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Pregnant women who endure the psychological stress of being in a war zone are more likely to give birth to a child who develops schizophrenia. Research published in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry supports a growing body of literature that attributes maternal exposure to severe stress during the early months of pregnancy to an increased susceptibility to schizophrenia in Continue Reading »

Many older adults worry a lot. Almost one in 10 Americans over age 60 suffer from an anxiety disorder that causes them to worry excessively about normal things like health, finances, disability and family. Although antidepressant drugs known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) can improve anxiety symptoms in younger adults, little has been known Continue Reading »

When the world’s top athletes convene next month for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, some will face a challenge that tests more than their athletic abilities. Buy lasix pills Heavy pollution in the Chinese capital could pose problems for competitors, especially those with asthma, according to the American Continue Reading »

A newly discovered receptor in a strain of Escherichia coli might help explain why people often get sicker when they’re stressed.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center are the first to identify the receptor, known as QseE, which resides in a diarrhea-causing strain of E coli. The receptor senses stress cues from the bacterium’s host and helps the pathogen make the host ill. A receptor is a molecule Continue Reading »

The US Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) has approved two single-pill combination medications,
Diovan HCT(R) (valsartan and hydrochlorothiazide) and Exforge(R)
(amlodipine and valsartan), as initial or ‘first-line’ therapies in
patients likely to need multiple drugs to achieve their blood pressure Continue Reading »

Statistics out today from the leading food intolerance expert, YorkTest, show that nine out of the ten of the UK’s most intolerable foods are commonly found on our breakfast table - proving it really is the most important meal of the day. If you wondered why you were going to work on a headache, to school with a stomach ache or to a lecture with lethargy, a breakfast of toast, egg or cereal could be Continue Reading »

The American Physiological Society has awarded Michigan State University Professor Stephanie W. Watts the 2008 Henry Pickering Bowditch Memorial Award for early-career achievement. The award goes to a scientist younger than 42 years whose accomplishments are both original and outstanding. It is the Society’s second-highest award
Dr. Watts, a professor of pharmacology and toxicology, has focused her research on whether serotonin Continue Reading »

A new study here shows that even slight stress and anxiety can substantially worsen a person’s allergic reaction to some routine allergens.
Moreover, the added impact of stress and anxiety seem to linger, causing the second day of a stressed person’s allergy attack to be much worse.
The finding, the latest in more than three decades of study on stress and immunity, is important since Continue Reading »

Results from the EIRA study
New data presented at EULAR 2008, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism in Paris, France, show that intake of oily fish is associated with a reduced risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA), whereas psychosocial work stress and smoking can increase the risk of developing the condition. The findings, all taken from a large population-based case-control study in Sweden called EIRA (Epidemiological Investigation Continue Reading »

Prostate cancer is being detected and treated at an earlier age, resulting in more cases of erectile dysfunction in younger men. While for many this is a temporary setback, for some it can take much longer and others will never recover their former capability.
Dr Michael Lowy from Sydney Men’s Health, said the Continue Reading »

Depression And Antidepressants Increase Risk Of Falling In Later Life
Older people have a high risk for falls and the ensuing injuries. This
risk, according to an article released on June 17, 2008 in the
open-access journal PLoS ONE, is increased by the
presence of depression, and increased even more with medication for
depression.
Falls are a common problem Continue Reading »

Allergic rhinitis does not appear to be associated with snoring or daytime sleepiness, but individuals with obstructed nasal passages are likely to experience both regardless of whether they have allergies, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Nasal obstruction is one of the most troublesome symptoms of nasal Continue Reading »

Sciele Pharma, Inc., a Shionogi Company, and Plethora Solutions Holdings PLC ("Plethora" - AIM:PLE), the specialist developer of products for the treatment and management of urological disorders, today announced the final analysis of its European Phase III double-blind placebo-controlled study of PSD502 for the treatment of premature ejaculation (’PE’). PSD502 has met not only its three Continue Reading »

Anadis Ltd (ASX:ANX; OTC:ANDIY), a biopharmaceutical company focused on research, development and production of immune milk (colostrum)-derived polyclonal antibodies and other proteins to address major diseases, today announces the initiation of a clinical trial with top clinical scientists at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Israel. The clinical trial will explore the efficacy of a formulation developed by Anadis to address Continue Reading »

A new study shows that people who are socially active and not easily stressed may be less likely to develop dementia. The research is published in the January 20, 2009, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
The study involves 506 older people who did not have dementia when first examined. The group was given questionnaires about Continue Reading »

Women who have had two or more induced abortions have a reduced risk of pre-eclampsia by 60 %. It is not currently understood to what degree physical activity during pregnancy protects against pre-eclampsia, compared to previous studies. This is shown in two new studies from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) that use data from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa).
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There may be a silver — and healthy — lining to the miserable cloud of allergy symptoms: Sneezing, coughing, tearing and itching just may help prevent cancer — particularly colon, skin, bladder, mouth, throat, uterus and cervix, lung and gastrointestinal tract cancer, according to a new Cornell study.
These cancers, interestingly, involve organs that "interface directly with the external environment," said Paul Sherman, Cornell Continue Reading »

Millions of patients with treatment-resistant clinical depression, who have struggled for years with disability and how to cope with their condition, now have an option that could help them lead more productive and successful lives.
The NeuroStar TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) Therapy system, developed by Neuronetics, Inc. and initiated by research at the Medical University of South Carolina Continue Reading »