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As the economic outlook becomes gloomier and gloomier and the credit crunch bites even harder, experts at the Priory Group are warning that they are seeing an increasing number of patients suffering from the symptoms of ‘recession depression’.
People facing unemployment, mounting debts and losing their homes can be overwhelmed by negative feelings and this can manifest itself Read the rest of this entry »
ALK-Abell?? Ltd announced today that Grazax®, grass-pollen allergen tablet, is now available for use in children and adolescents aged 5 to 17.
Grazax is the only non-injection immunotherapy licensed to treat children suffering from severe grass pollen induced seasonal allergic rhinitis and conjunctivitis or severe hay fever1. In addition, it is the first immunotherapy tablet to address the underlying cause of grass pollen allergy2,3. It is a once daily Read the rest of this entry »
Humana Military Healthcare Services, TRICARE contractor for the South Region, is partnering with the University of Louisville to jointly sponsor a new continuing medical education course (CME) for physicians. Civilian providers throughout the country will have access to an online course on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).
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Most of us remember our teenage years with a mix of fondness and relief. Fondness for the good memories, and relief that all that teenage stress, angst and drama - first love, gossip, SATs, fights with parents - is behind us.
Or is it? It turns out, say UCLA researchers, that even stressful times from the teenage years exact a physical toll that could have implications for health during adulthood.
Andrew J. Fuligni, a professor Read the rest of this entry »
Using sleep or napping to cope with chronic pain caused by tension-type headaches could lead to chronic insomnia according to a new study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center. The study, published in the February 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, found that napping to relieve headache pain could serve as a behavioral link between headache and sleep disturbance.
The study compared a group of 32 women who were confirmed Read the rest of this entry »
VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS), a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of novel therapeutic products, today announced it has initiated a second pivotal Phase 3 study of avanafil, its investigational new drug for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED). Avanafil is a next-generation, fast-acting, Read the rest of this entry »
Men who experience erectile dysfunction between the ages of 40 and 49 are twice as likely to develop heart disease than men without dysfunction, according to a new Mayo Clinic study.
Researchers also found that men with erectile dysfunction have an 80 percent higher risk of heart disease.
"The highest risk for coronary heart disease was in younger men," says researcher Jennifer St. Sauver, Read the rest of this entry »
The National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund has awarded 20 Advocacy in Action grants totaling $100,000 to member organizations selected by a competitive application process to assist groups in forwarding advocacy locally.
"These grants offer our member organizations support as they work to Read the rest of this entry »
The conversation about male sexual dysfunction has grown from a whisper to a roar. From Bob Dole to Mike Ditka, erectile dysfunction, or ED, is no longer hush-hush as more men are talking more openly. Non-stop commercials convey help in the bedroom is just a prescription away. Generic synthroid pills no prescription Read the rest of this entry »
The snow is thawing, the first crocuses are fighting their way through the cold earth into the daylight and hay fever sufferers are already pulling out their handkerchiefs. A new type of measuring station will automatically determine the pollen count and thus improve the forecast.
"And here is the pollen forecast for tomorrow: Low levels of alder and hazel…" - we are all familiar with such reports from the radio and the television, Read the rest of this entry »
Major depression (MD) is a severe, life-threatening and widespread psychiatric disorder, which is predicted to soon become one of the major causes of
death worldwide. However, despite extensive investigations, the exact mechanisms that lead to MD have not been identified. In a Special Collection to
be published this week in the online, open-access peer-reviewed journal Read the rest of this entry »
generic cipro online buy Whilst losing a baby is distressing for parents, until now it has been less widely acknowledged that medical staff themselves can be affected by the losses experienced by their patients.
New research from the University of Leicester shows that staff working in obstetrics and gynaecology, caring for families experiencing loss, can also experience significant and clinical Read the rest of this entry »
Chronic hypertension, diabetes and blood clots are more likely in otherwise healthy women who experienced complications due to hypertension such as preeclampsia in their first pregnancies, according to Yale School of Medicine researchers working in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
The findings are presented in an abstract at the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine Scientific meetings in San Diego, Read the rest of this entry »
A comprehensive meta-analysis of 12 new-generation antidepressants has shown sertraline and escitalopram have clear advantages in terms of efficacy and acceptability, while reboxetine was shown to be the significantly less efficacious than the other 11 drugs. The Read the rest of this entry »
A new neuroimaging study on stressed-out students suggests that male humans, like male rats, don’t do their most agile thinking under stress. The findings, published this month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, show that 20 male M.D. candidates in the middle of preparing for their board exams had a harder time shifting their attention from one task to another Read the rest of this entry »
A study conducted by Universit?© de Montr?©al researchers on downstream and upstream water from the Montreal wastewater treatment plant has revealed the presence of chemotherapy products and certain hypertension and cholesterol medications.
Bezafibrate (cholesterol reducing medication), enalapril (hypertension medication), methotrexate and cyclophosphamide Read the rest of this entry »
The American Society of Plastic Surgical Nurses presented its Plastic Surgical Nurses (PSN) Editor’s Award to Marlene Rankin, a Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member, and her two co-authors, during its annual convention in Chicago Nov. 1.
Rankin, Read the rest of this entry »
Neuronetics, Inc. announced
that a new health economic study evaluating the cost effectiveness of its
NeuroStar TMS Therapy system in the treatment of depression was presented
at the U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress in San Diego last week.
This study is Read the rest of this entry »
Men’s Health News
Pharmacogenomics research and development innovator PharmaGenoma, Inc. and its subsidiary HairDX, LLC, today unveiled the next generation of its genetic screening test for male pattern baldness. The HairDX test is available immediately thru qualified physicians’ offices.
Using the HairDX test, a physician can tell a man who tests positive for the high risk genetic variant Read the rest of this entry »
Addrenex Pharmaceuticals
announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its
Investigational New Drug Application (IND) for ADX415, a novel hypertension
drug. With the approval, Addrenex has launched a phase 2 clinical trial to
study ADX415 as a targeted therapy for hypertension.
The phase 2 trial is a multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled,
dose-ranging Read the rest of this entry »
Researchers from Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, and ActiveSite Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Francisco, have announced that they have demonstrated that a specific inhibitor of the protease plasma kallikrein, ASP-440, developed by ActiveSite Pharmaceuticals, may provide a new therapeutic approach for treatment of diabetic retinopathy, the most common eye-related complication of diabetes. The study, which Read the rest of this entry »
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 to be tested further and cautions doctors Read the rest of this entry »
Men’s Health News
Men who visit the University of Hertfordshire’s Health and Human Sciences Research Institute Showcase next week can have their ears and fingers measured and dance moves scrutinised to get a rating on their expected attractiveness to women.
Dr Peter Lovatt from the University’s School of Psychology will host a stand at the Showcase when he will test his hot-off-the-press research findings into what it is about the Read the rest of this entry »
Buy generic lasix There are too few health visitors to implement the findings of new research saying that the profession could help new mothers suffering from postnatal depression.
Unite, the largest union in the country, which embraces the Community Practitioners’ and Health Visitors’ Read the rest of this entry »
Buy propecia without prescription New research provides support for the use of St. John’s wort extracts in treating major depression. A Cochrane Systematic Review backs up previous research that showed the plant extract is effective in treating mild to moderate depressive disorders.
"Overall, Read the rest of this entry »