Higher Levels Of Depression Experienced By ENT/Sleep Apnea Patients

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Patients who experience a range of ear, nose, and throat-related health problems exhibited a greater prevalence of depression than is observed in the general population, says new research presented at the 2008 American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head Read the rest of this entry »

New Research Collaborations For Health Announced Between NHS Organisations And Leading Universities, UK

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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.
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Annals Of Family Medicine September/October 2008

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Cuts in Funding for Physician Training May Mean Fewer Physicians to Staff Community Health Centers
Federal efforts to improve access to health care for underserved populations by expanding community health center capacity may be futile without continued federal support of Title VII primary care training grants. Analyzing data from the American Medical Association Physician Masterfile, the Health Read the rest of this entry »

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Common Among Injured Patients

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Suffering a traumatic injury can have serious and long-lasting implications for a patient’s mental health, according to the largest-ever U.S. study evaluating the impact of traumatic injury. generic acomplia online buy Researchers from the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, the University of Washington, and the John Hopkins Read the rest of this entry »

Winter Blues May Be Explained By Fluctuations In Serotonin Transport

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Why do many Canadians get the winter blues? In the first study of its kind in the living human brain, Dr. Jeffrey Meyer and colleagues at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have discovered greater levels of serotonin transporter in the brain in winter than in summer. These findings have important Read the rest of this entry »