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Medication may provide some benefit for older adults with anxiety disorder
Jan 20, 2009 |
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Preliminary research suggests that use of the drug escitalopram provided some improvement in symptoms for older adults with generalized anxiety disorder, although the overall benefits were diminished because of nonadherence ...
Expectant brains help predict anxiety treatment success
Jan 02, 2009 |
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A network of emotion-regulating brain regions implicated in the pathological worry that can grip patients with anxiety disorders may also be useful for predicting the benefits of treatment.
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National survey tracks rates of common mental disorders among American youth
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Only about half of American children and teenagers who have certain mental disorders receive professional services, according to a nationally representative survey funded in part by the National Institute of Mental Health ...
Brain scans show distinctive patterns in people with generalized anxiety disorder
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Dec 07, 2009 |
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Scrambled connections between the part of the brain that processes fear and emotion and other brain regions could be the hallmark of a common anxiety disorder, according to a new study from the Stanford University School ...
Michigan hospital launches gene therapy study for Parkinson's disease
Oct 06, 2009 |
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A Michigan hospital is embarking on a research study for advanced Parkinson's disease using a state-of-the-art treatment called gene transfer.
In amoeba world, cheating doesn't pay
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cheaters may prosper in the short term, but over time they seem doomed to fail, at least in the microscopic world of amoebas where natural selection favors the noble.
'Brain profiling' to keep suicidal soldiers alive
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Sep 02, 2009 |
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According to a recent Washington Post study, approximately 20% of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are psychologically damaged. Among them are a substantial number with post-traumatic stress ...
Targeting MMPs to halt advanced metastatic breast cancer
Jul 16, 2009 |
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An upcoming G&D paper reveals how two specific matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) proteins contribute to bone metastasis in advanced breast cancer - lending important new insight into the design of clinically useful small molecule ...
Promising biomarker and candidate tumor suppressor gene identified for colorectal cancer
Jun 18, 2009 |
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Researchers have identified a new candidate tumor suppressor gene in colorectal cancer and examined its use as a potential biomarker in stool samples, according to a new study published online June 17 in the Journal of th ...
Protein linked to mental retardation controls synapse maturation, plasticity
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Jun 01, 2009 |
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A team of neuroscientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has demonstrated the mechanism by which a signaling protein found throughout the brain controls the maturation and strength of excitatory synapses, the tiny ...
Cognitive behavior therapy helps older adults with anxiety reduce worry, improve mental health
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Apr 07, 2009 |
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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 ...
What Is The Best Strategy For Overcoming Constant Worries?
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Apr 07, 2009 |
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A group of German investigators has published a randomized controlled trial on how to overcome constant worries in the current issue of Psyhotherapy and Psychosomatics.
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