News tagged with irritability

72 percent of pregnant women experience constipation and other bowel problems

Nearly three out of four pregnant women experience constipation, diarrhea or other bowel disorders during their pregnancies, a Loyola University Medical Center study has found.

Obstetrics & gynaecology created May 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pharmaceutical advances offer new options for health outcomes

Research presented at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) explores pharmaceutical advances for treating irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea (IBS-D) and hepatitis C.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Clinical support for patient self-management is rhetoric rather than reality

The processes to allow people to self-manage their own illness are not being used appropriately by health professionals to the benefit of their patients, new research suggests.

Health created May 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pediatricians endorse new acne treatment guidelines

(HealthDay)—Pimples have long been the bane of teenage existence, but pediatricians say there is now enough evidence on effective treatments to put out the first guidelines on battling acne in children.

Pediatrics created May 06, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Let crying babes lie: Study supports notion of leaving infants to cry themselves back to sleep

Today, mothers of newborns find themselves confronting a common dilemma: Should they let their babies "cry it out" when they wake up at night? Or should they rush to comfort their crying little one?

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 02, 2013 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (13) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Psychologists discover links between angry thoughts and displaced aggression in male gang affiliates

(Medical Xpress) -- Research conducted among pupils in three London schools has shown that male street gang affiliates who engage in angry rumination (i.e. think continuously about provoking or negative events and situations) ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Gene discovery points towards non-hormonal male contraceptive

A new type of male contraceptive could be created thanks to the discovery of a key gene essential for sperm development.

Genetics created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Anger may play larger role in anxiety disorders, study shows

Anger is a powerful emotion with serious health consequences. A new study from Concordia University shows that for millions of individuals around the world who suffer from Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), anger is more ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Betting on good luck and 4-leaf clovers: Connection between impulsivity, superstitions

Research led by the University of Cambridge has found a link between impulsivity and flawed reasoning (such as believing in superstitious rituals and luck) in problem gamblers.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New drug might help treat irritable bowel syndrome

(HealthDay)—A new drug significantly reduces the abdominal pain and constipation characteristic of certain types of irritable bowel syndrome, according to two new studies.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Somatic symptom disorder: New condition could classify millions of people as mentally ill

Millions of people could be mislabeled as mentally ill when psychiatry's bible of diagnoses is updated in May, warns a senior doctor in this week's BMJ.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 19, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Amniotic fluid stem cells repair gut damage

Stem cells taken from amniotic fluid were used to restore gut structure and function following intestinal damage in rodents, in new research published in the journal Gut. The findings pave the way for a new form of cell t ...

Medical research created Mar 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Probiotics reduce stress-induced intestinal flare-ups

For those with irritable bowel syndrome who wonder if stress aggravates their intestinal disorder, a new University of Michigan Health System study shows it's not all in their head.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

More kids taking antipsychotics for ADHD: study

(HealthDay) -- Use of powerful antipsychotic medications such as Abilify and Risperdal to control youngsters with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and other behavior problems has skyrocketed ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Varenicline reduces depressive mood, craving and reward value of cigarettes when smokers attempt to quit, study reports

Smokers have a higher probability of quitting smoking and a better overall cessation experience when taking varenicline compared to bupropion and to placebo – unmedicated assisted smoking cessation –according to a study ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Irritability

Irritability is an excessive response to stimuli. The term is used for both the physiological reaction to stimuli and for the pathological, abnormal or excessive sensitivity to stimuli; It is usually used to refer to anger or frustration.

Irritability may be demonstrated in behavioral responses to both physiological and behavioral stimuli including environmental, situational, sociological, and emotional stimuli.

For more information about Irritability, read the full article at Wikipedia.
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