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Loneliness and Anxiety Accompany Child Obesity

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

As childhood obesity rates continue to increase, experts agree that more information is needed about the implications of being overweight. Researchers believe ...

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Caregiver Stress Under Evaluation

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Caring for an elderly family member can be stressful and can pose health threats to caregivers. A new grant from the National Institute on ...

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Stress Reduction Technique Aids Sleep

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Stressed-out people sleep better and take sleep medication less often when they learn to let go of intrusive thoughts. The new study from ...

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Anxiety Makes it Harder To Avoid Distractions

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

People who are anxious find it harder to avoid distractions, and take more time in shifting their attention between tasks than ...

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OCD Children Need Special Parenting

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

For most parents, soothing a child's anxiety is just part of the job. But for a parent whose child has obsessive-compulsive disorder, soothing ...

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Chronic Pain and Depression Linked to Gender, Age, Ethnicity

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

The association between chronic pain and clinical depression is well established; now, a new study shows the connection ...

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New Analysis Challenges Genetic Risk for Depression

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Stressful life events are strongly associated with a person's risk for major depression, but a certain gene variation long thought to ...

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Mental Health Issues Among Arthritis Patients

Monday, June 15th, 2009

Sixty-three percent of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) also suffer from psychiatric disorders. The majority of these (87 percent) occur in the ...

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Web-Based Therapy for Depression

Friday, June 12th, 2009

Researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have shown that an Internet-based therapy program is an effective treatment for depression. ...

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