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Higher Self- Awareness of Memory Complaints Predicts Brain Function ...

UCLA News - In one of the first studies of its kind, a UCLA team found that a higher self-awareness of memory difficulties may be associated with brain function decline over time, particularly in older adults with a genetic risk for Alzheimer disease. Published ...

From bench to bedside: 'holy grail' treatment (The Scotsman)

TRANSLATIONAL medicine is a term used to describe the branch of research that attempts to move developments made by scientists in the lab out to patients.

Menopause Can Mean Start Of Depression

WSOC-TV - CHICAGO -- Two separate studies show a woman's risk for a first bout with depression rises sharply as she approaches menopause. One of the studies measured hormone levels in 231 Philadelphia-area women over eight years and found that a woman's ...

Alzheimer's Disease

Health Talk - All memories are fragile - we're more apt to forget things than we're able to remember them. Dementing disorders can be classified many different ways. These classification schemes attempt to group disorders that have particular features in common ...

Vets' Mental Health Needs Intensitfy

FOX News - WASHINGTON — Blaming what they say is a shortsighted, under-funded system that does not learn from past mistakes, some advocacy groups say they are concerned that the federal government is unprepared to help the wave of troops returning from Iraq ...

Psychological Troubles on the Rise

Inside Higher Ed - After a Suicide , March 21 Counseling Crisis , March 13 Hurricane on the Brain , Dec. 15 Cyber-Adderall Meets Finals , Dec. 14 Not So Confidential Counseling , Dec. 2 Over 90 percent of directors reported an increase in the last year in the number of ...

From bench to bedside: 'holy grail' treatment (The Scotsman)

TRANSLATIONAL medicine is a term used to describe the branch of research that attempts to move developments made by scientists in the lab out to patients.

Research and Markets: New Immunomodulation Drugs Such as Novartis's ...

Genetic Engineering News - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c32138) has announced the addition of Prevention of Organ Transplant Rejection: Current Therapies and Novel Strategies to their offering. Business Implications -- Despite the enabling ...

Treating a migraine a matter of trial and error

Inside Bay Area - AMIGRAINE is a neurologic disorder that affects more than 35 million Americans and has substantially increased over the past decade. It is typically characterized by severe, recurring head pain that is usually located on one side of the head. In a ...

Newly Published Data Show Early Use of AVONEX(R) Delayed the Risk of ...

Genetic Engineering News - Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) announced today that data published in the March 14, 2006 issue of Neurology demonstrated that AVONEX delayed the risk of developing clinically definite multiple sclerosis (MS) for up to five years in patients who began ...

KYRGYZSTAN: Criminal case following disclosure of HIV/AIDS status (AlertNet)

JALAL-ABAD, 3 April (IRIN) - A civic group has initiated criminal proceedings against a health official in Kyrgyzstan for allegedly disclosing the status of a person living with HIV/AIDS in the first case of its kind in the country.

Physical activity low among emphysema patients (Reuters.co.uk)

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with chronic obstructive lung disease, commonly emphysema, have low levels of physical activity during and after being hospitalized for an acute flare-up of their condition, researchers report. This in turn can lead to further worsening of their condition.

Treating ADD now reduces drug abuse later

Cincinnati Enquirer - With all the publicity about attention deficit disorder or ADD, some parents are wondering: Is ADD a gateway to drug abuse? Are parents of children on Ritalin feeding their child "speed" every morning? If kids will deal ADD drugs in school hallways ...

Book: Girls Get Hooked Faster On Drugs And Alcohol

CBS News - "Only eight percent of the women who need treatment actually get it. They're much more ashamed and embarrassed, afraid to come out, and there's much less treatment available for women." Joseph A. Califano, chairman, Center on Addiction and Substance ...

Psychiatric Drugs On The Couch

Forbes - A pair of giant, U.S. government-funded studies could drive changes in psychiatry that could slash sales of some of the world's biggest drug companies. The clinical trials are part of a $140 million effort by the National Institute of Mental Health ...

