Thursday, March 4, 2004 news tips
...nosis of a serious cancer is thought to be a major stress for a patient, beyond the direct effects of the malignancy. See Abstract #P6 for study finding that depression, but not anger proneness or social isolation, may be a risk factor for peripheral artery disease....Depressed moms want pediatricians to hear them
... want to turn to their pediatricians to talk about stress and depression, they fear being judged," says stud...ut many mothers were hesitant to discuss their own stress or depressive symptoms. Mothers from all socioeconomic groups expressed fear of judgment and poss...Depression predicts mortality in women with heart disease
...rovide insights into the effects of depression and stress on heart rate variability. Patients whose hearts a...g action in response to outside stimuli -- such as stress and anxiety -- are known to be at higher risk of suffering a heart attack, the researchers said. An ...Studies highlight impact of Sept. 11, Iraq war on adolescents
...rs, parents and school administrators of potential stress rates related to reactions to terrorist attacks th...sm and perceived support as well as post-traumatic stress symptoms. They also asked adolescents about their usual level and expression of anger and hostility,...Pioneering treatments for irritable bowel syndrome, post traumatic stress disorder
...prove patients' health and quality of life through stress management. Patients will ultimately learn to deal...tudy of individual diet and various relaxation and stress management techniques, plus various follow-up contacts. "These students are on the cutting edge of......a related commentary, Kang Sim and Hong Choon Chua stress the need for further research into the psychosocial impact of infectious disease outbreaks. Front-line health care workers are often in real danger of becoming infected by emerging infectious diseases -- in the case of SARS, 20% of the 8400 people in...Memories light up the corners of our minds
...g words, respectively. "This result suggests that stress hormones, which are released as part of the response to emotionally arousing events, are responsible for enhancing memories of those events," said the researchers. "We think that detailed cognitive processing may underlie the enhanced memory for the ...Women who were sexually abused as children more likely to smoke
...oa-Moseley. "Smoking may be a way to cope with the stress of abuse." While overall smoking rates have declined significantly over recent decades, smoking rates for teen and adult women recently have increased. The conclusions of this research are limited by the small number of participants. "But the findi...Depression on College Campuses conference
...ng different support systems. While some degree of stress is normal in times of transition, for some students, it can become overwhelming. Add to that a lack of sleep time and alcohol consumption, and you have a recipe for depression. In fact, all three of those factors stress, sleep, and alcohol - can ...Study moves in on why astronauts suffer bone loss
...eam observed the animals carefully for symptoms of stress and also analyzed blood samples for stress hormones, but found no indications of stress in either the skeletal unloaded rats or their untethere...Specialists: Laparoscopy can help infertile women avoid months of unnecessary treatments
...ess cycles of treatments and the related emotional stress and financial burden," said Dr. Azziz, who holds The Helping Hand of Los Angeles Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Cedars-Sinai. Prior to joining Cedars-Sinai, Dr. Azziz served as Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and in t...Coeliac disease may predict schizophrenia
...ac disease and schizophrenia. However, the authors stress that this reflects a small proportion of cases, since both disorders are rare....Blood protein may be important predictor of future cardiovascular attack
...Smoking, hormone usage and even some psychological stress are related to elevated CRP but not SAA," Dr. Johnson continued. "On the other hand, women with coronary artery disease tend to have elevated SAA but not CRP." In the study group, results indicate that every one-milligram-per-liter of blood increase ...Study uncovers how stress and hormones lead to smoking relapse
...iversity of Minnesota will present new findings on stress and quitting smoking at the American Association f... by these factors differently. "We have found that stress affects men and women differently when it comes to nicotine addiction and relapse," says lead resear...Malnutrition and misery will be 'unimaginable' by 2054
...and, doubling the planet's population will further stress resources for fresh water, renewable and fossil energy, fertilizers and pesticides. For the most finite resource of all, land, each year more than 10 million hectares of cropland are degraded and lost because of soil erosion. This comes at a time w...Stressed at work? How taking a coffee break might make things worse
Trying to reduce feelings of stress by taking a coffee break might actually increase t... sharp intake of caffeine. Existing theories about stress management suggest that caffeine consumption can trigger stress. However, while studies into the eff...UVA researchers make cellular model of Parkinson's disease
...bodies are good, how do we keep them growing? If I stress the cell with free radicals will it make Lewy bodies? Can I interfere with how Lewy bodies are being made? We here at U.Va. are designing experiments now to answer those and many other questions." Trimmer and her colleagues at U.Va.'s neurolo...A little stress may go a long way toward boosting skin's immunity
...dies in rats and mice suggests that short bouts of stress increase the skin's ability to fight infections an...s. The immune response of animals exposed to acute stress about two hours of restraint was two to four times higher compared to non-stressed animals. This w...Adverse events among patients following discharge from hospital
... a related commentary, Ross Baker and Peter Norton stress the importance of a smooth transition between hospital-based and community-based care in preventing AEs among patients discharged from hospital....Researcher 'horrified' by physical stress put on X-ray technologists
...erse musculoskelatal" problems due to the physical stress and strain of their job. The results of the study ...ent. "I was horrified to see the kind of physical stress X-ray technologists go through," Kumar said. "They have the same physical stress level that heavy la...