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Yoga Might Ally with Medications in Treating Depression

KCRG.com - Los Angeles, CA -- Research has shown that some form of depression treatment medication is offered to over 20 million Americans annually. However, what could be the main cause of concern are the many side effects common to most anti-depression drugs ...

Push made to require postpartum depression screening

WOOD - WASHINGTON -- Sunday is Mother's Day, a day to celebrate the women who helped raise us, but on Capitol Hill Friday, there's a push for federal action to require screening for a severe form of baby blues known as postpartum depression. The illness ...

Teens With Epilepsy Prone to Depression

KWQC - THURSDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- Teenagers who have epilepsy often face a double whammy because along with the seizure disorder, they're much more prone to depression and other psychiatric problems. In fact, up to 60 percent of all teens with ...

UF News: Heart rate changes tied to depression in women

Palm Beach Times - GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Middle-aged women with no obvious signs of cardiac trouble may be prone to depression and the eventual development of heart disease if their heart rate varies less than expected in response to fluctuations in the body's hormone ...

• Mom’s Depression Can Put Kids at Same Risk

Daily Advance - TUESDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- The children of mothers who are successfully treated for depression have a markedly reduced risk of developing psychiatric disorders themselves. But if a mother's depression continues, her children face an ...

Commercial Closet

365 Gay - Long in the gay market with ads just for its HIV drugs, GlaxoSmithKline has expanded its product marketing to over-the-counter herpes treatment Abreva, and its prescription depression drug Wellbutrin XL. "Nobody looks hot in a cold sore," notes the ...

White Race Increases Hypothyroidism Risk After Hodgkin's Lymphoma ...

Medscape News - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) May 09 - White patients face a higher risk than black patients for becoming hypothyroid after neck irradiation for pediatric Hodgkin's lymphoma, according to a report in the April 1st Journal of Clinical Oncology. "This ...

Brain Scans Predict Benefits of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

KXAN - 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 ...

dual diagnosis (BellaOnline)

on your chart. If you are in therapy for anxiety disorder and alcoholism, again - you will find that you have dual diagnosis.

Brain Scans Predict Benefits of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

KXAN - 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 ...

Study: Exercise may help relieve depression

Star-Banner - AUSTIN, Texas - Just 30 minutes of brisk walking can immediately boost the mood of depressed patients, giving them the same quick pick-me-up they may be seeking from cigarettes, caffeine or binge eating, a small study found. Researchers at the ...

Surgical Technique Shows Promise Against Major Depression

KWQC - TUESDAY, April 25 (HealthDay News) -- Inserting two tiny "pacemakers" into the base of the brain of people suffering from major depression improved symptoms of the sometimes intractable disease, a small study found. The treatment, called deep brain ...

Estrogen Replacement Therapy

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Health Tip: Think You Might Be Depressed?

KWQC - (HealthDay News) -- Everyone has days when they feel stressed, down or just a little blue. But clinical depression lasts more than just a few days or weeks, and makes it difficult to perform everyday tasks such as paying bills, going to work, or even ...

Pain Management: Myofascial Pain Syndrome (Muscle Pain)

MedicineNet.com - Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a fancy way to describe muscle pain. It refers to pain and inflammation in the bodys soft tissues. Myofascial pain is a chronic condition that affects the fascia (connective tissue that covers the muscles ...

Bulimia Nervosa

Tulsa World - Bulimia Nervosa is a serious eating disorder where individuals follow a routine of secretive, uncontrolled binge eating (ingesting an abnormally large amount of food within a set period of time) followed by behaviors to purge the body of food ...

When Worry Gets in the Way of Life

KWQC - SUNDAY, April 9 (HealthDay News) -- To be human is to worry -- about finances, your children's health, work, even whether you remembered to unplug the iron when you go on vacation. But if you find that worry seems to consume your life, that you ...

Panic Disorder

Tulsa World - Anxiety and panic disorders affect an estimated four percent, or 2.4 million Americans. Panic attacks are twice as common in women as in men, and may be associated with the menstrual cycle. It may be passed down in families, and a person’s risk of ...

