http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Being forced to exercise may still help reduce anxiety and depression just as exercising voluntarily does, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-anxiety-stress.html Health Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:03:08 EST news286120981 Heart disease patients who have anxiety have twice the risk of dying from any cause compared to those without anxiety, according to new research in the Journal of the American Heart Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-anxiety-depression-heart-disease-patients.html Cardiology Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:00:08 EST news282927238 With heart disease one of the world's very biggest killers, new approaches to prevention and treatment are always welcome. In fact, most heart disease can be prevented by changes in people's behaviour and attitudes. The same holds true for the effective treatment of those who have already developed the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-self-aware-uk-biggest-killer.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 26 Feb 2013 07:30:01 EST news281085539 The same kind of exercise that can bring peace to your mind may bring peace to your heart as well. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-yoga-heart.html Cardiology Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:40:02 EST news279539864 (HealthDay)—There's a link between depression and anxiety symptoms and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder pain, a condition that affects the jaw, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-jaw-pain-disorder-tied-anxiety.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:50:01 EST news278177482 (Medical Xpress)—Individuals tend to choose partners of equal socio-economic status. This factor may also be significant in terms of health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-choice-partner-affects-health.html Health Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:17:25 EST news277550238 It is quite common for patients who have had heart surgery to experience anxiety and short-term memory loss as side effects. New research from Ryerson University has found that heart-surgery patients experiencing these conditions are less successful at self-managing care and risk re-admission to hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-heart-surgery-patients-elevated-anxiety-depression.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 18 Dec 2012 09:20:08 EST news275044801 A new study demonstrates for the first time how the Toxoplasma gondii parasite enters the brain to influence its host's behavior. This research was led by researchers from the Karolinska Institute and Uppsala University in Sweden publishes today in the Open Access journal PLOS Pathogens. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-common-cat-parasite-brain.html Medical research Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:20:01 EST news274031776 (Medical Xpress)—Using multiple forms of media at the same time – such as playing a computer game while watching TV – is linked to symptoms of anxiety and depression, scientists have found for the first time. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-multiple-media-tied-depression-anxiety.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:05:34 EST news273845122 Scientists have discovered a cognitive biomarker – a biological indicator of a disease – for young adolescents who are at high risk of developing depression and anxiety. Their findings were published today, 28 November, in the journal PLOS ONE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-scientists-depression-anxiety-biomarker-youths.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:00:01 EST news273344209 A doctoral thesis at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has found that one out of five patients with coronary artery disease experience such a great fear of movement (kinesiophobia) that their health may suffer as a result. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-movement-common-problem-patients-coronary.html Cardiology Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:31:35 EST news273159086 Employment is usually associated with health benefits over unemployment. However, an article published in Psychological Medicine by a group of researchers from Australia and the UK has shown that having a job with poor psychosocial quality can be as bad for mental health as being unemployed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-common-mental-disorders-unemployment-psychosocial.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:07:07 EST news272707604 Young girls can dance their way to better mental health. Symptoms like depression, stress, fatigue, and headaches are alleviated with regular dancing. This is shown in a study run by Anna Duberg, a physical therapist at Örebro University Hospital and a doctoral candidate at Örebro University in Sweden. Regular dance training can thereby be regarded as a strategy for preventing and treating low spirits and depression. Dance also brings enhanced self-esteem and a greater capacity to deal with everyday problems. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-boosts-young-girls-mental-health.html Health Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:29:41 EST news272629775 (Medical Xpress)—Psychological factors can have as much—or more—impact on pediatric chest pain as physical ones, a University of Georgia study found recently. UGA psychologists discovered pediatric patients diagnosed with noncardiac chest pain have higher levels of anxiety and depression than patients diagnosed with innocent heart murmurs–the noise of normal turbulent blood flow in a structurally normal heart. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-anxiety-linked-chest-pain-children.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:32:04 EST news272316716 High levels of family stress in infancy are linked to differences in everyday brain function and anxiety in teenage girls, according to new results of a long-running population study by University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-early-stress-sensitize-girls-brains.html Neuroscience Sun, 11 Nov 2012 13:00:30 EST news271860897 (Medical Xpress)—After Hurricane Sandy's flood waters have receded and homes demolished by the storm repaired, the unseen aftershocks of the storm may linger for many children who were in the storm's path, particularly those whose families suffered significant losses. