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Rep. Kennedy Crashes Car Near Capitol

KDKA - (AP) WASHINGTON U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy crashed his car near the U.S. Capitol early Thursday. He denied alcohol was a factor. However, a letter written by a top union official complained that Kennedy received special treatment, creating the ...

Re: LDS Church forgetting past debate on plural marriage

Daily Herald - Why is the government in the marriage business anyway?  I searched the Constitution and found no reference to the regulation of marriage.  Way too much governmental interference.... Nooooooooooooooo!  Now you've gone and done it!  You've pointed ...

When is a woman too old to become a new mother? (Daily Telegraph)

The decision of another woman to have a baby at what doctors call an "extreme" age has raised again moral and ethical questions over the rights of women to have babies whenever they want.

Memory Pharmaceuticals to Announce First Quarter 2006 Results on ...

Genetic Engineering News - MONTVALE, N.J., May 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp. (Nasdaq: MEMY) announced today that it will report its first quarter 2006 financial results on Thursday, May 11, 2006 , before the U.S. financial markets open. Management ...

Ecstasy side-effects take six years to show through (Ormskirk Maghull and Skelmersdale Advertiser)

THE full side-effects of using ecstasy take six years to develop, according to a new study by north-west academics. Researchers at Edge Hill College, Ormskirk, found changes in users' mental state, such as depression, only emerged after long-term use.

John W. Newcomer, M.D.,

University of Washington - When he first came to St. Louis, John W. Newcomer, M.D., hadn't yet picked a career path. His family moved several times when Newcomer was a child. In fact, because his father was in the Navy, he was born in the Philippines at the Subic Bay Naval ...

This week in the medical journals

CNN - The was good news about diabetes in the major medical journals this week -- but not good enough. Fifty years of improved treatments and better care mean that people with type 1, also called or insulin-dependent diabetes, are living longer, with less ...

Male menopause out of the closet

MSNBC - Oct. 1 - Several years ago Dave O'Neal, 47, was having serious health problems that no one could diagnose.  The Columbia, Ill., man was totally uninterested in sex and had very low energy levels. O'Neal went to several doctors and even a therapist ...

• Some HIV-Positive People Choose Sexual Abstinence

HealthScout - THURSDAY, May 4 (HealthDay News) -- The antidepressant drug Zoloft (sertraline) may help prevent recurring depression in people with diabetes and increase the period of time between depressive episodes, a new U.S. study finds. One in every four ...

Re: LDS Church forgetting past debate on plural marriage

Daily Herald - Why is the government in the marriage business anyway?  I searched the Constitution and found no reference to the regulation of marriage.  Way too much governmental interference.... Nooooooooooooooo!  Now you've gone and done it!  You've pointed ...

Jury hears Laguna's confession

Ironwood Daily Globe - As the tapes played, Laguna became emotional. His eyes focused on the table in front of him. Family members from both sides were also emotional. "A few months ago, in November, my wife filed for divorce. We've been together for 22 years. We have a ...

Ecstasy side-effects take six years to show through (Ormskirk Maghull and Skelmersdale Advertiser)

THE full side-effects of using ecstasy take six years to develop, according to a new study by north-west academics. Researchers at Edge Hill College, Ormskirk, found changes in users' mental state, such as depression, only emerged after long-term use.

Select an Edition: (AlertNet)

As soon as Florence Lupiya (52) saw Red Cross visitors she struggles to look for pieces of wood that are used as benches. You can tell from her outlook that she has been struggling with her health for a long time but sheer resilience is keeping her on her toes.

Zoloft Helps Diabetics Fight Depression

National Womens Health Information Center - THURSDAY, May 4 (HealthDay News) -- The antidepressant drug Zoloft (sertraline) may help prevent recurring depression in people with diabetes and increase the period of time between depressive episodes, a new U.S. study finds. One in every four ...

Ecstasy side-effects take six years to show through (Ormskirk Maghull and Skelmersdale Advertiser)

THE full side-effects of using ecstasy take six years to develop, according to a new study by north-west academics. Researchers at Edge Hill College, Ormskirk, found changes in users' mental state, such as depression, only emerged after long-term use.

Bullied 'For Being A Jew' (Totally Jewish)

A tormented city secretary who is suing a top bank for £1million told London’s High Court she had been bullied by a group of female managers who made comments about her Judaism.

Cyberonics: depressing times? (Pharmaceutical Business Review)

Following its approval in treatment resistant depression, Cyberonics vagus nerve stimulation system has experienced disappointing uptake. This looks set to continue due to high therapy costs and the likelihood of the device being reserved for last-line therapy. The products revenues are therefore expected to fall slightly below both Wall Street and company longer-term estimates.

