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In a large group of Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes, depression was associated with a higher death rate from all causes during a two-year study period. The findings are published in the October 2008 Journal of General Internal Medicine.
Lead author Dr. Wayne Katon, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Washington (UW), Read more…

The Genes, Environment and Health Initiative (GEI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have awarded grants, estimated to be up to $5.5 million over two years for six studies aimed at finding genetic factors that influence the risks for stroke, glaucoma, high blood pressure, prostate cancer and other common disorders.
The grantees will use a genome-wide association study to rapidly scan markers across the complete sets of DNA, or genomes, of large Read more…

Long suspected by the 5 million recreational bike riders and sexual medicine experts, bicycle seat design-shorter noseless seats versus the standard protruding nose extended seat-can directly affect a man’s sexual function, based on the nation’s first prospective study of healthy policemen riding bikes on the job. The study is published in the current issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
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Why do many Canadians get the winter blues? In the first study of its kind in the living human brain, Dr. Jeffrey Meyer and colleagues at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have discovered greater levels of serotonin transporter in the brain in winter than in summer. These findings have important implications for understanding seasonal mood change Read more…

The estimated rate of anaphylaxis in young women after human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination was significantly higher - 5 to 20 fold - than that identified in comparable school-based vaccination programs, according to a study published in CMAJ However, the overall rates of anaphylaxis were low with no associated serious lasting effects.
In a study of 114,000 women, a team of Australian Read more…

A new study has found that the more a teenager is exposed to television and other electronic media the higher are his/her chances of developing depression symptoms in young adulthood - this is especially the case for young men, says a study published in Archives of General Psychiatry, a JAMA/Archives journal.
The authors explain that depression is the leading cause of non-fatal disability worldwide. It tends to start during adolescence Read more…

1. New ACP Guideline Looks at Effectiveness of Drugs Used to Treat Depressive Disorders
Second generation treatments for depression are all equally effective according to a new clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians (ACP). The guideline is published today Read more…

AtCor Medical (ASX: ACG),
the developer and marketer of the SphygmoCor(R) system, which
measures central blood pressures and arterial stiffness
noninvasively, today announced that a new study* funded by the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that when patients’ central
pulse pressures exceeded 50 mm of mercury, there was a significant
increase in cardiovascular events. The 2,405 patient Read more…

Buy acomplia without prescription Hay fever sufferers and people with asthma; beware - peak pollen season is now until late November, according to the latest asthma alert issued by the National Asthma Council Australia.
"There is so much Read more…

The brains of individuals with major depressive disorder appear to react more strongly when anticipating pain and also display altered functioning of the neural network that modifies pain sensitivity, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
"Chronic pain and depression are common and often overlapping syndromes," Read more…

First, the bad news: More American adults have hypertension (high blood pressure) and prehypertension than ever before.
Now, the good news: The percentage of those getting treated for and controlling high blood pressure has also increased. As a result, even the bad news has a good news aspect: more people are living with rather than dying from hypertension.
The bad news - good news portrait of the Read more…

Promising scientific investigations that might someday yield new strategies related to anxiety, addiction, trauma caused by war or natural disasters, and brain development among children growing up in poverty will be the focus of a seminar on "Science, Stress and Human Health."
The 2008 Philip Hauge Abelson Advancing Science Seminar will take place Friday, 24 October at the American Association Read more…

New guidelines from the American Heart Association (AHA) recommend that heart patients should be screened for depression, and treated if necessary,
because research shows they are at much higher risk, and it can severely affect prognosis of their heart condition and their quality of life.
The AHA’s first scientific statement on depression and coronary heart Read more…

As the EU begins an investigation into the feasibility of banning mercury in professional-use sphygmomanometers, supporters of a ban have received a boost from a new report detailing the wide use of mercury-free alternatives in the United States.
Titled "End of an Era: The Phase-Out of Mercury Blood Pressure Devices", the document includes testimony from a number of US healthcare providers Read more…

Medical students frequently suffer from depression, especially during their internship years. New research published in the open access journal BMC Medical Education reveals the extent of the problem and features a detailed analysis Read more…

A comprehensive review of current scientific literature, published in the peer-reviewed journal ecancer, has suggested that antidepressants can help the human body fight cancer by boosting its own immune response, amongst other mechanisms.
Not only this but they can help with side effects from chemotherapy such as aiding Read more…

Blood pressure in low-birth-weight children younger than 3 years of age not only can be measured but should be, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.
The findings appear in the September issue of Pediatrics.
Blood pressure has not been screened routinely in children with very low birth weights because the measurements were viewed as not feasible or unreliable Read more…

Reducing levels of uric acid in blood lowered blood pressure to normal in most teens in a study designed to investigate a possible link between blood pressure and the chemical, a waste product of the body’s normal metabolism, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in a report that appears in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
"If you reduce uric acid, at least Read more…

An increasing number of studies have shown a reduced risk of
allergies, hay fever, asthma and eczema in farmers’ children and
adolescents. Until recently it was believed that these protective
effects primarily arise from exposures during the first years of life.
Jeroen Douwes (Massey University, Read more…

Rasilez HCT® (aliskiren and hydrochlorothiazide), a single-pill combination of two high blood pressure medicines - first-in-class direct renin inhibitor Rasilez® (aliskiren) and the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide (HCT) - has been approved by Swissmedic as a new treatment for high blood pressure.
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Neuronetics, Inc. announced
that a new health economic study evaluating the cost effectiveness of its
NeuroStar TMS Therapy system in the treatment of depression was presented
at the U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress in San Diego last week.
This study is the largest and most comprehensive cost effectiveness study
to date of TMS Therapy in patients with major Read more…

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Mental illness is one of the last surviving stigmas in today’s liberal society. Class, race, religion, gender and sexual orientation, are all off-limits now as reasons for discrimination, social exclusion, jokes or disparaging remarks of any kind. Where these are concerned, we’ve come a long way in terms of tolerance, fairness and sensitivity to the feelings of others; as a rule, words are chosen carefully so as not to offend and legislation ensures fair Read more…

Plethora Solutions Holdings PLC ("Plethora" or the "Company", AIM: PLE), the specialist developer of products for the treatment and management of urological disorders, announces that its European Phase III double-blind placebo controlled study of PSD502 for the treatment of premature ejaculation (PE) has met its three co-primary endpoints of Read more…

An early proof-of-concept study presented shows promising results for imatinib in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a severe, incurable blood vessel disorder.
Preliminary findings from a 59-patient, multi-center Phase II clinical trial suggest imatinib provides a treatment benefit, as demonstrated by a significant improvement in pulmonary vascular resistance and a numerical increase in cardiac output, key Read more…