NIH state-of-the-science panel calls for 'demedicalization' of menopause
.... But the evidence of a link between menopause and mood symptoms, cognitive disturbance, and urinary incontinence is weak. This would suggest that treating these symptoms with hormones may be inappropriate. Although there is increasing interest in bioidentical or "natural" hormones for treating menopausa...Chronic fatigue patients show lower response to placebos
...e severe malaise, muscle and joint pain, sleep and mood disturbances and headache. The symptoms continue for at least six months and cannot be explained by any other medical conditions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that as many as 500,000 Americans may have CFS or related condit...University seeks recruits for arthritis study
...ll be asked to complete questionnaires about their mood and carry out a short ability test. Information given to researchers will be kept confidential and only used for research purposes. Those interested in finding out more should contact Anthoula Lioni on 0131 537 6282 or email: anthoulalioni@yahoo.com...Binge drinking can impair both mood and cognitive performance
...lf has negative behavioral consequences, affecting mood and cognitive performance. According to various...lf has negative behavioral consequences, affecting mood and cognitive performance. "There is evidence that repeated, abrupt increases of alcohol levels in...St. John's wort amplifies effect of blood thinner Plavix
...res, and marketed as a "natural" antidepressant or mood enhancer. It is known to interact with other drugs, including prescription antidepressants and some antiviral drugs, and to increase the skin's sensitivity to light. In most cases of interactions known to date, St. John's wort decreases the activity...Study: Eye contact triggers threat signals in autistic children's brains
...- which has been implicated in certain anxiety and mood disorders - plays a role in autism, but the study directly supports that idea for the first time. An increasingly publicized developmental disability, autism greatly weakens the capacity to socialize and communicate normally. The tendency to avoid ey...Mood elevating hormone may trigger depression and heart problems
...function of a receptor that regulates release of a mood elevating hormone in the brain may be responsible for causing depression, anxiety and cardiovascular disorders, according to a Yale study in Pharmacogenetics and Genomics. The genetic variant that causes this malfunction is nearly 15 times as prevale...Job satisfaction? Not much for Britain's hard slog 'robot' workers
...ound no evidence to back suggestions that the dull mood of workers may be due to successive generations having ever higher expectations from their jobs and being disappointed by the realities of employment. The investigation, which also looked at other European countries and the United States, signals a ...Treatment guidelines for kids with bipolar disorder published
.... Symptoms include grandiose delusions, irritable mood often accompanied by aggression and self-injury, d...arly in life as possible. Many respond quickly to mood stabilizing medication, and parents tell us that 'we have our child back.'" Bipolar disorder is a ...Exercise therapy builds strength, mobility in MS patients
...he Netherlands. Exercise therapy also improved the mood of MS patients in exercise therapy programs, compared to patients who did not participate in the therapy. The researchers did not find any evidence that exercise therapy affected patients' fatigue or their sense of how ill they were. Despite the evid...Psychiatric disorders greatly underdiagnosed in hospital emergency departments
...tment rates, the researchers found the following: mood disorders= 4% (national rate) versus 0.70% (emergency department rate) anxiety= 11-16% versus 1.19% substance use disorders = 7% versus 2.05% tobacco use disorder= 25% versus .23% organic psychosis (psychosis due to brain injury or disease)= diagnost...Study finds happiness persists, despite illness
... dialysis patients and healthy people report their mood every few hours for a week, using a handheld perso...tire week, and prompt participants to report their mood at those random moments by completing a quick series of ratings. "The big advantage of using PDAs i...Sex hormone metabolite reduces stress, anxiety in female rats
...receptor, providing a new approach for controlling mood disorders in women," said Toufexis. "The next step is to determine where exactly allopregnanolone is working in the brain to reduce the effect of CRF."...Anti-depressants used during pregnancy linked to neonatal withdrawal syndrome
...atment for depression and a wide spectrum of other mood and behavioural disorders. The presence of a withdrawal reaction to SSRIs is now widely recognised and several cases of neonatal withdrawal syndrome associated with the drugs - characterised by convulsions, irritability, abnormal crying and tremor- h...No magic pill for treating dementia symptoms
...oms, including antipsychotics, antidepressants and mood stabilizers. They found that two drugs (risperidone and olanzapine) in a class known as atypical antipsychotics have the best evidence for effectiveness. "However, the effects are modest and are complicated by an increased risk of stroke," the autho...Exercise helps reduce symptoms of depression, UT Southwestern researchers find
...or of psychiatry and director of UT Southwestern's mood disorders research program. "The effect you find using aerobic exercise alone in treating clinical depression is similar to what you find with antidepressant medications," said Dr. Trivedi, a study author and holder of the Lydia Bryant Test Profess...Researchers hope monkeys can provide new insights into depression
...the relationship between reproductive function and mood in females," said Shively. In addition, depression is higher among people with low levels of education and income. Some female monkeys face social stress that is similar to the stress that humans with low socioeconomic status experience. In some case...Depression caused by common treatment for hepatitis C may affect outcome
...s study provide preliminary evidence that baseline mood state should be assessed in patients prior to commencing treatment," said Dr. Raison. "Significant deviations from this state may increase the likelihood of treatment failure. Moreover, these findings provide further support that the development of...Unique presentation of delirium after stem cell transplantation
...ms, 2) cognitive impairment, and 3) disturbance of mood and consciousness. Early symptoms began about four days prior to the start of the episode and lasted an average of 10 days, peaking at the end of the second week after transplantation. These symptoms included hypoactive behavior, sleep-wake cycle dis...Macular degeneration patients benefit from self-management training
...egeneration (AMD) leads to lasting improvements in mood and function, especially in depressed patients, an...showed significant improvement in quality of life, mood and function in patients immediately following completion of the program. This study is a six-month ...