Oncology & Cancer
Study examines potential link between partner bereavement and skin cancer
Psychological stress has been proposed as a risk factor for melanoma, but clinical evidence is limited.
Mar 4, 2020
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News tagged with psychological medicine
Psychology & Psychiatry
Bullying by childhood peers leaves a trace that can change the expression of a gene linked to mood
A recent study by a researcher at the Centre for Studies on Human Stress (CSHS) at the Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine and professor at the Université de Montréal suggests that bullying by peers changes the structure surrounding ...
Dec 18, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychiatric units safer as in-patient suicide falls
Suicides by psychiatric in-patients have fallen to a new low, research published today has found.
May 16, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Italian virus death toll nears China's as outbreak spreads
The Chinese city where the coronavirus first emerged reported no new homegrown cases Thursday, while the death toll in Italy was poised to overtake China's in a stark illustration of how the crisis has pivoted toward Europe ...
Mar 19, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Workplace stress poses risk to health
Stressful situations at work can have a negative impact on the cardiovascular system and the metabolism. Stress, which is transmitted by direct and indirect signaling pathways, leads to an inflammatory response in the body, ...
Apr 23, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Posttraumatic stress disorder common after lung injury
(HealthDay)—Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms are common in patients recovering from acute lung injury (ALI), according to a study published online March 5 in Psychological Medicine.
Mar 6, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Colon cancer survivors are more likely to have pain in the back and abdomen
Researchers from the University of Granada have discovered that colon cancer survivors are more likely to suffer future lesions related with pain in the back and lower abdomen than healthy individuals of the same gender and ...
Jun 27, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers assess link between talking therapy and lower rates of dementia
Using talking therapies to effectively treat depression in adults over the age of 65 may be clinically linked with slightly reduced rates of future dementia diagnosis, finds a new analysis of health data led by UCL researchers.
Feb 1, 2023
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Health
Therapy dogs may unlock health benefits for patients in hospital ICUs
While therapy dogs have long been welcomed as "nonpharmacological interventions" for some hospitalized patients, their use with those who are critically ill is new for many hospitals.
Feb 13, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Generational inequalities in mental health accelerated during COVID-19 pandemic, suggests study
Core symptoms of anxiety and depression were more common among younger generations compared to older age groups during the COVID-19 outbreak—with the gap between young and old widening further during the pandemic, according ...
Jan 24, 2023
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