Oncology & Cancer
Cancer patients may have undiagnosed depression
(HealthDay)—Depression is common, though often overlooked, in people with cancer, a new study suggests.
Sep 25, 2017
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Surgery
First ever data on number of gender confirmation surgeries
For the first time, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) is reporting on the number of gender confirmation surgeries in the United States. ASPS—the world's largest plastic surgery organization—found that more ...
May 22, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Depression less deadly than previously thought
Over three decades of research suggest that depression increases the odds of death. However, a new research paper throws doubt on this presumed link after finding no evidence of a direct association between depression and ...
May 16, 2017
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Autism spectrum disorders
GPs urgently need training on autism
Most of us get slightly anxious about going to the GP. What if it turns out that nothing's wrong? Or perhaps there's something seriously wrong? Despite these minor concerns, most of us are happy to book an appointment, turn ...
May 9, 2017
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Cardiology
Study links psychiatric disorders to stroke risk
(HealthDay)—Getting care at a hospital for a psychiatric disorder may be linked to a higher risk of stroke in the following weeks and months, new research suggests.
Feb 23, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Change is needed to prevent homicides by individuals with mental illness
Following the stabbing death of Dr. Jeroen Ensink, a new father in London who was killed by a mentally ill man who had walked free after attacking a police officer with a knife days earlier, experts are calling for change. ...
Oct 20, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Lengthy ER visits for psychiatric patients often result in transfer, not treatment
Cutbacks in capacity at state and county mental hospitals have forced more and more psychiatric patients to seek treatment in Emergency Rooms. But a new study led by the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, ...
Sep 7, 2016
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Health
Decreasing mental health services increases mental health emergencies
Countywide reductions in psychiatric services—both inpatient and outpatient—led to more than triple the number of emergency psychiatric consults and 55 percent increases in lengths of stay for psychiatric patients in ...
Nov 20, 2015
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Cardiology
Heart transplant mental toll may be greater for women
(HealthDay)—Women may have more mental stress after a heart transplant than men, a new study finds.
Nov 10, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Time to look at cancer's dangerous mates
While a diagnosis of cancer naturally tends to concentrate the minds of patients and doctors alike, it shouldn't be the sole focus of treatment, says a new report from the Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer (FCIC).
Oct 20, 2015
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