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You've got to have hope: studies show 'hope therapy' fights depression

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 16, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 1

A growing body of research suggests that there is a potent way to fight symptoms of depression that doesn't involve getting a prescription. This potent weapon? Hope.





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Meditation provides hope for people with depression

Meditation provides hope for people with depression

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- People with severe and recurrent depression could benefit from a new form of therapy that combines ancient forms of meditation with modern cognitive behaviour therapy, early-stage research ...


Nanoparticles Deliver Gene Therapy, Killing Tumors

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Given that cancer is ultimately a genetic disease, it has long been the hope of researchers to use gene therapy to attack tumors where they might be most susceptible. Those prospects have taken a significant ...


Low-income breast cancer patients skipping hormonal therapy, increasing their risks

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

Many low-income women are failing to take the hormonal therapy prescribed as part of their breast cancer treatment, possibly lowering their survival rates, according to a study led by a researcher in the Duke Comprehensive ...


Two-day results predict ultimate response to therapy in chronic hepatitis C

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study suggests that previously noted low rates of successful hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapy in African Americans are in large part due to very early differences in the antiviral activity induced by interferon. The ...


Finding the ZIP-code for gene therapy: Scientists imitate viruses to deliver therapeutic genes

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A research report featured on the cover of the September 2009 print issue of The FASEB Journal describes how Australian scientists developed a new gene therapy vector that uses the same machinery that viruses use to transp ...


Use of a restraining device in the subacute phase after a stroke no better than rehabilitation alone

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Restraining the use of some patients' unaffected upper limb during the subacute phase following stroke does not appear to generate greater improvements in motor impairment and capacity than standard rehabilitation alone, ...


Early heart attack therapy with bone marrow extract improves cardiac function

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A UCSF study for the treatment of heart failure after heart attack found that the extract derived from bone marrow cells is as effective as therapy using bone marrow stem cells for improving cardiac function, decreasing the ...


Michigan hospital launches gene therapy study for Parkinson's disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A Michigan hospital is embarking on a research study for advanced Parkinson's disease using a state-of-the-art treatment called gene transfer.


Families suffer from problem gambling

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Many people perceive gambling to be a harmless recreational activity. However, it is estimated that six to eight million people in the United States personally suffer from a gambling related problem. This problem seems to ...


Stem cell therapy may offer hope for acute lung injury

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have shown that adult stem cells from bone marrow can prevent acute lung injury in a mouse model of the disease.



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