SAMHSA: Prevalence of mental illness in U.S. stable in 2011
(HealthDay)—In 2011, nearly one in five adults in the United States reported any mental illness (AMI), and one in twenty suffered from serious mental illness (SMI), according to a Nov. 29 report published ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 05, 2012 |
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30 year study uncovers linkages between mothers and their children's health
Researchers at The University of Queensland have been documenting the lives of mothers and their children over 30 years to uncover what role genetic and environmental factors have on mental illness, substance abuse and heart ...
Health
Dec 05, 2012 |
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Mild vibrations may provide some of the same benefits to obese people as exercise
If you're looking to get some of the benefits of exercise without doing the work, here's some good news. A new research report published online in The FASEB Journal shows that low-intensity vibrations led to improvements in the ...
Overweight and Obesity
Nov 29, 2012 |
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Common therapies reduce depression in diabetics, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—People living with diabetes may be able to reduce the risk of developing depression and other mood disorders by including a common medication in the management of their condition.
Diabetes
Nov 29, 2012 |
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CDC: HIV spread high in young gay males
(AP)—Health officials say 1 in 5 new HIV infections occur in a tiny segment of the population—young men who are gay or bisexual.
HIV & AIDS
Nov 27, 2012 |
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Family care taking toll on workplace
(Medical Xpress)—Caring for aging family and friends is putting the squeeze on the Canadian workplace, with an average 1.5 million workdays being missed per month by middle-aged caregivers who are also ...
Health
Nov 26, 2012 |
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Gerontologists say research and data should drive policy, budget decisions
America's top authorities on aging spent the last week at The Gerontological Society of America's Annual Scientific Meeting in San Diego detailing workable solutions to the challenges presented by a rapidly aging populat ...
Health
Nov 19, 2012 |
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Bad air means bad news for seniors' brainpower
Living in areas of high air pollution can lead to decreased cognitive function in older adults, according to new research presented in San Diego at The Gerontological Society of America's 65th Annual Scientific Meeting.
Health
Nov 16, 2012 |
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Assessing the cost of the Affordable Care Act and expanding Medicaid
(Medical Xpress)—Extending Medicaid coverage to currently uninsured adults is likely to increase the cost of the program, according to health policy researchers, because those patients are prone to have more expensive health ...
Health
Nov 02, 2012 |
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Urgent need to expand use of shingles vaccine and treat shingles-related pain
Shingles, a reactivation of the herpes zoster (chickenpox) virus affects nearly 1 in 3 Americans. About 1 million cases are diagnosed each year, with some patients suffering excruciating pain and itching due to post-herpetic ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 24, 2012 |
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Immune dysfunction possibly linked to schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a complex illness; among other characteristics, sufferers often find it difficult to tell the difference between what is real and not real and have trouble thinking clearly. Its symptoms ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 19, 2012 |
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Report reveals nearly 31 percent of Hoosiers obese, ranking Indiana as eighth worst
(Medical Xpress)—Nearly 31 percent of the adult population of Indiana reports being obese, ranking the state eighth worst nationally in terms of percentage of population severely overweight, says a new study by Ball State ...
Overweight and Obesity
Oct 16, 2012 |
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Surgeons associate preoperative falls with worse postoperative outcomes in older adults
An answer to the simple question—"Have you recently taken a fall?"—can tell a surgeon how well an older adult may recover from a major operation according to researchers from the University of Colorado, Denver. New study ...
Surgery
Oct 01, 2012 |
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Disability caused by traumatic brain injury in children may persist and stop improving after 2 years
A child who suffers a moderate or severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) may still have substantial functional disabilities and reduced quality of life 2 years after the injury. After those first 2 years, further ...
Neuroscience
Sep 18, 2012 |
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Obese adults with excess abdominal fat, insulin resistance may have higher risk of type 2 diabetes
Obese adults with excess visceral fat (fat located inside the abdominal cavity, around the body's internal organs) and biomarkers of insulin resistance had an associated increased risk for the development ...
Diabetes
Sep 18, 2012 |
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