News tagged with mood disorders
Sedatives, mood-altering drugs related to falls among elderly
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Falls among elderly people are significantly associated with several classes of drugs, including sedatives often prescribed as sleep aids and medications used to treat mood disorders, according to a study led by a University ...
Scientist Probes Promising Link Between Warmth, Better Moods
Sep 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The University of Colorado at Boulder scientist who discovered that playing in the dirt might ease depression is probing the link between higher temperatures and elevated mood.
Understanding the therapeutic process of mother-infant psychotherapy
May 20, 2009 |
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Psychotherapists who treat mothers suffering from postpartum depression and other mood disorders with their infants have developed a proven process that contributes to a greater positive experience with immediate insights ...
Teen smoking could lead to adult depression, study says
Jan 29, 2009 |
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Teenagers who smoke could be setting themselves up for depression later in life, according to a groundbreaking new Florida State University study.
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Hyperactivity associated with short sleep-time for young boys: study
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Hyperactive boys don't get enough sleep, which can worsen their condition according to new research. Published in the November issue of Pediatrics, the study is the first to examine a larg ...
Research sheds light on workings of anti-cancer drug
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The copper sequestering drug tetrathiomolybdate (TM) has been shown in studies to be effective in the treatment of Wilson disease, a disease caused by an overload of copper, and certain metastatic cancers. ...
Coma recovery case attracts doubters
Nov 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Rom Houben's mother remembers her son's amazement when he finally started communicating again after spending 23 years locked in a paralyzed body that was misdiagnosed as vegetative.
Blocking biofilms: Alzheimer's research sheds light on potential treatments for urinary tract infections
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research into Alzheimer's disease seems an unlikely approach to yield a better way to fight urinary tract infections (UTIs), but that's what scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis ...
fMRI scans used in murder trial sentencing
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans have been used, possibly for the first time, in the sentencing phase of a murder trial in Chicago in the US.
Possible link studied between childhood abuse and early cellular aging
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 20, 2009 |
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Children who suffer physical or emotional abuse may be faced with accelerated cellular aging as adults, according to new research from Butler Hospital and Brown University.
Gene knockout may cheer up mice
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Removing the PKCI/HINT1 gene from mice has an anti-depressant-like and anxiolytic-like effect. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience applied a battery of behavioral tests to the PKCI/HINT1 knocko ...
Study to explore if more sleep will help teens shake off depression
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- After a late night of texting or updating Facebook, it's hardly surprising that many teenagers show up groggy for school, which studies have shown can diminish academic performance. To address this troubling ...
Teeth grinding linked to sleep apnea
Nov 02, 2009 |
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There is a high prevalence of nocturnal teeth grinding, or bruxism, in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), particularly in Caucasians. New research presented at CHEST 2009, the 75th annual international scientific ...
Genes drive behaviour, but culture can select genes: study
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Culture, not just genes, can drive evolutionary outcomes, according to a study released Wednesday that compares individualist and group-oriented societies across the globe.
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