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-children-teens-emotional-impact-hurricane.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 07 Nov 2012 07:04:21 EST news271494255 Decreased activity of a group of genes may explain why in young children the "fear center" of the anxious brain can't learn to distinguish real threats from the imaginary, according to a new University of Wisconsin study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-decreased-gene-involved-childhood-anxiety.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:54:48 EST news269772878 Men have borne the brunt of worsening mental health across the population of England since the start of the economic downturn in 2008, reveals research published in the online journal BMJ Open. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-men-brunt-worsening-mental-health.html Health Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:30:12 EST news269712051 (Medical Xpress)—The experience of being bullied is particularly detrimental to the psychological health of school girls who don't have social support from either adults or peers, according to a new study by Dr. Martin Guhn and colleagues from the University of British Columbia in Canada. In contrast, social support from adults or peers (or both) appears to lessen the negative consequences of bullying in this group, namely anxiety and depression. The work is published online in Springer's Journal of Happiness Studies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-highlights-power-positive-relationships-girls.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:04:09 EST news269093036 (Medical Xpress)—Anyone who has had a pet instinctively knows what several physical and mental health studies have shown: people who have a companion animal have lower levels of stress, anxiety and depression than the general population. But with love comes the possibility of loss; when pets fall ill, are hurt or die, their owners bear the psychological burden of increased risk of depression and other ailments.     http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-relationship-dogs-handlers-ptsd.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 05 Oct 2012 10:19:02 EST news268651134 Functional somatic symptoms (FSS) are physical complaints, such as headaches, pain, fatigue, and dizziness, that cannot be explained medically. These symptoms affect 10-30% of children and adolescents and account for 2-4% of all pediatric doctor visits. A new study scheduled for publication in The Journal of Pediatrics finds that infants with regulatory problems (i.e., feeding, sleeping, and tactile reactivity) and/or maternal psychiatric problems may have an increased risk of FSS in later childhood. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-link-infants-regulatory-behaviors-maternal.html Pediatrics Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:02 EST news267895511 People worried about the amount of time they spend online are invited to take part in a study about internet addiction. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-addicted-internet.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 26 Sep 2012 08:14:09 EST news267866034 Kids who get migraine headaches are much more likely than other children to also have behavioral difficulties, including social and attention issues, and anxiety and depression. The more frequent the headaches, the greater the effect, according to research out now in the journal Cephalagia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-behavior-issues-bigger-headache-children.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:53:07 EST news267097915 (Medical Xpress)—An independent evaluation by Warwick Medical School warns that the health service lacks sufficient capacity to respond to perinatal depression, while highlighting a potential role for the voluntary sector, particularly in the antenatal period. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-volunteers-critical-women-antenatal-perinatal.html Health Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:19:02 EST news267092334 (Medical Xpress)—A new study has found that young children with severe or persistent asthma are at higher risk of developing many common mental health problems. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-children-asthma-at-risk-mental-health.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 13 Sep 2012 08:23:46 EST news266743409 [Is psycho-physical stress a risk factor for stroke? A case-control study Online First doi 10.1136/jnnp-2012-302420] http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-chronic-stress-linked-high.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:30:04 EST news265479490 Renal sympathetic denervation improves anxiety, depression, quality of life and stress in patients with resistant hypertension, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2012 by Dr Denise Fischer from Saarland University Hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-renal-sympathetic-denervation-physical-mental.html Cardiology Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:00:01 EST news265279777 Long-term sick leave is a burden for individuals and society at large, yet very little is known about the underlying reasons for it. Researchers at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, in collaboration with Australian and British institutes, have identified anxiety as a more important risk factor than previously thought. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-anxiety-depression-sick.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:43:15 EST news262950158 (Medical Xpress) -- Depression and anxiety are found in every society in the world, debunking old theories that only Westerners get depressed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-depression-global-problem-westerners-blues.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 23 Jul 2012 06:16:24 EST news262242582 Emotional problems in childhood are common. Approximately 8 to 22 percent of children suffer from anxiety, often combined with other conditions such as depression. However, most existing therapies are not designed to treat co-existing psychological problems and are therefore not very successful in helping children with complex emotional issues. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-emotion-uncover-ways-youth-anxiety.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:26:46 EST news261235598