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Researchers Identify Obsessive-compulsive Disorder (OCD) Risk Gene

Medical News Today - Scientists at the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) have identified a previously unknown gene variant that doubles an individual's risk for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The new ...

New GP Contract Combines Better Patient Care And Good Value For Money ...

Medical News Today - GPs encouraged to tackle more long-term conditions, including dementia, depression , kidney disease and obesity. Changes to the new GP contract which came into force on 1 April will deliver significant improvements in the range and quality of GP ...

Brain Imaging Indicates Which Depressed Patients Will Recover With Cognitive Behavior Therapy (Medical News Today)

Reactions of two brain regions to reading negative words indicate which depressed patients will be helped by cognitive behavior therapy. This finding appears in an article in the April 2006 issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry (AJP), the official journal of the American Psychiatric Association... click link for more info.

Brain Imaging Indicates Which Depressed Patients Will Recover With ...

Medical News Today - Reactions of two brain regions to reading negative words indicate which depressed patients will be helped by cognitive behavior therapy. This finding appears in an article in the April 2006 issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry (AJP) , the ...

New GP Contract Combines Better Patient Care And Good Value For Money, UK (Medical News Today)

GPs encouraged to tackle more long-term conditions, includingdementia, depression, kidney disease and obesity. Changes to the new GP contract which came into force on 1 Aprilwill deliver significant improvements in the range and quality of GPservices for NHS patients at little extra cost, according to HealthMinister Lord Warner... click link for more info.

Researchers Identify Obsessive-compulsive Disorder (OCD) Risk Gene (Medical News Today)

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) have identified a previously unknown gene variant that doubles an individual's risk for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The new functional variant, or allele, is a component of the serotonin transporter gene (SERT), site of action for the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

Brain Imaging Indicates Which Depressed Patients Will Recover With Cognitive Behavior Therapy (Medical News Today)

Reactions of two brain regions to reading negative words indicate which depressed patients will be helped by cognitive behavior therapy. This finding appears in an article in the April 2006 issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry (AJP), the official journal of the American Psychiatric Association... click link for more info.

Brain Imaging Indicates Which Depressed Patients Will Recover With Cognitive Behavior Therapy (Medical News Today)

Reactions of two brain regions to reading negative words indicate which depressed patients will be helped by cognitive behavior therapy. This finding appears in an article in the April 2006 issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry (AJP), the official journal of the American Psychiatric Association... click link for more info.

Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal: Me & Missus Jones (Independent)

It was fortunate that Thomas and Jane Carlyle married one another, said Lord Tennyson, since any other arrangement would have made four people unhappy, not just two. The same could be said of the marriage of Liz Jones, confessional columnist extraordinaire, and Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal, bad-boy novelist.

Tanya Tompkins - Targeting youth suicide

News Register - Americans invest a great deal of time and money to combat a variety of ills threatening our youth. Whether the opponent is Joe Camel, rap music or teen sex, politicians and communities often come forward with great vigor to support and protect ...

Public believe reforms will make finding a dentist harder (icWales)

More than three quarters of people believe it will be harder to find a dentist under Government reforms coming into force today, according to a poll. A Which? survey has found that only 1% of people in England think finding a dentist will get easier under new arrangements.

Public believe reforms will make finding a dentist harder (icWales)

More than three quarters of people believe it will be harder to find a dentist under Government reforms coming into force today, according to a poll. A Which? survey has found that only 1% of people in England think finding a dentist will get easier under new arrangements.

Brain Scans Predict Benefits of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

HealthScout - Brain scans can predict which patients suffering from depression will benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy, a new study says. Results of the study, by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, appear in the April issue of ...

April 01, 2006 Health Highlights: April 1, 2006

National Womens Health Information Center - Brain Scans Predict Benefits of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Brain scans can predict which patients suffering from depression will benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy, a new study says. Results of the study, by researchers at the University of ...

Public believe reforms will make finding a dentist harder (icWales)

More than three quarters of people believe it will be harder to find a dentist under Government reforms coming into force today, according to a poll. A Which? survey has found that only 1% of people in England think finding a dentist will get easier under new arrangements.

Good night, sleep tight

Daily News Journal - Do you feel tired, irritable, stressed-out or drowsy throughout the week? Do you have difficulty concentrating on tasks or remembering things? Do you have dark circles under your eyes? If so, you may be like millions of Americans who don't get enough ...

Fugitive attorney surrenders

York Daily Record - Apr 1, 2006 — A fugitive from justice for just shy of 24 hours, Stephen M. Frankel told the court Friday that he chose cocaine over suicide. "I've been extremely depressed for 2½ years," Frankel said. "I lost my job, I lost my career. It got hold ...

Trouble sleeping? You’re not alone A diverse 'crüe' hails band The ...

Lincoln Journal Star - It started out as just a little snoring. Then the snores got louder and longer. The headaches started; the blood pressure climbed. And pretty soon, the fatigue was so unbearable Bill Peters could barely get through a day without falling asleep. The ...

What's a Nervous Breakdown?

Slate - When I think "nervous breakdown," I think The Scream . Edvard Munch did a fine job of putting words to his 1893 painting. "I was walking along a path with two friends," he wrote. "The sun was setting—suddenly the sky turned blood red—I paused ...

Pols urge funds for adult care

Herald News - DARTMOUTH -- An early morning legislative breakfast at the Brandon Woods adult day health center brought out an issue that many state officials and elderly service executives in attendance have known all along: The state of elderly care, especially ...

Solving the mystery of fibromyalgia

Southern Illinoisan - You go to the doctor complaining of throbbing, burning muscle pain throughout your body, overwhelming fatigue, and anxiety that makes it extremely difficult to do even the everyday things like housecleaning, playing with the kids and exercising ...

Brain imaging can predict effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy ...

EurekAlert - Whether or not cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) will help a person recover from depression can be predicted through brain imaging, according to research results published by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in the April issue of the ...

Family educational programs to be offered

Mount Vernon News - NEWARK — The Licking and Knox Counties affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness will conduct four family educational programs in both counties. •Hand-To-Hand Program: A free nine-week class for families with children or adolescents ...

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