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New York City blacks have the highest rate of high blood pressure of any racial or ethnic group in the city, according to a report released Continue Reading »

When it comes to deciding whether paying people to make healthier lifestyle changes is a good thing, it seems patient opinion is split right down the middle. Unsurprisingly perhaps, those who smoke and are overweight are its greatest advocates. This is the finding of a study1 by Judith Long and her Continue Reading »

A mother’s stress may contribute to her young children being overweight in low income households with sufficient food, according to a new Iowa State University study that is published in the September issue of Pediatrics, the professional journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The study analyzed data collected from 841 children in 425 households in the 1999-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
Iowa State faculty Continue Reading »

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World COPD Day this year provides the occasion for the launch of a website for European citizens to check national and local air quality and to learn the steps they can take to minimise any adverse effects.(1)
Launched jointly by European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients’ Associations (EFA) and Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), the website "Know Continue Reading »

Although the variety of substances that can cause contact dermatitis is almost limitless, it often can be effectively managed with the proper diagnosis and treatment according to investigators presenting the latest research at the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) in Seattle.
Contact dermatitis is an acute or chronic inflammation of the skin resulting from Continue Reading »

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Tatsushi Onaka and colleagues, at Jichi Medical University, Japan, have provided new insight into the network of signals that emanate from the gut and the brainstem of rodents to regulate food intake.
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Auspex Pharmaceuticals, a developer of next-generation medicines with improved safety and performance through the targeted deuteration of clinically validated drugs, today announced positive results from its Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating SD-254, a Selective Serotinin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor (SNRI). Auspex is developing SD-254, a deuterium-substituted version of venlafaxine, for the treatment of Major Continue Reading »

Scientists know that different normal and diseased tissues behave differently. But a method that tells them just how they do so may one day give medical science a new way to fight obesity, hypertension, diabetes and other dangerous disorders of the metabolism.
Until now, scientists had to rely on basic observations at the cellular level, since they lacked information about the metabolic processes of individual organs, such as the liver, Continue Reading »

Heart patients should be
screened for depression — a common condition that can profoundly affect
both prognosis and quality of life — according to the American Heart
Association’s first scientific statement on depression and coronary heart
disease. The statement was published in Circulation: Journal of the
American Heart Association.
The recommendations, which are Continue Reading »

Somewhere between the tanking economy, the 150 daily emails coming into your Blackberry and the cut-throat working environment, it’s nearly impossible to stay calm.
Todd Oretsky, a recovering Wall Street attorney, knows more than his fair share of how a stressful work situation can wreak havoc Continue Reading »

The British Acupuncture Council (BAcC) has found that more people are turning to traditional acupuncture to alleviate symptoms caused by the emotional strains of everyday life.
A recent survey reveals that the tolls of the 21st century are affecting younger people with under-40s seeking traditional acupuncture treatment for emotional issues such as depression, stress and anxiety. 57% of those citing emotional issues are under 40 - a Continue Reading »

Stress is
unavoidable. What’s critical is knowing when one is moving from good stress
to bad stress — and leaders often are not aware of the difference,
according to research from the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL(R)), a
top-ranked, global leadership education and research organization.
When one’s resources meet or exceed the demands put on a person, stress
can show its positive Continue Reading »

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Brachytherapy, also called seed implants, may be a more beneficial treatment than surgery or external beam radiation therapy for overweight or obese prostate cancer patients, according to a study published in the August issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology-Biology-Physics, the official journal Continue Reading »

Patients with chronic smoker’s bronchitis often suffer from increased
pressure in the blood vessels supplying the lung (pulmonary
hypertension). The blood pressure increases further during exercise
and can lead to severe Continue Reading »

A report published in the November 10 issue of Archives of
Internal Medicine finds that people who sleep less than 7.5
hours per day may have a higher future risk of heart disease. Kazuo
Eguchi, M.D., Ph.D. (Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan) and
colleagues also find an increased risk of heart disease among people
who have little sleep combined with overnight elevated Continue Reading »

A recent study published in the Archives of Disease
in Childhood finds that although most people consider rice to
be a "hypoallergenic" food with stomach-settling capabilities,
the cereal actually can cause a severe allergic reaction.
Researchers from Australia studied 31 infants, less than 12 months of
age, who presented with food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome
(FPIES) - an Continue Reading »

Stress during pregnancy can have unfortunate consequences for children born under those conditions - slower development, learning and attention difficulties, anxiety and depressive symptoms and possibly even autism.
That such stress during a mother’s pregnancy can cause developmental and emotional problems for offspring has long been observed by behavioral and biological researchers, but the objective measuring and timing of that stress Continue Reading »

The perception that therapists and their techniques play the most significant role in influencing the outcome of treatment is challenged in a new research review launched today at the Annual Conference of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy in Telford.
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It is well known that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) frequently suffer from depression and anxiety, but according to new research, depression and anxiety may actually cause increased hospitalizations and exacerbations.
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Research presented at the 20th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF), suggests that olmesartan, a drug commonly used to treat high blood pressure, may play a role in reducing coronary plaque.
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Hay fever, the often seasonal allergy that affects between 10 and 20 percent of the American population, is best controlled through a course of patient-adjusted dosing, according to new research published in the September 2008 edition of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.
During the study by Thai researchers, hay fever, known clinically as allergic rhinitis, was observed in 69 patients, who were then treated over the course of 28 days with the intranasal Continue Reading »

This is according to an American study. Its authors recommend screening
for diabetes, arterial hypertension and cardiovascular disease in
patients with COPD.
The study, to be published in the forthcoming issue of the
European Respiratory Journal (ERJ), the scientific publication
of the European Respiratory Society, finds that chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is often associated
with other Continue Reading »

More than 7,000 school pupils from across the UK will be taking part in the trial of a new positive thinking programme led by the University of Bath designed to prevent children developing problems with depression.
Around one in ten children have symptoms which place them at high risk of becoming seriously depressed. If left unmanaged, these symptoms could have a significant impact upon the child’s everyday life Continue Reading »

Of the orphaned youth who are heading households in rural Rwanda can be
classified as depressed, according to a report released on September 1,
2008 in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine,
one
of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Rwanda has one of the largest groups of orphans in the world, a result
of the 1994 genocide and the epidemic of HIV infection. According to
background information in the article, Continue Reading »