An article published in the Journal of the Canadian Dental Association claims that many dentists are at risk of suffering from a chronic mood disorder known as dysthymia. It’s a condition the Universit?© de Montr?©al Department of Dentistry is fighting - preventively.
Dysthymia is characterized by loss of appetite, low levels of energy, desperation, excessive anger,

Harvard Health Publications, the publishing division of Harvard Medical School, today announced the creation of its online Stress Resource Center at The resource center was created to help the general public understand the ways that daily stress affects their bodies and how they can reduce these damaging

The New York Times on Sunday examined a campaign that aims to provide women with messages about HIV awareness, safer sex and condom use through a series of soap opera episodes that can be viewed on a cell phone. Rachel Jones, assistant professor at Rutgers University’s College of Nursing, developed the project

Depression can cause diabetes patients to suffer from higher glucose levels over time compared to those who are not depressed, finds a study of older veterans with the disease.
"Our study shows that depression is a major and important comorbidity in people with type 2 diabetes," said study co-author Leonard Egede, M.D., from the Center for […]

"Job-Related Stress and Chronic Health Conditions Among Filipino Immigrants," Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health: A.B. de Castro of the University of Washington School of Nursing and the Department of Psychosocial and Community Health and colleagues examined

This study explores the burden levels experienced by families of patients diagnosed with early psychotic illness. Buy levitra without prescription Participating family members were assessed using a ‘Family Experiences Interview Schedule’ which covered both objective and subjective burdens.
Examples of objective burdens included increased financial

We are all familiar with the question - "Are you a man or a mouse?" What if the answer is "a little of both"? Because of the power of molecular genetics research in animals and the maturation of animal models, the path to identifying genes involved in particular types of behavior, such as fear, is

RUB researchers tested grass pollen tablet Study in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Taking one grass pollen tablet every day can alleviate hay fever and asthma in children. These are the results of a study by medical experts in the team led by Prof. Dr. Albrecht Bufe (Experimental Pneumology) at the Ruhr-Universit?¤t Bochum. The […]

Early results of a randomized controlled clinical trial suggest that the SSRI drug escitalopram (brand names Lexapro, Cipralex) may benefit older
adults with generalized anxiety disorder, although it is likely the trial failed to show clear overall benefits compared with placebo because some trial
patients dropped out. The researchers said the drug needs

Buy generic clomid High blood pressure can be a trial of patience for doctors and for sufferers, whose blood pressure often has to be monitored over a long time until it can be regulated. This will now be made easier by a pressure sensor that is inserted in the femoral artery.
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Rising unemployment rates, the worst Wall Street crises since the end of World War II, record home foreclosures. There is plenty of stress to go around. What effect is stress having on our health and what can we do about it?
"Prolonged stress, both emotional and physical, impacts the overall cardiovascular status of our patients,

UK researchers discovered that antisocial behaviour may have a biological basis rooted in the inability of some male adolescents to have normal stress
responses that help regulate circulating levels of the stress hormone cortisol causing them to behave less cautiously and with more anger and impulsiveness
at times of stress.
The study was led by Dr Graeme Fairchild […]

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For men, especially older men, dieting may help reduce the risk of gum disease more than for women, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore and other institutions.
The study, published in the journal Nutrition , also provides the latest clue to a powerful link between chronic inflammation and poor […]

In a first of its kind study, a first-degree family history of prostate cancer has no impact on the treatment outcomes of prostate cancer patients treated with brachytherapy (also called seed implants), and patients with this type of family history have clinical and pathologic characteristics similar to men with no family history

Dialysis patients diagnosed with depression are nearly twice as likely to be hospitalized or die within a year than those who are not depressed, a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher has found.
In the study, available online and in the Sept. 15 issue of Kidney International, researchers monitored 98 dialysis patients for up to 14 months. […]

A Mayo Clinic-led international consortium has found a mechanism that may help explain Parkinson’s and other neurological disorders.
Studying just eight families worldwide, the international team of researchers have discovered a genetic defect that results in profound depression and parkinsonism in a disorder known as Perry syndrome. Although this syndrome is exceedingly rare, the mechanism implicated […]

AstraZeneca announced new SEROQUEL XR™ (extended release quetiapine fumarate) clinical study data in patients with Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD), presented at the 21st European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) Congress in Barcelona. In this study, extended release quetiapine fumarate significantly

UroToday.com - The etiology of multiple sclerosis (MS)-emergent erectile dysfunction (ED) is still matter of debate, since both organic and psychological factors have been implicated. There is an association between sexual dysfunction (SD) and destructive lesions in the pons, in MS patients. Central and peripheral nerves systems play a key role

The suicide rate in England and Wales fell after the London bombings on 7 July 2005, according to new research published in the January issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry.
A second significant reduction also coincided with the second wave of terrorist attacks on 21 July, researchers found.
Previous studies have shown that terrorist attacks can […]

The following summarizes studies published in the January issue of the Journal of the National Medical Association.
"A Proposed New Model of Hypertensive Treatment Behavior in African-Americans" (.pdf): In the report, Jennifer Middleton, assistant medical director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical

Joris de Wit, Ruud F. Toonen, and Matthijs Verhage.
Neurons secrete neuropeptides, neurotrophic factors, guidance molecules, and proteases via secretory dense-core vesicles. Although secretion of such molecules has been extensively studied in neuroendocrine cells, relatively little is known about release of these molecules by neurons. To remedy this, de Wit et al. labeled neuropeptide Y, brain-derived […]

Childhood trauma is a potent risk factor for development of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), according to a study by researchers at Emory University School of Medicine and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The study is published in the Jan. 5, 2009Archives of General Psychiatry.
Results

Postpartum depression (PPD) can lead to poor sleep quality, recent research shows. A study published in the current issue of the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing shows that depression symptoms worsen in PPD patients when their quality of sleep declines.
Sleep deprivation can hamper a mother’s ability to care for her infant, as judgment […]

Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that a drop in blood potassium levels caused by diuretics commonly prescribed for high blood pressure could be the reason why people on those drugs are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. The drugs helpfully accelerate loss of