Combination Therapy Effective in Treating Late-Life Anxiety
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MARCH 20, 2009
For older patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), combining a short course of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) with a selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) may provide optimal long-term treatment....[read article]
Stepped-Care Prevention of Depression and Anxiety May Be Helpful in Elderly
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MARCH 18 , 2009
Stepped-care prevention of depression and anxiety may be helpful in elderly individuals, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial reported in the March issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry....[read article]
Insomnia Lasts for Years Unless Treated
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March 12, 2009
Almost half of patients with insomnia have suffered from sleep problems for 3 years or more, and three-fourths report at least 1 year of insomnia symptoms, according to a report in the March 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. ...[read article]
New Poll Shows American's Stress Levels Rising
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FEB 25, 2009
Americans are feeling more stress
than they did six months ago, according to a new national stress study. The
survey of 1,000 men and women, ages 18 and older, revealed that 47 percent
of respondents currently feel more stress than they did six months ago. And
no surprise, the #1 source of stress ...[read article]
Anxious Pregnant Women Are More Likely To Have Asthmatic Children
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FEB 23, 2009
Pregnant women who are stressed, particularly late in pregnancy, have an increased risk of their child going on to develop asthma. So finds a British study conducted on a cohort of over 5,800 families and presented in Berlin at the Annual Congress of the ...[read article]
Trauma And The Brain, Mind And Body: International Conference
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FEB 21, 2009
Ute Lawrence is a survivor of one of the most horrific car pile-ups in Canadian history, involving 87 vehicles and killing eight people. The trauma changed her life, bringing personal distress and the end of her 22-years as a magazine publisher. She is the ...[read article]
Time Management -- Tips To Reduce Stress
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FEB 20, 2009
Many women know the overwhelmed feeling caused by too much to do and too little time. Better time management can help you do more. And it has health benefits, such as less stress and a better quality of life...[read article]
Importance Of Sex-specific Testing Shown In Anxiety Study
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FEB 18, 2009
An Australian study has flagged an important truth for the medical research community. Like their human counterparts, male and female mice are not only different, their respective genetic responses can often be the reverse of ..[read article]
Insomnia In Breast Cancer May Be Predicted By Respiratory Rhythms
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FEB 15, 2009
The breathing and heart rates and cortisol levels of women with metastatic breast cancer can be used to predict if they'll suffer from chronic insomnia and sleep disruptions, a common complaint from ...[read article]
Mouse Genes Guide Search For Human Anxiety Disorder Genes
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FEB 10, 2009
We are all familiar with the question - "Are you a man or a mouse?" What if the answer is "a little of both"? Because of the power of molecular genetics research in animals and the maturation of animal models, the path to identifying genes involved in...[read article]
Stress May Make You Itch
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FEB 07, 2009
Current research suggests that stress may activate immune cells in your skin, resulting in inflammatory skin disease. The related report by Joachim et al., "Stress-induced Neurogenic Inflammation in Murine Skin Skews Dendritic Cells towards Maturation and Migration: Key role of ICAM-1/LFA-1 interactions," appears in the November issue of The American Journal of Pathology. ..[read article]
