(Medical Xpress) -- Mental illnesses -- led by anxiety disorders and depression -- now affect one-quarter of the US population according to new research. In Europe a similar proportion -- about 27 percent -- suffers from ...
Sep 12, 2011
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Researchers have identified an elusive gene responsible for Gray Platelet Syndrome, an extremely rare blood disorder in which only about 50 known cases have been reported. As a result, it is hoped that future cases will be ...
Jul 25, 2011
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(Medical Xpress) -- New research by Dr. Ramin Ebrahimi and his team from the Greater Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center was published in The American Journal of Cardiology and shows a link between post-traumatic ...
Sudden cardiac death is always a shocking, tragic event, especially when it occurs at a young age. But, for the first time, scientists are unraveling how genetic defects can help predict the risk of dying suddenly in individuals ...
May 10, 2011
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Using injections of a small derivate of the protein insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), scientists at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have successfully treated ...
Feb 9, 2009
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The conditions within a person's home, family and community affect their ability to stay healthy. Scientists studying these social determinants of health are trying to understand whether nature or nurture has a stronger effect ...
Aug 31, 2024
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Among things many families don't wish to pass down to their children and grandchildren: medical issues.
Aug 26, 2024
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Heart attack, stroke, nerve damage. These are just some of the complications for which millions of Americans with diabetes are at greater risk.
Aug 22, 2024
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In the first year after hospitalization for heart disease, stroke or other cardiovascular diseases, people were 83% more likely to be diagnosed with anxiety, depression, suicide behaviors or other psychiatric conditions than ...
Jul 31, 2024
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For decades, a lack of investment in women's health has created gaps in medicine. The problem is so prevalent that, this year, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to advance women's health research and innovation.
Jul 9, 2024
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