http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—New research from the Children of the 90s study at the University of Bristol shows that girls whose fathers were absent during the first five years of life were more likely to develop depressive symptoms in adolescence than girls whose fathers left when they were aged five to ten years or than boys in both age groups (0-5 and 5-10), even after a range of factors was taken into account. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-father-absence-early-childhood-linked.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 15 May 2013 08:40:02 EST news287823001 Cases of type 2 diabetes continue to rise in the US. And while the development of the disease is more commonly associated with risk factors such as obesity, high blood pressure, and physical inactivity, research has shown that stress can also have a significant impact. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-positive-social-shown-diabetes.html Diabetes Thu, 09 May 2013 10:53:49 EST news287315614 Breast cancer patients who say they have people with whom they have a good time, or have "positive social interactions" with, are better able to deal with pain and other physical symptoms, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published today in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-fun-friends-ease-pain-breast.html Cancer Thu, 09 May 2013 04:11:33 EST news287291423 New research indicates that Mexican-Americans born in the United States who are aged 55 and over are significantly more likely than Mexican-American immigrants to report that they have substantial limitations in one or more basic physical activities such as walking, climbing stairs, reaching, lifting, or carrying. (30% versus 25%). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-older-us-born-mexican-americans-physically-limited.html Health Fri, 03 May 2013 13:05:23 EST news286805079 Women who receive strong social support from their families during pregnancy appear to be protected from sharp increases in a particular stress hormone, making them less likely to develop postpartum depression, according to a new study published in Clinical Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-stress-hormone-foreshadows-postpartum-depression.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:40:56 EST news281637649 Older African Americans who are dissatisfied with their lives tend to choose diets high in fat and low in fruits and vegetables. They can improve their health-and eating habits-through social support, according to new research from the University of Georgia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-social-buffering-role-poor-diet.html Health Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:20:31 EST news274097213 (HealthDay)—For nurses and care assistants, specific communication dilemmas surround the provision of social support to families of patients with Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published online Nov. 12 in the Journal of Applied Communication Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-dilemmas-idd-alzheimer.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:40:01 EST news272048450 (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 Having a healthy heart and lungs may be one of the most important factors for middle school students to make good grades in math and reading, according to findings presented at the American Psychological Association's 120th Annual Convention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-students-strong-hearts-lungs-grades.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:12:47 EST news263211160 Loneliness in individuals over 60 years of age appears associated with increased risk of functional decline and death, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-links-loneliness-older-individuals-functional.html Health Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:00:21 EST news259250027 Stroke patients receiving in-patient rehabilitation are more likely to land back in the hospital within three months if they are functioning poorly, show signs of depression and lack social support according to researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston. Hospital readmission for older adults within 30 days of discharge costs Medicare roughly $18 billion annually. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-predictors-rehospitalization-post-acute-patients.html Health Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:51:57 EST news252937884 Providing support to a loved one offers benefits to the giver, not just the recipient, a new brain-imaging study by UCLA life scientists reveals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-tis.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:23:35 EST news240074541 Researchers at the John Theurer Cancer Center recently published a study delineating the connection of social support to distress after stem cell transplants. Scott Rowley, M.D., Chief, Blood & Marrow Stem Cell Transplantation Program, the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center contributed to the study which was led by Larissa E. Labay from Mt. Sinai. The study was published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, a peer-reviewed publication produced by the American Psychological Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-cancer-highlight-importance-social.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:02:32 EST news229183339 The recurrence of an employee's medical leave of absence from work tends to happen much sooner with a mental health leave than a physical one, a Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) study shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-workplace-mental-health-disability-recurs.html Health Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:02:16 EST news228567719 Brigid Waldron-Perrine, Ph.D., a recent graduate from Wayne State University, and her mentor, Lisa J. Rapport, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Wayne State University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, found that if traumatic brain injury (TBI) victims feel close to a higher power, it can help them rehabilitate. The study was recently published in Rehabilitation Psychology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-religion-benefits-traumatic-brain-injury.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:16:52 EST news228449766 How researchers classify and quantify causes of death across a population has evolved in recent decades. In addition to long-recognized physiological causes such as heart attack and cancer, the role of behavioral factors—including smoking, dietary patterns and inactivity—began to be quantified in the 1990s. More recent research has begun to look at the contribution of social factors to U.S. mortality. In the first comprehensive analysis of such studies, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health found that poverty, low levels of education, poor social support and other social factors contribute about as many deaths in the U.S. as such familiar causes as heart attacks, strokes and lung cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-deaths-poverty-social-factors.html Health Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:00:04 EST news227450591