Why Aren't Drugs Tested on Pregnant Women?

ABC News - Drugs have traditionally not been tested on pregnant women, leaving women and doctors with a minefield of questions and concerns. (Photo Disc) World News Tonight: Hunting Gators in Florida; Return of a Super Bowl Ring World News Tonight's Full ...

Fostering Higher Education Success

Inside Higher Ed - “I’m a pretty responsible person, but I just got tired,” she says. “And I had to struggle with my own demons.” A new report by the Institute for Higher Education Policy offers recommendations for policy makers to help people like John cope ...

Service seeks to help new mothers (BBC News)

A new centre to help families where the mother has post natal depression opens in Galashiels.

Teen wins round in cancer fight

Record-Courier - Shaw Lamb, mother of cancer patient James Lamb, said she received the best Mother's Day gift ever from her son this year - a big, heart-felt belly laugh. It was the first time he's laughed since he started chemotherapy. "We were watching the street ...

Clinical depression can be treated

Marion Star - Everyone gets down from time to time, but sometimes it's more than just "the blues." Sometimes it can be clinical depression. Clinical depression affects more than 19 million Americans each year. It is a real illness that can be treated effectively ...

Cyberonics Provides Update on Annual American Psychiatric Association ...

Genetic Engineering News - HOUSTON , May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cyberonics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYBX) today announced that VNS Therapy for TRD will have a significant presence at American Psychiatric Association (APA) Meeting, May 20-25, 2006 in Toronto , Canada . VNS Therapy ...

So are you fit for the job? (Times Online)

Feeling a bit tired, overweight and sluggish? Watch out, your boss may have plans for your lifestyle. Roger Dobson on wellbeing at work

Splitting pills gaining momentum among insurers

Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier - WATERLOO — Paying for medicine doesn’t have to cause splitting headaches. An increasingly common solution to rising health care costs is to split pills, which can save hundreds of dollars a year on prescription costs. The practice, commonly ...

America's elderly face growing drug addiction problem

Boston Online - BOSTON (Reuters) - When Patrick Gallagher first began nodding off at dinner, his family thought it was a symptom of old age. Their fears grew as it worsened. Withdrawing from the world at age 64, Gallagher was addicted to a cocktail of alcohol and ...

Road to recovery - How long? How smooth?

Fort Wayne News-Sentinel - When it comes to recovering from surgery, some patients seem to be superstars, while others take a much longer time to heal. For instance, one person may take months to recover from a knee replacement, while another is hitting golf balls at the ...

AVONEX(R), the Most Prescribed Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Worldwide ...

Genetic Engineering News - Biogen Idec (NASDAQ:BIIB) today marks the 10th anniversary of AVONEX(R) (Interferon beta-1a), the most prescribed multiple sclerosis (MS) therapy worldwide, as the company's CEO James Mullen, rings the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell. AVONEX ...

FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Approval Of Exelon(R) (rivastigmine Tartrate) In The Treatment Of Dementia Associated (Medica

Novartis announced thatExelon (rivastigmine tartrate) received a favorable opinion from thePeripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee of the U.S.Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of mild to moderatedementia associated with Parkinson's disease. [click link for full article]

Relay for Life Survivor: ‘Cancer isn’t the end of the world’

1960 Sun - If his experiences with cancer have taught two-year survivor Jamie Eaddy, 33, anything, it’s that a diagnosis isn’t a death sentence. “Try not to let it alter your life. Try to go on with day-to-day things like work and activities,” Eaddy said ...

Law Directs Physicians to Counsel Mothers-to-Be About Depression

Psychiatric News - APA members are among those who contributed to legislation whose goals are to help women with postpartum depression get treatment and to educate families about the symptoms of the disorder. Physicians in New Jersey will be required to educate ...

Meth’s psychological control complicates addicts’ recovery

Dallas Voice - Treatment specialists estimate relapse rate of 60% to 95% on first attempts to stop use of drug; strong support essential to recovery Randy Martin with the Pride Institute said that recovering addicts need to know that they have a network of support ...