Researchers: even at rest, men's and women's brains behave differently

PhysOrg - A key part of the brain involved in processing emotionally influenced memories acts differently in men and women, even in the absence of stimuli, UC Irvine researchers have found. Larry Cahill, an associate professor of neurobiology and behavior, and ...

Video heroine fights cancer in game for young patients (AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

The tiny heroine fighting cancer inside a human body is fictional, but young patients who play the video game, really recover faster, the US creators said.

Video heroine fights cancer in game for young patients (AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

The tiny heroine fighting cancer inside a human body is fictional, but young patients who play the video game, really recover faster, the US creators said.

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 ...

Depression linked to approach of menopause

Lexington Herald-Leader - CHICAGO - Two separate studies show a woman's risk for a first bout with depression rises sharply as she approaches menopause. One of the studies measured hormone levels in 231 Philadelphia-area women over eight years and found that a woman's chances ...

ROZEREM(TM) (ramelteon) Showed Significant Reduction in Time to Fall ...

Market Wire - SAN DIEGO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/03/2006 -- Results of a sub-analysis from a Phase III clinical study showed that ROZEREM™ (ramelteon) significantly reduced time to fall asleep in adults with chronic insomnia and showed no evidence of rebound ...

Imaging may help with depression

PhysOrg - Whether or not cognitive behavior therapy will help a person recover from depression can be predicted through brain imaging, a U.S. study found. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers say more than 17 million U.S. adults will ...

When babies see shrinks

MSNBC - Traditionally, young children have rarely crossed paths with psychiatrists or psychologists. Not anymore. With a growing amount of research focusing on early brain development, more youngsters — even infants — are being targeted to receive the ...

Journey into the 'burning hell' of RSD

Inside Bay Area - Home Improvement: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy patient Laura Soravilla has equipped her San Ramon bedroom like a kitchen so she can avoid trips up and down the stairs. (Jim Stevens/staff) LAURA SORAVILLA walks gingerly up the stairs to the second ...

Parkinson's often misdiagnosed

SignOn San Diego - As many as 200,000 of the estimated 1 million people in North America who learn they have Parkinson's disease, a progressive disorder marked by tremors and slow movement, may be misdiagnosed because the condition requires special expertise to ...

KYRGYZSTAN: Criminal case following disclosure of HIV/AIDS status (AlertNet)

JALAL-ABAD, 3 April (IRIN) - A civic group has initiated criminal proceedings against a health official in Kyrgyzstan for allegedly disclosing the status of a person living with HIV/AIDS in the first case of its kind in the country.

Article published Monday, April 3, 2006

Toledo Blade - After losing her third, and final, child to sickle cell anemia in 2004, Freada Tucker thought she had been dealt the last of what she was mentally capable of handling. But soon after, she found herself raising her daughter's two young children ...

Aristotle Was Right, Punishment is a Form of Medicine

Canada Free Press - This week I'm mad as hell. My 102-year-old aunt-in-law, a Yankee of independent spirit, lives alone in her own house and has been robbed. The scoundrel stole $200.00 in her petty cash box and then grabbed her bottle of Irish Cream Sherry as well. Now ...

Scots' medical research wins £50m boost (The Scotsman)

NEW drugs to treat heart attacks and cancer are likely to be developed following a £50 million investment in medical research.

Mental health tops agenda (Belfast Telegraph)

With mental health issues and rising suicide rates high on the Northern Ireland agenda, more than 350 psychiatrists, pharmacologists and neuroscientists from across Western Europe are taking part in a three-day conference in Belfast which ends tomorrow.

New bedtime ritual

McAllen Monitor - When 18-year-old Vanessa DiIanni of Kennedy, Pa., started waking up tired all the time, even after 12 hours of sleep, a sleep specialist suggested some lifestyle changes, such as a regular bedtime and more exercise. Sleep troubles aren’t unusual in ...

Mental health tops agenda (Belfast Telegraph)

With mental health issues and rising suicide rates high on the Northern Ireland agenda, more than 350 psychiatrists, pharmacologists and neuroscientists from across Western Europe are taking part in a three-day conference in Belfast which ends tomorrow.

A death foretold (Guardian Unlimited)

Simon Hattenstone reports on the case of a woman who should have had psychiatric help, but instead found herself in jail.

