News tagged with disorders
SKorea to plant trees in China to reduce 'yellow dust'
Nov 04, 2009 |
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The Seoul city government will help fund a tree-planting project in a Chinese desert to reduce the amount of harmful "yellow dust" blowing over South Korea, officials said Wednesday.
Back to (brain) basics
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In his own words, MIT neuroscientist Mark Bear admits he did not "wake up one day and say 'Hey, I'm going to cure autism.'" But, after decades of painstaking basic research on how the brain ...
Researchers assessing health impacts of one of the nation's largest environmental disasters
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Over nearly a century, thousands of residents and workers in Libby, MT, have been exposed to asbestos-contaminated vermiculite ore, leading to markedly higher rates of lung disease and autoimmune disorders, and causing to ...
Race is strong predictor for restless legs syndrome
Nov 02, 2009 |
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New research shows that Caucasian women may suffer from restless legs syndrome (RLS), a sleep disorder characterized by the strong urge to move the legs, up to four times more than African-American women. The study, presented ...
Getting enough sleep? They aren't in West Virginia
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Sleepless in Seattle? Hardly. West Virginia is where people are really staying awake, according to the first government study to monitor state-by-state differences in sleeplessness.
New studies explore connection between high stress jobs and GI disorders
Oct 26, 2009 |
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In two new studies, presented at the American College of Gastroenterology's (ACG) 74th Annual Scientific meeting in San Diego, researchers explored the connection between high stress, high exposure occupations and long-term ...
Two brain structures key to emotional balance especially in threatening situations
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Researchers have discovered that a primitive region of the brain responsible for sensorimotor control also has an important role in regulating emotional responses to threatening situations. This region appears to work in ...
Could drugs for mood disorders, pain and epilepsy cause psychiatric disorders later in life?
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Young animals treated with commonly-prescribed drugs develop behavioral abnormalities in adulthood say researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center. The drugs tested include those used to treat epilepsy, mood disorders ...
Psychiatric disorders and sexual trauma are associated with lower urinary tract symptoms
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Depression, anxiety disorders and sexual trauma have all been implicated as risk factors in lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) such as incontinence and overactive bladder. The exact nature of these associations is unknown. ...
Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: Bridging the divide
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sufferers of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are being brought together in a major new study to determine the diseases? common genetic causes.
Experts summarize state of the science in autism disorders
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Scientific understanding and medical treatments for autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have advanced significantly over the past several years, but much remains to be done, say experts from the Center for Autism Research at ...
Study pinpoints key mechanism in brain development, raising question about use of antiseizure drug
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a key molecular player in guiding the formation of synapses — the all-important connections between nerve cells — in the brain. This discovery, based ...
USC neuroscientists awarded $9 million to map gene expression during human brain development
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 02, 2009 |
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Two University of Southern California (USC) neuroscientists have been awarded nearly $9 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to map how genes are expressed in different regions of the human brain throughout ...
Researchers incorporate multisite geriatric clerkship
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(Boston) -As the population ages, it is imperative that medical students are prepared to treat older adults, regardless of their specialty. Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) report that an interdisciplinary ...
Can strep throat cause OCD, Tourette syndrome?
Sep 30, 2009 |
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New research shows that streptococcal infection does not appear to cause or trigger Tourette syndrome or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The research is published in the September 30, 2009, online issue of Neurology®, the me ...