China Bans Breast-Enlarging Liquid

Allentown Morning Call - BEIJING -- China has banned a breast-enlarging liquid that was injected into more than 300,000 women and caused such pain for some they had their breasts removed -- the latest scandal over dangerous treatments blamed on lax oversight or corrupt ...

China bans breast-enlargement liquid

Independent Record - BEIJING — China has banned a breast-enlarging liquid that was injected into more than 300,000 women and caused such pain for some they had their breasts removed — the latest scandal over dangerous treatments blamed on lax oversight or corrupt ...

FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Approval Of Exelon(R) (rivastigmine Tartrate) In The Treatment Of Dementia Associated (Medica

Novartis announced thatExelon (rivastigmine tartrate) received a favorable opinion from thePeripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee of the U.S.Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of mild to moderatedementia associated with Parkinson's disease. [click link for full article]

FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Approval Of Exelon(R) (rivastigmine Tartrate) In The Treatment Of Dementia Associated (Medica

Novartis announced thatExelon (rivastigmine tartrate) received a favorable opinion from thePeripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee of the U.S.Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of mild to moderatedementia associated with Parkinson's disease. [click link for full article]

Tennessee must take stock of what we can do for mentally ill

Nashville Tennessean - A resolution passed this week by the state House calls for the state to take a look at how mental health-care dollars, both private and public, are spent in Tennessee. It's high time we stopped for an ac-counting. Why? Be-cause nobo-dy knows. Though ...

COVER STORY SIDEBAR | "Soldiering on" May 27, 2006

World Magazine - It was only 5:30 a.m. in Iraq, but already Sergeant Jared Shumate lay on the ground, clutching his gear in fear. As he huddled in the darkness, he could hear hissing sounds followed by louder booms. Each explosion sounded closer. Once, he felt the ...

FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Approval Of Exelon(R) (rivastigmine ...

Medical News Today - Novartis announced that Exelon (rivastigmine tartrate) received a favorable opinion from the Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of mild to moderate dementia ...

China Bans Breast-Enlarging Liquid

Orlando Sentinel - BEIJING -- China has banned a breast-enlarging liquid that was injected into more than 300,000 women and caused such pain for some they had their breasts removed -- the latest scandal over dangerous treatments blamed on lax oversight or corrupt ...

Health / Health Treatment / Medical Procedure/Test

Science Daily - Ped Med: Screening for teen depression (50 minutes ago) -- As part of a plan for preventing teen suicides, a presidential task force has recommended school screening of youngsters for tell-tale signs of ... > full story Plastic surgeons hit Transform ...

Harrison Facing 'Final Straw' - Psychologist (Sporting Life via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)

Sports psychologist Tom Lucas believes Scott Harrison must have hit "rock bottom" to seek treatment for depression and alcohol problems.

Local people discuss mental health issues

Bradford Era - Like Mike Wallace, Abraham Lincoln, Mary Kate Olsen, Winston Churchill and Brooke Shields, many people suffer from mental illness. Locally, Sandy Schooley, Fran Cecchetti, Scott Henderson and Darryl Pequeen decided to come together to talk about ...

By TERRY RINDFLEISCH La Crosse Tribune

La Crosse Tribune - They may have lost a spouse, or have physical ailments that limit mobility and time spent with friends, said Cathy Hein, a clinical social worker at Gundersen Lutheran Behavioral Health. Depression and other mental health problems can even worsen ...

Ask Dr. Wang

Pride Source - Before I start my column, I'd like to remind everyone of a survey I'm conducting to increase awareness of the LGBT community in the medical community. These surveys ask you what you wish or would like your primary care physician to know about our ...

Jazz singer battles back from stroke to regain her voice

News-Virginian - Llyn Walker plays an African drum Thursday at her Waynesboro home. Walker will be showing off her vocal talent tonight at Under the Roof in downtown Waynesboro. (ROSANNE WEBER/Staff) Her eyes staring out into space, her fingers snapping to the beat ...

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