October 31st, 2006
For older individuals, negative emotions at bedtime can lead to elevated levels of stress hormones the next morning, say researchers from Northwestern University. A study of adults born between 1935 and 1952 discovered feelings of loneliness, sadness or the perception of ...
October 31st, 2006
Researchers find evidence that depression can cause a loss of bone mass, leading to osteoporosis and fractures. Although the relationship has been suspected for quite some time, the new findings are a significant advance in understanding the interaction between the mind and ...
October 31st, 2006
Maintaining a positive body image during adolescence has always been a challenge for many female teenagers. Perhaps as an unintended consequence of media attention to obesity, unhealthy behaviors have dramatically escalated, report University of Minnesota researchers.
A five-year study of 2,500 female ...
October 30th, 2006
Why do people download child porn? Does the presence of child pornography on a computer mean the individual is a pedophile, or might become one in the future?
The questions are a serious concern for forensic psychiatrists as recent legislation makes possession ...
October 30th, 2006
Among patients over the age of 65, hospitalization for an acute illness may be accompanied by subtle changes in the ability to reason or think. Unfortunately, these cognitive changes often go undiagnosed, untreated and underreported. Sadly, a patient's ability to make decisions ...
October 30th, 2006
A review of twelve months of medical claims from a large managed care database compared to findings from a National Survey suggests that many adult patients with psychiatric disorders such as a depressive disorder, Bipolar Disorder (BPD), or an anxiety disorder may ...
October 30th, 2006
A new study finds college kids abuse particular prescription medications in the belief that the medications will improve academic performance. According to the study by Northeastern University researchers, less than a third of illicit users express intentions to get high or experiment ...
October 30th, 2006
Researchers discover healthcare professionals underreport what they suspect is child abuse. The study, published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing, found sixty percent of healthcare professionals have seen a child they suspect was being physically abused, but only 48 percent informed authorities. ...
October 27th, 2006
As the nation's health trends toward epidemic levels of obesity, hypertension and diabetes, a new program uses a higher power to promote a holistic concept of physical health along with mental and spiritual rebirth. The innovative intervention will lever the important role ...
October 27th, 2006
The presence of mental illness can influence the frequency of screening mammograms, find researchers in a large, recently published study. The nature of the mental illness, typically characterized by severity of the mental disorder, is linked to noncompliance for the recommended prevention ...
