Tag: Medicine/Health

A new Infant Mental Health Journal study demonstrates that prenatal maternal depression has important consequences for infant temperament. Furthermore, the ...

Certain characteristics linked with depression before and after giving birth

Depression during pregnancy and following childbirth (perinatal depression) is a common and potentially severe condition. In a Journal of Neuroscience ...

Study examines race-based differences in social support needs among breast cancer patients

In a Psycho-Oncology study of 28 women who were being treated for breast cancer and were participating in focus groups, ...

Do differences in gait predict the risk of developing depression in later life?

Older people who were newly diagnosed with depression had a slower walking speed and a shorter step length compared with ...

Greater efforts needed to address cancer therapies' effects on bone health

A new British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology review examines the impact of cancer therapies on the skeleton and how to ...

Absentmindedness points to earlier warning signs of silent strokes among people at risk

Adults who notice that they frequently lose their train of thought or often become sidetracked may in fact be displaying ...

Researchers find new treatment for Chlamydia

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a new way to prevent and treat Chlamydia, the most common sexually ...

Financial relationships and prescribing practices between physicians and drug companies

In a study published in The Oncologist, physicians treating certain cancers who consistently received payments from a cancer drug's manufacturer ...

Depression increases risk of death in older adults

The article is available free with open access from the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jgs.15731 As we ...

HEROES program awarded more than $2 million to continue opioid intervention outreach in Houston

Credit: Photo by Maricruz Kwon/UTHealth The Houston Emergency Response Opioid Engagement System (HEROES) was recently awarded two grants that will ...

Cannabinoid compounds may inhibit growth of colon cancer cells

Medical marijuana has gained attention in recent years for its potential to relieve pain and short-term anxiety and depression. Now, ...

IT startup launches software to encourage physician-family conversations about epilepsy

Digital Health Solutions' newest module focuses on sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, or SUDEPCredit: Indiana University INDIANAPOLIS -- Physicians can ...

Team developing virtual reality technology for training and assessment of colorectal surgeons

Project is supported by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and BioengineeringCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute / Mark McCarty Colorectal surgery ...

Yoga regimen reduces severity of rheumatoid arthritis symptoms

New research in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience supports adding yoga as an adjunctive therapy to treat this chronic inflammatory disease ...

Blacks with high socioeconomic status less likely to seek mental health care

The rate of unmet need for mental health care is significant among Blacks, reducing quality of life and causing disability. ...

Doctors dramatically reduce racial disparities in early-stage lung cancer treatment

UNC School of Medicine's Samuel Cykert, MD, led a five-year, multi-institutional trial aimed at reducing the disparity in treatment and ...

CTO Summit 2019 will feature live cases and hands-on training for chronic total occlusions

CRF will host scientific meeting February 28 - March 1, 2019 in New York City WHAT: The CTO Summit 2019 ...

Experts propose revising the criteria for diagnosis of Parkinson's disease

What is known about the 'prodromal' phase of Parkinson's disease and how measurement and better understanding may enable earlier treatment, ...

Fruit and vegetables may be important for mental as well as physical well-being

Consuming more fruit and vegetables can improve your mental well-being, according to a new study. A key feature of this ...

How men continually produce sperm — and How that discovery could help treat infertility