Top European psychiatrists in Ulster meeting (Belfast Telegraph)

With mental health issues and rising suicide rates high on the Northern Ireland agenda, more than 350 psychiatrists, pharmacologists and neuroscientists from across Western Europe are taking part in a three-day conference in Belfast which ends tomorrow.

A death foretold (Guardian Unlimited)

Nearly half the female prison population try to kill themselves. Sarah Campbell succeeded: she should have had psychiatric help, but instead found herself in jail.

'A special kind of hell'

Star-Gazette - New York State Crime Victims Board: 800/771-7755. New York State Rape and Sexual Violence Hotline: 800/656-4673. Pennsylvania Bureau of Victims' Services: 800/233-2339. Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape: 800/692-7445. GILLETT - The man who raped ...

Dear Molly: Thesis Love

Harvard Crimson - Ever since I turned in my thesis, I have been experiencing what I like to call post-thesis depression. My thesis was my baby… I now feel lost and alone without it taking over my life and I don’t know what to do with my time or myself. It is only ...

HEALTH & FITNESS CALENDAR

Tacoma News Tribune - BLOOD DRIVES FOR CASCADE BLOOD SERVICES 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. May 13, July 8, Sept. 9, Nov. 11, St. Nicholas Church, 3510 Rosedale St., Gig Harbor; 253-230-8772. “Chasing away the clouds of depression” sponsored by Group Health’s Olympia Medical ...

Top European psychiatrists in Ulster meeting (Belfast Telegraph)

With mental health issues and rising suicide rates high on the Northern Ireland agenda, more than 350 psychiatrists, pharmacologists and neuroscientists from across Western Europe are taking part in a three-day conference in Belfast which ends tomorrow.

'Anorexia almost killed me' (Daily Mail)

A teenage boy has spoken of his three-year battle with anorexia which almost cost him his life. Joe Rogers, 16, weighed just six stone when the eating disorder was at its worst, almost causing his weakened heart to give in

Study: Pumping iron helps cancer survivors

Associated Press - ATLANTA (AP) -- Weightlifting appears to improve breast cancer survivors' outlook on life, suggests one of the first studies to scientifically measure the effects of such exercise. About 80 percent of women who took up twice-a-week weight-training ...

Mental illnesses rise on college campuses

Denver Post - Becca Frazee, left, a 21-year-old Colorado State University student with bipolar disorder, is chapter president of Active Minds, a student mental health awareness group. (Special / Matthew Staver) Becca Frazee's grades climb and crash with the mood ...

If your boss feels cheated, you'll pay

Salt Lake Tribune - If your company is doling out incentives and benefits unfairly, you may find yourself having to deal with a supervisor who has suddenly turned into an abusive, rude boss. A study appearing in the current issue of the academic journal Personnel ...

A death foretold (Guardian Unlimited)

Simon Hattenstone reports on the case of a woman who should have had psychiatric help, but instead found herself in jail.

'Anorexia almost killed me' (Daily Mail)

A teenage boy has spoken of his three-year battle with anorexia which almost cost him his life. Joe Rogers, 16, weighed just six stone when the eating disorder was at its worst, almost causing his weakened heart to give in

A death foretold (Guardian Unlimited)

Nearly half the female prison population try to kill themselves. Sarah Campbell succeeded: she should have had psychiatric help, but instead found herself in jail.

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 ...

Science And Technology / Technology (General)

Science Daily - Imaging may help with depression (34 minutes ago) -- Whether or not cognitive behavior therapy will help a person recover from depression can be predicted through brain imaging, a U.S. study ... > full story Why the Earth is brown (9 hours ago ...

Desperate measures

Newsday - Diann Cameron Kelly is an assistant professor at the Adelphi University School of Social Work and serves as a board member of the Westchester County Youth Bureau. April 2, 2006 The mother of Antwone Nicholson is threatening to sue the Freeport school ...

County offers help to those with drug problems

Review - With elevated narcotic availability in the county, mental health workers are being forced to work overtime in the fight against drug dependence. According to Columbiana County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board Associate Director Kathie ...

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