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Study Challenges Role Of Serotonin In Depression, Opens Possibilities For New Therapies
Date: Mar-20-2013A new study from the University of Maryland School of Medicine suggests that depression results from a disturbance in the ability of brain cells to communicate with each other. The study indicates a major shift in our understanding of how depression is caused and how it should be treated. Instead of focusing on the levels of hormone-like chemicals in the brain, such as serotonin, the scientists found that the transmission of excitatory signals between cells becomes abnormal in depression. The research, by senior author Scott M. Thompson, Ph.D...
New Disorder Could Classify Millions Of People As Mentally Ill
Date: Mar-20-2013New condition that may lead to "inappropriate medical decision making" warns expert Millions of people could be mislabeled as mentally ill when psychiatry's bible of diagnoses is updated in May, warns a senior doctor in this week's BMJ. The next edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) - used around the world to classify mental disorders - will include a new category of somatic symptom disorder...
High Potency Statins Pose Significantly Higher Risk Of Kidney Injury Than Low Potency, Say Experts
Date: Mar-20-2013Risk remains elevated for two years after initiation Patients taking high potency statins for high blood pressure are at a 34% higher risk of being hospitalised for acute kidney injury (AKI), compared with those taking low potency statins, a paper published today on bmj.com suggests. The use of statins is often recommended to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease among high risk patients. However, it still remains unclear as to whether statin therapy is specifically associated with greater adverse renal effects...
Greek Coffee Could Be Key To Long Life
Date: Mar-20-2013The key to a long life could be simpler than we thought - maybe even in our morning cup of coffee. A cup of boiled Greek coffee to be exact - could improve cardiovascular health and increase longevity. The findings were published in Vascular Medicine and focused on observing the residents of Ikaria, a Greek Island, where they have the longest lifespans in the world. The scientists were intrigued to find out how these island inhabitants found the secret to a longer life. Only 0...
Work Is The Number One Cause Of Stress, UK
Date: Mar-20-2013Work is the number one cause of stress in people's lives that can have a significant impact on their well-being. The finding came from a survey of more than 2,000 individuals conducted by Mind, a UK charity, which showed that 34% of people consider their jobs very stressful, more so than health issues (17%) or money problems (30%). Previous research indicated that stress from work increases the risk of heart attack by 23%...
What Role Does Mood Play In The Development Of Unhealthy Eating?
Date: Mar-20-2013Unhealthy eating behaviors may worsen the moods of women who are worried about their diet and self image, researchers from Pennsylvania State University revealed. Kristin Heron, research associate at the Survey Research Center, and team found that college-age females who are concerned about their eating behaviors tend to have moods that get worse after episodes of disordered eating. Disordered eating refers to unhealthy and extreme weight control behaviors and binge eating...
Advice Given At Well-Child Visits Frequently Ignored By Parents
Date: Mar-20-2013Pediatricians regularly dispense advice to parents of young children during well-child visits, but a new University of Michigan poll shows that many aren't following doctors' orders. Only one-third of parents (31 percent) said they follow advice from their child's health care provider all of the time, according to the most recent University of Michigan Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health. Thirteen percent said they follow the provider's advice only occasionally...
Tamiflu Resistant Swine Flu Virus Circulating In The Population
Date: Mar-19-2013Tamiflu-resistant strains of H1N1pdm09 (2009 pandemic Swine Flu) are being increasingly detected in community patients who never received the drug, suggesting that the resistant strains are spreading, a researcher from the World Health Organization (WHO) in Melbourne Australia, announced at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) in Canberra, Australia. Dr...
Phoning, Texting While Driving Common In US
Date: Mar-19-2013Mobile phoning, and even texting or emailing, while driving is common among Americans, according to a report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that finds these habits are more prevalent in the US than in several European countries. The report appears in the 15 March issue of the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). Road traffic crashes are a global public health problem, contributing to an estimated 1.3 million deaths annually...
Science And Beauty: The Emerging Field Of Neuroaesthetics
Date: Mar-19-2013Can studying the brain inform our understanding of the nature of beauty? A new essay by Bevil Conway and Alexander Rehding explores the nascent field of neuroaesthetics, and the types of questions this field can and cannot answer. The essay is published March 19 in the open access journal PLOS Biology...
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