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Family therapy helps relieve depression symptoms in bipolar teens

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 01, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Family-focused therapy, when combined with medication, appears effective in stabilizing symptoms of depression among teens with bipolar disorder, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.





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Health insurance status associated with frequency of eye care visits

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Individuals with no or inconsistent health care coverage appear less likely to regularly seek eye care, even if they are visually impaired, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the ...


New study shows people with mental health problems receive inadequate medical care

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research led by the University of Leicester and published this week in the British Journal of Psychiatry reveals that people with mental health problems are receiving inferior care for their medical needs.


Researchers study program to help older adults transition from hospital to home

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In light of health care reform measures, Rush University Medical Center has launched a study of its program to help older adults transition from hospital to home.


The importance of being helpful -- Cooperative cichlids boost their own reproductive success

The importance of being helpful -- Cooperative cichlids boost their own reproductive success

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Subordinate individuals living within a group of vertebrates sometimes assist a more dominant pair by helping to raise the dominant pair's offspring and this has been shown to occur among subordinate female ...


Insomnia may perpetuate depression in some elderly patients

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 01, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In addition to being a risk factor for a depressive episode, persistent insomnia may perpetuate the illness in some elderly patients, and especially in those receiving standard care for depression in primary care settings, ...


Medical home gives patients better primary care at no more cost

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A one-year evaluation at Group Health Cooperative is the first to demonstrate the measurable benefit to both patients and staff when a primary care practice adopts a "patient-centered medical home" model. This model gives ...


Cognitive behavior therapy helps older adults with anxiety reduce worry, improve mental health

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Older adults with generalized anxiety disorder who received cognitive behavior therapy had greater improvement on measures of worry, depression and mental health than patients who received usual care, according to a study ...


US could face shortage of 44,000 primary care physicians by 2025

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 17, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

By 2025, the wait to see a doctor could get a lot longer if the current number of students training to be primary care physicians doesn't increase soon, according to a new University of Missouri study. Jack Colwill, professor ...


ART therapy for babies, mothers safely reduces HIV transmission

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Giving daily antiretroviral syrup to breastfeeding infants or treating their HIV-infected mothers with highly active antiretroviral drugs is safe and effective in preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission through breast ...


Hospital report cards do not appear to result in significant improvements

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created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An analysis of quality of cardiac care following the public release of data on measures of care at hospitals in Ontario, Canada, did not result in significant systemwide improvement in hospitals' performance on most quality ...



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