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Bowel cancer, coffee and diabetes: Two new studies

Australian researchers have identified a link between type 2 diabetes in men and a significantly increased risk of bowel cancer, triggering calls for diabetics to have regular checks.

31 Aug 2011

Dad's stress can affect unborn children

Does Dad's stress affect his unborn children? According to the results of a new study in Elsevier's Biological Psychiatry, it seems the answer may be "yes, but it's complicated".

31 Aug 2011

Victims of intimate partner violence more likely to develop mental health disorders

Victims who suffer violence at the hands of a spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend, or other intimate partner aren't only brutalized physically; they also suffer disproportionately higher rates of mental health distress, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

31 Aug 2011

Harassment, discrimination can contribute to mental disorders in African-American gay or bisexual men

The harassment, discrimination and negative feelings about homosexuality that black gay and bisexual men often experience can contribute significantly to mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety, a small new study finds.

31 Aug 2011

Patients with claustrophobia experience less anxiety during open MR examinations

Patients who suffer from fear in small, enclosed spaces (claustrophobia) experience less anxiety if examined in open than in closed magnetic resonance (MR) scanners.

31 Aug 2011

Yoga as therapy in neuropsychiatric disorders

Yoga is commonly seen as a practice beneficial to body and mind. Increasingly, yoga is being taken a step further and applied as a form of complementary and alternative medicine in treating psychiatric disorders.

31 Aug 2011

Favorable top-line results from Aeterna Zentaris' AEZS-130 Phase 3 study on AGHD

Aeterna Zentaris Inc. today announced favorable top-line results of its completed Phase 3 study with AEZS-130 as the first oral diagnostic test for Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency.

31 Aug 2011

Study finds alarming results about parents' beliefs on importance of sleep in their children's lives

A study conducted by The Better Sleep Council and The Sleep Council found alarming results about parents' beliefs on the importance of sleep in their children's lives, aged 7-18.

30 Aug 2011

BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring reduces inappropriate shocks, improves ICD battery longevity

BIOTRONIK, a leading manufacturer of implantable cardiac devices and the pioneer of wireless remote monitoring technology, announced today the first presentation of results from the ECOST randomized controlled trial.

30 Aug 2011

Researchers demonstrate benefits of 8-week 'Beating Heart Problems' group programme

Researchers from the Heart Research Centre in Melbourne, Australia, have demonstrated the benefits of the 8-week 'Beating Heart Problems' group programme in a randomised controlled trial.

30 Aug 2011

Lundbeck Canada makes landmark donation of $2.7M to support depression research

Lundbeck Canada has made a landmark donation of $2.7 million to support ground-breaking research at the University Health Network to identify biomarkers that will enhance the diagnosis and treatment of patients suffering from major depression and bipolar disorder.

29 Aug 2011

Roundup: Federal appeals court says Ariz. Medicaid co-pays violate law; Mich. court rules against medicinal marijuana policies

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that mandatory copayments charged to Arizona's poorest residents violate federal law. The three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said federal health officials failed to show how the copays, imposed in November after a seven-year court battle, served any purpose besides cutting the state's Medicaid budget.

26 Aug 2011

RIT, St. John Fisher team up to create therapeutic game for anxiety

Researchers say tuition and pressure to achieve top grades are just a few of the reasons that today's young people suffer from increased anxiety and seek therapy.

25 Aug 2011

Mylan subsidiary to exclusively offer EpiPen 2-Pak and EpiPen Jr 2-Pak Auto-Injector

Dey Pharma, L.P., a subsidiary of Mylan Inc., today announced that Dey will exclusively offer the EpiPen 2-Pak and EpiPen Jr 2-Pak (epinephrine) Auto-Injector 0.3/0.15 mg, to encourage physicians and patients to follow recommendations by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

24 Aug 2011

Repeat HPV testing would reduce unnecessary treatment for women

Doing the human papillomavirus (HPV) test twice with a short interval between tests would reduce the number of women having unnecessary treatment, new research shows.

24 Aug 2011

Clay modelling could help disturbed teenagers deal with mental health problems

Researchers at The University of Nottingham are to investigate whether the therapeutic effects of clay modelling could help disturbed teenagers deal with their feelings of anger, anxiety and depression.

24 Aug 2011

Children of women with HG more likely to suffer from anxiety, bipolar disorder

An extreme form of pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting known as hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) takes a heavy toll on thousands of women each year and can lead to hospitalization and pregnancy termination. But new research suggests pregnant women are not the only victims.

24 Aug 2011

Palliative, hospice care can lessen the suffering cancer brings to patients and families

Being diagnosed with cancer can be devastating, and the treatment can take its toll in physical, emotional, social, and even spiritual ways. Palliative care providers can lessen the suffering cancer brings to patients and their families—both during treatment and at the end of life. Many people don't realize that palliative care to treat symptoms and improve a patient's quality of life can and should be given throughout their illness, not just at the end of life.

24 Aug 2011

Men, women differ in the way they anticipate negative experience

Men and women differ in the way they anticipate an unpleasant emotional experience, which influences the effectiveness with which that experience is committed to memory, according to new research.

24 Aug 2011

Boys don't express angst or distress about discussing problems any more than girls

A new University of Missouri study finds that boys feel that discussing problems is a waste of time.

24 Aug 2011

Anxiety News and Research

Latest Anxiety News and Research

Bowel cancer, coffee and diabetes: Two new studies

Dad's stress can affect unborn children

Victims of intimate partner violence more likely to develop mental health disorders

Harassment, discrimination can contribute to mental disorders in African-American gay or bisexual men

Patients with claustrophobia experience less anxiety during open MR examinations

Yoga as therapy in neuropsychiatric disorders

Favorable top-line results from Aeterna Zentaris' AEZS-130 Phase 3 study on AGHD

Study finds alarming results about parents' beliefs on importance of sleep in their children's lives

BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring reduces inappropriate shocks, improves ICD battery longevity

Researchers demonstrate benefits of 8-week 'Beating Heart Problems' group programme

Lundbeck Canada makes landmark donation of $2.7M to support depression research

Roundup: Federal appeals court says Ariz. Medicaid co-pays violate law; Mich. court rules against medicinal marijuana policies

RIT, St. John Fisher team up to create therapeutic game for anxiety

Mylan subsidiary to exclusively offer EpiPen 2-Pak and EpiPen Jr 2-Pak Auto-Injector

Repeat HPV testing would reduce unnecessary treatment for women

Clay modelling could help disturbed teenagers deal with mental health problems

Children of women with HG more likely to suffer from anxiety, bipolar disorder

Palliative, hospice care can lessen the suffering cancer brings to patients and families

Men, women differ in the way they anticipate negative experience

Boys don't express angst or distress about discussing problems any more than girls

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

Anxiety News and Research

Latest Anxiety News and Research

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

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