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Fear of crime nearly doubles depression risk

Saturday, 29 September 2007 9:27 A GMT+01
A new University College London (UCL) study has shown that people with a strong fear of crime are almost twice as likely to show symptoms of depression.
Category: ZFZ

Stress gnawing at mental health of Iraqis

Saturday, 29 September 2007 9:22 A GMT+01
BAGHDAD (AFP) - He lost two sons to car bombs. She lost her husband to a death squad. Both are depressed, weepy, anxious, filled with rage and in denial. The mental scars of the war in Iraq run deep and jagged.

Research discovers why painkillers don't alleviate fibromyalgic pain

Saturday, 29 September 2007 9:20 A GMT+01
New research from the University of Michigan Health System (U-M) has discovered why people with fibromyalgia often don't get pain relief from common painkillers.
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Abstract: Drug interactions with smoking.

Saturday, 29 September 2007 9:14 A GMT+01
The mechanisms for drug interactions with smoking and clinically significant pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic drug interactions with smoking are reviewed.

Genes linked to suicidality during antidepressant treatment

Friday, 28 September 2007 10:20 A GMT+01
Specific variations in two genes are linked to suicidal thinking that sometimes occurs in people taking the most commonly prescribed class of antidepressants, according to a large study led by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) scientists.
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Suicidality in depression unexplored in primary care settings

Friday, 28 September 2007 10:05 A GMT+01
MedWire News: Primary care physicians do not routinely enquire about suicidal thoughts when seeing patients with depressive symptoms, say US researchers, who suggest that such enquires may be encouraged by advertising or public service messaging.

Study reveals 1 in 7 woman depressed before, during or after pregnancy

Friday, 28 September 2007 10:03 A GMT+01
A large observational study, the first integrated survey of maternal depression, found that more than one in seven women are depressed at some time during the nine months before becoming pregnant, during pregnancy, or in the nine months after
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The treatment of women suffering from depression who are either pregnant or breastfeeding

Friday, 28 September 2007 10:01 A GMT+01
In medicine, there are often situations requiring patients and their providers to make difficult management decisions. We turn to systematic evidence to guide our approach and counsel patients but many times the information is limited or inadequate

Stressful life events increase breast cancer recurrence risk

Thursday, 27 September 2007 10:05 A GMT+01
Women diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer who have also endured previous traumatic or stressful events see their cancer recur nearly twice as fast as other women, according to a report by a University of Rochester Medical Center scientist.
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Children of cancer patients at risk of post traumatic stress symptoms

Thursday, 27 September 2007 10:00 A GMT+01
A new study by Dutch researchers has found that adolescents may suffer from severe symptoms of post-traumatic stress when a parent is recently diagnosed with cancer and that parents tend to underestimate the problems.
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When the going gets tough quitting may be good for you

Thursday, 27 September 2007 9:57 A GMT+01
Are there times when it is better to simply give up? Psychologists have been exploring this question, and more specifically a possible link between tenacity and both physical and mental health.
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Abstract: Physical fitness reduces impact of acute mental stress on the heart

Thursday, 27 September 2007 9:52 A GMT+01
Objectives: To examine the association between physical fitness, cardiac parasympathetic control, and inflammatory cytokine responses to mental stress.

Workplace depression programs improve company bottom lines

Wednesday, 26 September 2007 10:06 A GMT+01
Enhanced and systematic efforts to identify and treat depression in the workplace significantly improves employee health and productivity, likely leading to lower costs overall for the employer,
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Domestic violence, maternal depression or PTSD predictors of low birth weight babies

Wednesday, 26 September 2007 10:00 A GMT+01
Low-income women with mental health problems and a history of domestic abuse were 12 times as likely to give birth to a low birth weight child, according to a new study by Universities of Michigan and Pittsburgh researchers.
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Doctors failing to monitor patients with depression

Wednesday, 26 September 2007 9:57 A GMT+01
MedWire News: Patients with depression are receiving inadequate care and management after their initial diagnosis, a US study reveals.

Abstract: Comparisons of psychopharmacological and psychological treatments for anxiety disorders

Wednesday, 26 September 2007 9:55 A GMT+01
A number of meta-analyses have led to contradictory results regarding the efficacy of the psychological and pharmacological treatment of anxiety disorders.

Antidepressant/obesity drug produces significant weight loss in clinical trial

Wednesday, 26 September 2007 9:52 A GMT+01
Participants in a clinical trial of DOV Pharmaceutical's triple reuptake inhibitor (TRIP) under development to treat depression and obesity, DOV 21,947, recorded significant reductions in weight, Body Mass Index scores and plasma triglyceride levels.
Category: ZFZ

Serotonin transporter gene allele linked to depression in chronic illness

Monday, 24 September 2007 9:47 A GMT+01
MedWire News: Patients with chronic illness who carry the short allele for the promoter region of the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTTLPR) are more likely than other chronic disease sufferers to experience depression, perceived stress,

Stressed women 'are more likely to have a baby girl'

Monday, 24 September 2007 9:41 A GMT+01
Stressed mothers-to-be are more likely to have girls than boys research shows.

Abstract: TREK-1: a potential target for novel antidepressants

Monday, 24 September 2007 9:38 A GMT+01
The neurotransmitter serotonin was suggested to be involved in the pathogenesis of depression as well as in the mechanisms of antidepressant treatments.

Abstract: Benzodiazepines in generalized anxiety disorder

Monday, 24 September 2007 9:31 A GMT+01
The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness and efficacy of benzodiazepines in the treatment of GAD based on trial drop-out rates.

EASD: Studies link depression [also anxiety] and type 2 diabetes

Saturday, 22 September 2007 9:08 A GMT+01
Type 2 diabetes may be linked to mental health disorders, but age and gender may be contributing factors, according to two separate studies.

Abstract+: Sleeping pills may trigger depression

Saturday, 22 September 2007 9:05 A GMT+01
Although it has been claimed that insomnia causes an increased risk for depression, adequate controlled trials testing this hypothesis have not been available.

Spouses of cancer patients suffer emotional distress too

Friday, 21 September 2007 8:56 A GMT+01
A cancer diagnosis affects more than just the patient. A new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center finds spouses report similar physical and emotional quality of life as the patient.
Category: ZFZ

Stress breaks hearts

Friday, 21 September 2007 8:53 A GMT+01
Here's a health fact most of us understand better than our doctors do: Emotional stress really can harm our hearts. Intense grief, acute anger, and sudden fear can have direct - sometimes fatal effects on the human heart.

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