Full recovery after cell transplantation for treating leukemia or lymphoma can take 3-5 years
...ducted a study to examine recovery of physical and mental health and return to work after HCT for treatment of leukemia or lymphoma. Patient function was assessed from pretransplantation to 5-year follow-up for 319 adults who had myeloablative (bone marrow suppression) HCT for treatment of leukemia or lymp...Full recovery after cell transplantation for treating leukemia or lymphoma can take 3-5 years
...ducted a study to examine recovery of physical and mental health and return to work after HCT for treatment of leukemia or lymphoma. Patient function was assessed from pretransplantation to 5-year follow-up for 319 adults who had myeloablative (bone-marrow suppression) HCT for treatment of leukemia or lymp...New compound may act to keep thyroid activity in check
... cardiovascular and endocrine diseases, as well as mental health disorders, said David Grandy, Ph.D., associ... possible connections to drug dependency and other mental health disorders. "Interestingly, amphetamines and Ecstasy turn this receptor on," he said. "I'd lik...Emory study finds mental health and heart disease tightly linked
Attaining and sustaining good mental health is just as vital as other factors, such as ...rvey data, Keyes' study examined the prevalence of mental health issues among people with cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in the United Sta...APA poll: Most Americans have sought mental health treatment but cost, insurance still barriers
...Americans have had someone in their household seek mental health treatment, but most still perceive cost and...A). The poll also shows that stigma about seeking mental health treatment is increasingly less of a barrier to getting treatment. Nearly half (48%) of Ameri...New data shows Seroquel achieves remission in bipolar mania
...vely, p = 0.014). 2 Bipolar disorder is a serious mental illness that affects approximately 3-4% of the adult population and is the sixth leading cause of disability in the world. 3,4,5,6 More than half of those with bipolar disorder stop taking their medication at some point during their illness, subject...Losing a job near retirement age significantly increases risk of stroke
...lem drinking, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and mental health. Gallo and co-authors studied the risk of both heart attack and stroke among older persons who lose their jobs. They found no link between involuntary unemployment and heart attack. The link with the incidence of strokes, however, was signifi...Seroquel: New data show efficacy and tolerablity in bipolar depression
...n the MADRS scale. Bipolar disorder is a serious mental illness that affects approximately 3-4% of the adult population and is the sixth leading cause of disability in the world. 3,4,5,6 More than half of those with bipolar disorder stop taking their medication at some point during their illness, subject...Kadian alleviated chronic pain in patients unsuccessfully treated with well-known therapies
... range of significant improvements in physical and mental impairment for patients treated with the drug. D...seen at week four in the physical (12 percent) and mental (15.6 percent) composite scores of the SF36v2 (p<0.0001), as well as the VNS scores for pain rel...Survey of adults reveals life-long consequences of ADHD
...d from normal activities such as work, due to poor mental or physical health, compared to only nine percent of the adults without ADHD. Adults with ADHD are less likely to express a positive self-image. Only 40 percent of the adults with ADHD "strongly agree" that they have a bright outlook on their future...Long-term study proves ADDERALL XR is a safe and effective option to treat adults with ADHD
...ories include "avoids tasks that require sustained mental effort" and "talks excessively." Patients with mo...glaucoma, thyroid problems, emotional instability, mental illness, or a known allergy to this type of medication. There is a potential for worsening of motio...Louisiana enacts prescription privileges law for psychologists
...prescribe certain medications for the treatment of mental health disorders. New Mexico was the first state t...scriptive authority to medications for nervous and mental health disorders only. "This is a historic moment for health care in Louisiana," says Cathy Castille...Attacking bipolar disorder in young adults boosts outcome, says Stanford study
...l Impression, or CGI scale (a marker of a person's mental illness) and on the Global Assessment of Function scale (which rates overall psychological, social and occupational functioning) improved significantly during treatment. It also found the percentage of patients with "syndromal episodes," which are cl...Cord blood stem cells save children with Hurler's syndrome
...ransplant to such a degree that they actually gain mental skills faster than age-matched control children and cross over into the normal range at three to four years post transplant." Such cognitive gains might be related, in part, to transplanting the children at a slightly younger age, before their diseas...For many, depression persists after routine treatment
...esponses continued to use both general medical and mental health specialty services of all types, placing a ...side effects from their medication, to be in worse mental and physical health at the start of the study and to have sought prior treatment for depression. Pat...Exercise helps heart attack patients who are depressed, without social support
...rcise can be valuable in treating the physical and mental health of these high-risk heart attack patients." While the medical community is increasingly recognizing the important role of exercise in preventing initial as well as subsequent heart attacks, no study to date has looked specifically a...Adult marijuana abuse, dependence increased during 1990s
... more about alcohol disorders--indeed, about other mental health disorders, as well--from the same data set," explains Dr. Ting-Kai Li, Director, NIAAA. "The results of our study show that use of marijuana remained stable in 20012002 compared to 19911992; however, there were significant increases in mariju...Depressive symptoms in middle-aged inner-city African-Americans higher than expected
...f these depressive symptoms on physical as well as mental health," said Dr.Miller. "Surprisingly, we found that middle-aged inner-city African-Americans had substantively higher levels of depressive symptoms than that found in the general U.S. population," said Dr. Miller. Not only is depression linked with...Iron-deficient infants score worse on cognitive and motor tests as teens
...abies grew up to lag their peers in both motor and mental measures. Lozoff is scheduled to present "Longitudinal Analysis of Cognitive and Motor Effects of Iron Deficiency in Infancy" at the Pediatric Academic Societies' annual meeting in San Francisco May 3. It is one of six research projects Lozoff partic...Substance use, social stress compromise pregnant women's immune system
...ess than a high school education; and a history of mental illness or psychological disorder. The researchers found an association of substance abuse, social stress and high levels of cytokines with prematurity, brain and lung injuries in infants and respiratory disorders in full-term babies. T...