A review article which is published in the current issue of the European Journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics analyzes the relationship between depression and bone metabolism.
This study reveals that the association between psychiatric illness, in particular depression, and osteoporosis has been the subject of a growing Read the rest of this entry »

Professor Mark Williams from the Centre for Suicide Research, University of Oxford, is the keynote speaker at a one-day student suicide prevention seminar being organised by PAPYRUS, the national charity dedicated to prevention of young suicide. It takes place on Thursday 19 February at The Oxford Centre, 333 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7PL.
Every year in the UK between 600 and 800 young people between the age of
15 and 24 take their own Read the rest of this entry »

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The new service - a UK first - is being launched by Lloydspharmacy in partnership with sexual health experts Dr Thom, The service offers online diagnosis Read the rest of this entry »

Health visitors can be trained to identify women with postnatal depression and offer effective treatment, while telephone peer support (mother to mother) may halve the risk of developing postnatal depression, suggests research published on today.
About 13% of women experience postnatal depression in the year following the birth of their child. But postnatal depression Read the rest of this entry »

A new study from the US found that patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD), which is sometimes accompanied by pain in leg muscles,
improved their walking endurance and quality of life by taking part in a treadmill walking exercise that also helped patients who did not have the
classic symptoms of pain in the legs.
The study was the work of Dr Mary M McDermott, of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Read the rest of this entry »

High caffeine consumption could be linked to a greater tendency to hallucinate, a new research study suggests.
People with a higher caffeine intake, from sources such as coffee, tea and caffeinated energy drinks, are more likely to report hallucinatory experiences such as hearing voices and seeing things that are not there, according to the Durham University study.
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Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMEX: RNN), a leader in innovative therapeutics for life-threatening and life-debilitating diseases, announced that the Company has received FDA approval to begin Phase II trials for Serdaxin™, for the treatment of major depressive disorders (MDD).
This trial represents the third Phase II study currently in progress at Rexahn Pharmaceuticals. The Company’s Read the rest of this entry »

There has been recent
concern that suicide may be a complication of montelukast (Singulair)
therapy. Montelukast is a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved oral
drug that has been prescribed for more than a decade for the treatment of
asthma and seasonal allergy symptoms. Read the rest of this entry »

Students’ successes in the first grade can affect more than their future report cards. In a new study, University of Missouri researchers found links among students’ weak academic performance in the first grade, self-perceptions in the sixth grade, and depression symptoms in the seventh grade.
"We found that students in the first grade who struggled academically with core subjects, including reading Read the rest of this entry »

The Medicines Company (NASDAQ: MDCO) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the intravenous (IV) therapy CleviprexTM (clevidipine butyrate) injectable emulsion for the reduction of blood pressure when oral therapy is not feasible or not desirable.
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Teenagers are turning to alcohol and cigarettes to relieve school stress. generic acomplia online buy This is the finding of a study presented at The British Psychological Society’s Division of Educational and Child Psychology annual conference.
The study carried out by psychologist Dr Pamela Taylor at Salford Local Authority looked at the stressors Read the rest of this entry »

The following summarizes studies published in the January issue of the Journal of the National Medical Association.
"A Proposed New Model of Hypertensive Treatment Behavior in African-Americans" (.pdf): In the report, Jennifer Middleton, assistant medical director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s St. Margaret Bloomfield-Garfield Read the rest of this entry »

Joris de Wit, Ruud F. Toonen, and Matthijs Verhage.
Neurons secrete neuropeptides, neurotrophic factors, guidance molecules, and proteases via secretory dense-core vesicles. Although secretion of such molecules has been extensively studied in neuroendocrine cells, relatively little is known about release of these molecules by neurons. To remedy this, de Wit et al. labeled neuropeptide Y, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, semaphorin 3A, and the protease Read the rest of this entry »

Childhood trauma is a potent risk factor for development of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), according to a study by researchers at Emory University School of Medicine and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The study is published in the Jan. 5, 2009Archives of General Psychiatry.
Results of the study confirm Read the rest of this entry »

The use of low-cost, generic diuretics to treat high blood pressure did not increase significantly following a 2002 study that found the drugs were more effective at treating hypertension than newer drugs that were up to 20 times more expensive, the New York Times reports. The Read the rest of this entry »

NHS and MOD collaborate to provide mental health care closer to home. A Somerset mental health Trust is one of only seven organisations selected by the Ministry of Defence to support members of the armed services affected by mental ill health.
In an announcement made Kevan Jones MP, the Under Secretary of State for Defence and Minister for Veterans, named Somerset Partnership NHS Read the rest of this entry »

For hemodialysis patients, undergoing dialysis for eight hours overnight, three times weekly, reduces the risk of death by nearly 80 percent, compared to conventional, four-hour dialysis, according to research presented at the American Society of Nephrology’s 41st Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In a study led by Ercan Ok, MD, Read the rest of this entry »

Contact with nature has long been suspected to increase positive feelings, reduce stress, and provide distraction from the pain associated with recovery from surgery. Now, research has confirmed the beneficial effects of plants and flowers for patients recovering from abdominal surgery.
A recent study by Seong-Hyun Park and Richard H. Mattson, researchers from the Department of Horticulture, Read the rest of this entry »

Men’s Health News
On almost a weekly basis the media reveals, often in excruciating detail, that some male sport star, politician or personality, somewhere, has abused, sexually or in another way, a girlfriend or a woman they have come into contact with.
The trend is a worrying one but a new study from the United States may shed some light on why some men behave in this manner.
The study by researchers from the University of California examined the lives of boys who commit Read the rest of this entry »

We are all familiar with the question - "Are you a man or a mouse?" What if the answer is "a little of both"? Because of the power of molecular genetics research in animals and the maturation of animal models, the path to identifying genes involved in particular types of behavior, such as fear, is much clearer in animals than in humans. There is new evidence that Read the rest of this entry »

The law firm of Izard Nobel LLP, which has significant experience representing investors in prosecuting claims of securities fraud, announces that a lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of those who purchased Biovail Corporation ("Biovail" or the "Company") (NYSE: BVF) between Read the rest of this entry »

The herbal medicine St. John’s wort appears to work just as well as some prescribed antidepressants for treating patients with major depression, a new review finds. Buy generic acomplia However, patients in German-speaking countries might experience the best benefits.
While there is public interest in the United States about whether Read the rest of this entry »

Thirty seven medical experts in psychiatry from across the
world have called on the medical community to take urgent action to optimize
services for people with a diagnosis of severe mental illness such as
schizophrenia or bipolar disorder(i).
Professor W. Wolfgang Fleischhacker, principal author of
Comorbid Somatic Illnesses in Patients with Severe Mental Disorders:
Clinical, Policy, and Research Challenges which was published in the Journal
of Clinical Read the rest of this entry »

Coloplast announced today the first U.S. patient training with its new Titan® inflatable penile prosthesis with One-Touch Release (OTR) pump for men with erectile dysfunction who do not respond to traditional ED drug therapy.
"Coloplast is excited to launch the first true one-touch release penile implant that is designed for ease of patient training," said Jan Rolin Frederiksen, President, Read the rest of this entry »

Men’s Health News
African health workers performing male circumcision in an effort to curb the spread of HIV need better tools and more training to avoid high rates of complications, according to a World Health Organization study published Monday in the WHO Bulletin, Reuters Health reports.
The authors Read the rest of this entry »