Latest NIMH Study On Bipolar Disorder - National Alliance On Mental Illness Statement
Posted by in Health on 04 30th, 2007 | No Comments
Statement of Ken Duckworth, M.D., Medical Director National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)Today the Archives of General Psychiatry published a study on the effectiveness of psychosocial treatments for bipolar disorder, “Psychosocial Treatments for Bipolar Disorder.” that is a follow up...
‘Healthy Minds’ Series Wins Four crucial Television Awards - 13-part Series, Produced With NARSADs Help, Wins Three First-Place ‘Tellys’
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Healthy Minds, a 13-part series approximately Mental Health by PBS station WLIW/Channel 21 of Plainview, New York, that NARSAD helped produce, has been honored recently with four prestigious Telly Awards. The Telly Awards honor the very best local, regional, and cable television programs, as well as...
May Is Speech And Hearing Awareness Month, Canadian organization Of Speech-Language Pathologists And Audiologists
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May is Speech and Hearing Awareness Month. Many of us take our hearing and ability tospeak for granted. Whether we are chatting with a group of friends, playing on the basketball court or listening tothe radio, our ability to communicate is vital in our everyday activities. For 1 in 10 Canadians however,...
Digital Three-Dimensional Modeling Of The Male Pelvis And Bicycle Seats: affect Of Rider Position And Seat Design On Potential Penile Hypoxia
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UroToday.com- Bicycle riding has been linked to an increased risk of erectile dysfunction (ED) and abnormal perineal sensations in male riders, which are postulated to aftermath from compression of the internal pudendal arteries and/or the pudendal nerves. Bicycle seat manufacturers have responded with...
Abbott’s HUMIRA(R) (Adalimumab) Receives Positive Opinion From European Medicines Agency For The Treatment Of Crohn’s Disease
Posted by in Health on 04 28th, 2007 | No Comments
Abbott announced nowadays that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), the scientific committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA), granted a positive opinion recommending approval of HUMIRA(R) (adalimumab) for the treatment of severe Crohn’s disease. HUMIRA will be the...
Key Found To Kill Cystic Fibrosis Superbug
Posted by admin in Health on 04 26th, 2007 | No Comments
Researchers from the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at The University of Western Ontario , working with a group from Edinburgh, have discovered a way to kill the cystic fibrosis superbug, Burkholderia cenocepacia. These investigators, under the leadership of Dr. Miguel Valvano, agency of...
Bipolar Disorder In Children Difficult To Diagnose, Reports The Harvard Mental Health Letter
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At least one-third of the date, the symptoms of bipolar disorder first seem in childhood or adolescence. However, in children, it can be difficult to distinguish bipolar symptoms from those of other disorders, notes the May 2007 issue of the Harvard Mental Health Letter. Children, particularly young...
Study On Lung-Infecting Bacterial Enzyme Suggests New Approach To Cystic Fibrosis Treatment
Posted by admin in Health on 04 25th, 2007 | No Comments
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered that an enzyme produced by lung-infecting bacteria further shuts down a protein that is faulty in cystic fibrosis patients. The disruption to that protein that conveys ions from lung cells to airways causes thick mucus to...
Erectile Dysfunction Treatment
Posted by in Health on 04 24th, 2007 | No Comments
Most men experience occasional erectile dysfunction (ED) at some duration in their lives as a conclusion of fatigue, stress or excessive alcohol consumption. However, when it occurs consistently or for a lengthy period of duration, causing meaningful distress to the sufferer or to his relationship, next...
Erectile Dysfunction Causes
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Erectile dysfunction (ED) is one of the most common sexual problems and affects nearly 50% of all men by the age of 40 at some stage. that problem becomes even increasingly common and increasingly severe as men grow older. There are many causes of ED and it is thought that 70% of cases have physical...
UAB Study May Lead To New Therapies For Binge Eating Disorder
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University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) psychologists have developed an animal model for the binge eating disorder, which affects an estimated one in 20 Americans. The Sprague-Dawley rat model could lead to the identification of physiological mechanisms that distinguish different types of eating disorders...
Diabetes
- Achieving Healthy Pregnancy Despite DiabetesAmong diabetic pregnant women, the most common problem when it comes to their baby’s health is the condition called “macrosomia” or having a baby with large body. This is because the blood of the mother with diabetes is interchanged with that of the baby inside the womb. As a result, the baby will produce insulin to be able to glucose and t […]
- Are You Suffering From Diabetes?People who are prone to diabetes—especially those who have the disease in their family’s history—should consider that there is a great possibility that they or their kids might inherit the illness. So, the best way to go about it is become very informed about the condition. The following are some the things that people who are prone to diabetes mus […]
- An Explanation of DiabetesIf you think that you are prone to diabetes, the first thing that you need to know is to understand what is the illness all about. Experts say that diabetes is a chronic disease, which develop among people who have the inability to utilize the glucose in their food to be used as energy. The illness develops when the accumulated glucose stays in the person […]