29th, 2008
Treatment of hypertension has proven to reduce cardiovascular risk substantially, but a large proportion of people with hypertension in the general population are not even diagnosed or treated. As a risk factor for stroke, ischemic brain lesions and silent brain infarcts, general atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction and cardiovascular morbidity, hypertension may also be a risk factor […]
Depressed College Students Benefit From Study
November 29th, 2008
Buy viagra pills A pilot program called the College Screening Project, a suicide prevention outreach program, was successful in identifying and treating college students with severe depression and feelings of desperation that may have led to suicide. The study, supported by the American Foundation
Early Parenting Plays Key Role In Infants’ Physiological Response To Stress
November 29th, 2008
In infancy, genes are the key influence on a child’s ability to deal with stress. But as early as 6 months of age, parenting plays an important role in changing the impact of genes that may put infants at risk for responding poorly to stress.
That’s the message from a new study by researchers at the […]
New Research Collaborations For Health Announced Between NHS Organisations And Leading Universities, UK
November 29th, 2008
Two new partnerships between NHS organisations and leading
universities will receive a total of ??18 million to conduct research
and improve care in major conditions including depression, dementia,
stroke, and childhood obesity, the Department of Health announced
recently.
The new NIHR (National Institute for Health Research) Collaborations
for Health Research and Care in Nottinghamshire