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Thursday, 11 December 2008 |
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Child Health News Approximately 38 percent of adults in the United States aged 18 years and over and almost 12 percent of U.S. children aged 17 years and under use some form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), according to a new nationwide government survey. |
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Friday, 05 December 2008 |
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Medical Condition News Those diagnosed with early stage dementia can slow their physical, mental and psychological decline by taking part in therapeutic programs that combine counseling, support groups, Taiji and qigong, researchers report. |
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Tuesday, 02 December 2008 |
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Child Health News A social development intervention administered in elementary school appears to have positive effects on mental health, sexual health and educational and economic achievement assessed 15 years after the intervention finished, according to a report in the December issue of Archives... |
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Tuesday, 02 December 2008 |
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Medical Research News Most studies examining the impact of alcohol-dependence (AD) treatment on quality-of-life (QOL) have looked at psychosocial treatments. |
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Tuesday, 02 December 2008 |
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Medical Condition News Psychiatric disorders appear to be usual among 18 to 24-year-olds, with overall rates alike among those attending or not attending college, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. |
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Friday, 28 November 2008 |
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Miscellaneous News The Canadian Psychiatric Research Foundation (CPRF) announced today that it is joining forces with Mental Health Partnerships of Canada.This strategic alliance will make a new national mental health charity. |
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Monday, 24 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News A study commissioned by 3 leading scientific institutions has demonstrated substantial financial and social benefits from investment in medical research. |
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Saturday, 08 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News A team of researchers from Wayne State University, in collaboration with Basrah Medical College in Basrah, Iraq, released a study published in The New Iraqi Journal of Medicine today on war-related mental health disorders among Iraqis ten years after the Gulf War. |
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Friday, 07 November 2008 |
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Thursday, 11 September 2008 |
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Medical Condition News The Senate Finance Committee has begun discussing potential funding offsets for a compromise on mental health parity legislation passed by the House and Senate before in the 110th Congress, CongressDaily reports. |
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Monday, 08 September 2008 |
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Medical Research News Vietnamese-Americans ages 56 and older are twice as likely as whites to report needing mental health care and also less likely to discuss such issues with a professional, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, the Los Angeles Times... |
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Wednesday, 03 September 2008 |
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Medical Research News Half the residents of New Orleans were suffering from poor mental and physical health more than a year after their homes and community were devastated by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, according to research published in the September issue of the UK-based Journal of... |
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Wednesday, 13 August 2008 |
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Medical Studies/Trials Sexual dysfunction is not an inevitable part of aging, but it is violently related many factors, like mental and physical health, demographics and lifetime experiences, many of which are interrelated, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Chicago. |
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Monday, 11 August 2008 |
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Miscellaneous News A comprehensive new Kaiser Family Foundation survey of the experiences of New Orleans residents - the second since Hurricane Katrina - reveals a still-struggling population that gives very mixed reviews in key areas of the recovery efforts. |
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Tuesday, 29 July 2008 |
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Healthcare News Drew Armstrong, a health reporter for CQ HealthBeat, discusses House efforts to delay action on a Medicare "trigger" bill, health info technology legislation, an FDA tobacco regulation bill and steps toward passing mental health parity legislation in this week's "Health on the Hill... |
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Wednesday, 23 July 2008 |
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Medical Condition News A mental health poll carried out in Britain has uncovered some shocking revelations.The poll conducted by the charity Rethink found that nine out of ten people with mental health problems in England say they are most often stigmatised and frequently by those closest to them. |
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Thursday, 03 July 2008 |
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Healthcare News North Carolina health care insurers must provide the same amount of coverage for certain mental conditions as they do for physical ailments under a state rule that took effect on Tuesday, the Winston-Salem Journal reports. |
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Wednesday, 02 July 2008 |
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WEDNESDAY, July 2 Researchers say they've taken a essential stride forward in understanding how relaxation techniques like meditation, prayer and yoga advance health: by changing patterns of gene activity that affect how the body responds to stress. |
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Monday, 30 June 2008 |
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Medical Studies/Trials Young people and adults who experience social anxiety may benefit from a revolutionary new study being carried out at the University of Sydney. |
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Wednesday, 25 June 2008 |
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The Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) will allocate $2 million to launch an early intervention program for children with autism. |
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Wednesday, 25 June 2008 |
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Public health officials are urging Iowans affected by recent flooding to manage stress to decrease injury and further mental distress. Continued long hours of work, emotional and physical exhaustion, and dealing with losses from damaged property can make a very stressful, but avoidable, situation. |
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Tuesday, 24 June 2008 |
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Medical Condition News No one is safe from mental illness; it strikes without regard for age, gender, or social status. And even though one in four Canadians suffer from a mental sickness, it remains a stigma, shrouded in misconceptions. |
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Monday, 23 June 2008 |
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I don't know if people have heard about the missing autistic man who wandered away from a camp near Grantsburg, Wisconsin. I live about 20 miles away from that camp and my grandparents used to live about a mile from that camp. My mom also grew up in Grantsburg. |
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Friday, 20 June 2008 |
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HealthMedia announced a new research study with Aetna which will provide HealthMedia's Overcoming Insomnia and Overcoming Depression online behavior change interventions to at least 400,000 eligible employees of Aetna's large employer members. |
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Friday, 20 June 2008 |
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Get to soccer practice ... finish homework ... cook dinner ... Our lives are full of "to do" lists. It's no surprise many people have concern staying organized. |
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 |
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New data indicates that more than one in four adult Americans without medical insurance have a mental sickness or substance use disorder, or both. |
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Monday, 16 June 2008 |
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Pos traumatic stress disorder cases are many in New York City. One out of eight people living close to World Trade Center attack suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder 3 years after September 11 traumatic events. |
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Monday, 16 June 2008 |
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New research at UT Southwestern Medical Center may clarify why some people who are stressed or suffer from depression overeat. |
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Saturday, 14 June 2008 |
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Millions of Americans are suffering from stress-related pain and headaches as they find themselves struggling with tough economic times, according to a new Associated Press-AOL Health Poll. |
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Thursday, 12 June 2008 |
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Extra bright light eases dementia symptoms, corrects sleep-wake cycle disruption. Dementia patients are frequently suffering from sleep-wake cycle disruption owing to biological clock disruption. |
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