Cyberonics: depressing times? (Pharmaceutical Business Review)

Following its approval in treatment resistant depression, Cyberonics vagus nerve stimulation system has experienced disappointing uptake. This looks set to continue due to high therapy costs and the likelihood of the device being reserved for last-line therapy. The products revenues are therefore expected to fall slightly below both Wall Street and company longer-term estimates.

Five Health Conditions Can Derail Career

NBC5i.com - Calling in sick once or twice is one thing, but if you want to rub elbows with the boss, avoid five of the most-common health conditions that can sink your career. Depression is among them. The condition affects 10 percent of Americans and, according ...

Overcoming Childhood Anxiety

WKOW TV - We've all felt some sort of anxiety before, whether it's a nerves before going to the dentist or second thoughts about a big purchase. Most of it is considered normal. But for some, the anxiety is constant, and it can change their lives for the worse ...

Bullying sidelines overweight kids: study (Reuters.co.uk)

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Overweight children who are victims of bullying are less likely to engage in physical activity, new research suggests. Dr. Eric A. Storch, who led the study said: "The health implications of this are clear in that these youth will receive less activity," making it more difficult for them to shed pounds.

Ecstasy side-effects take six years to show through (Ormskirk Maghull and Skelmersdale Advertiser)

THE full side-effects of using ecstasy take six years to develop, according to a new study by north-west academics. Researchers at Edge Hill College, Ormskirk, found changes in users' mental state, such as depression, only emerged after long-term use.

Ballybane man jailed for sex assault on teenage girl (The Galway Advertiser)

A Galway man has been jailed for seven years by Mr Justice Eamon de Valera at the Central Criminal Court for sexually assaulting a teenage Clare girl after a St Patrick's Day drinking session.

Norwich fair lets people find mental health help

Norwich Bulletin - NORWICH -- Five years ago Evangeline Sargent was in and out of hospitals, a group home and spiraling through depression. Sargent, 26, of Norwich was injuring herself, often winding up in emergency rooms. Eventually she found relief with medications ...

Mol the only sizzle in tepid 'Bettie Page'

Bellingham Herald - For a movie about the pinup wonder of an era, "The Notorious Bettie Page" is surprisingly tame, an exuberant performance from Gretchen Mol in the title role going to waste in an uninvolving account. Considering the air of menace, decadence and ...

Missouri center treats priests, brothers who sexually offend

Jefferson City News Tribune Online - DITTMER, Mo. (AP) - A Chicago priest, tall and quiet-spoken, said he came to a treatment center here for troubled Roman Catholic priests a broken man, depressed, and keeping “my secret of pedophilia.” “I knew in my heart I needed help,” he ...

Mood varies over time in depressed MS patients (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While some symptoms remain relatively stable over time in depressed patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), mood symptoms are significantly more variable, according to a study published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry.

Mind & Body

Modesto Bee - Noise, in the form of music, is being touted as a possible pain-relief treatment for people who have undergone surgery. A review published in the Cochrane Library, a publication that evaluates medical research, found that people who listened to music ...

Medical Watch: Understanding post-Katrina anxiety, depression through ...

WWL-TV - Local doctors have reported treating more people for their mental health for the first time. Treating someone like “Bonnie-Ann,” who asked that her anonymity be protected, was fine. She was in her 40s, a highly administrator and caretaker to so ...

Health fair booths offer screenings plus latest medical information

Rapid City Journal - RAPID CITY -- People attending the 24th annual Black Hills Area Health & Human Services Fair on Saturday, April 29, can expect to see the usual medical items that are used to test for high blood pressure, screen for diabetes and check cholesterol ...

Freud: So wrong and yet so right

USA Today - As the 150th anniversary of Sigmund Freud's birth approaches on Saturday, mental-health experts consider his legacy mixed: A seminal thinker, Freud was far ahead of his time with some ideas but dead wrong on others. Freud invented the concept of the ...

Butte center focuses on women’s health

Montana Standard - Nurse Practitioner Mianne Jenrich, right, takes the blood pressure of her patient Rebecca McNeil while McNeil's daughter Olivia McQueary, 8, watches Monday afternoon at Mercury Street Medical in Butte. Lisa Kunkel / The Montana Standard Whether it ...

DR. ELIZABETH SMOOTS PRACTICAL PREVENTION Sleep problems lead to ...

Myrtle Beach Online - Do wakeful nights and fatigue-filled days sound familiar to you? If they do, you may be among the 50 million Americans with a sleep disorder or the millions more who aren't bothering to get enough shut eye. The Institute of Medicine says TV, the ...

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