Chronic fatigue patients show lower response to placebos
...Current evidence suggests that emotional or social stresses such as bereavement or problems at work, combined with other triggers such as common viral infections, contribute to the disorder. Additional factors, such as avoidance of physical activity, may cause the symptoms to become chronic, says Cho. The aut...Even mild depression increases long-term mortality in heart failure
... the heart's ability to react appropriately to the stresses of everyday life, she said. "We also know that depressed patients tend not to comply with their treatments, are not as motivated to stick with exercise or rehabilitation programs, and often miss doctor's appointments" Jiang said. "Also, depressed pat...Meditation may reduce heart disease risk
...appears to be part of an unhealthy cycle where the stresses of everyday life such as poverty and not feeling safe at home contribute to bad habits such as overeating and/or eating high-fat comfort foods and not exercising. Stress also may impair sleep, preventing the body and blood pressure from resting ...Lack of specific collagen type leads to osteoarthritis
...-point pen, and analyzed how they responded to the stresses of everyday life. Alexopoulos presented the result...he cartilage to respond properly to the mechanical stresses and pressures on the joint." The experiments would not have been possible without the custom-built "...Contrary to previous findings, smoking is detrimental to patients with Alzheimer's
...after focusing only on plaque formation. Our paper stresses the importance of investigating Alzheimer's disease therapies in animal models that involve both types of pathologies -- plaques and tangles -- as it is possible for a compound to positively affect one lesion while worsening the other." Starting with...Problems in the bedroom can indicate heart problems
...uation for cardiovascular risk as well. The study stresses that early recognition of ED, "particularly in high-risk and underserved minority populations" like African Americans and Hispanics, can lead to early diagnosis of previously undetected cardiovascular risk factors and subclinical vascular disease. A...Vaginal hysterectomy leads to better outcomes than abdominal surgery
...r an abdominal hysterectomy," Johnson says, but he stresses that more research on laparascopic techniques is needed. Johnson says future studies comparing hysterectomy type should focus on long-term effects, such as urinary and sexual dysfunction and the formation of fistulas, holes in the vagina, bladder or...Sildenafil effectively treats enlarged hearts, mouse study shows
..., cyclic GMP, which serves as a "natural brake" to stresses and overgrowth in the heart. "We thought we could more strongly apply the brake on hypertrophy in the heart if we used sildenafil to prevent the breakdown of cyclic GMP," he says. The makers of the drug had no involvement in the design or support o...Penn researchers add more evidence to demonstrate role of COX inhibitors in heart-disease risk
... not been performed with Bextra. While FitzGerald stresses that the emergence of a cardiovascular signal with a second COX-2 inhibitor rendered the argument for a class effect of the risk "compelling," the early cessation of a placebo-controlled trial of celecoxib (Celebrex) in December 2004 by the National ...Cumulative trauma in adulthood can worsen health in later years
...his group faced WWII and was surrounded by all the stresses of war and economic shortages. They were patriotic, self-reliant and had a respect for authority and were able to handle self-sacrifice. These conditions probably helped them develop some resilience against unexpected trauma in their later years, sai...Nursing homes register 41 percent drop in residents' pain
... it takes: A multifaceted improvement process that stresses education, collaboration, mentoring and most importantly rapid changes in pain assessment and treatment. Researchers at Brown Medical School and health care experts at Quality Partners of Rhode Island came to this conclusion after conducting an...Stem cells to the rescue - or not?
...ome reasons for the experimental discrepancies and stresses that "it would be important to repeat the same experiments described here.with other types of stem cells[as] they may represent a better perspective for the stem cell therapy of striated muscle diseases than BM-SP stem cells." In light of these data,...Early detection reduces threat of foot injury in college basketball players
...letes whose sport or training regimen puts similar stresses on bones of the feet might also stand to benefit f...reventative action appears to relieve the constant stresses and pressures suffered by the fifth metatarsal, thereby preventing further debilitating injuries. Or...Computer program helps doctors diagnose lung cancer
...val before it can be offered clinically. Hadjiyski stresses that computers will never replace the radiologist entirely but that the technology is meant to complement the radiologist's judgment. The one flaw with the computer-aided system is it may return false positive results, identifying masses as cancerous...Study emphasizes importance of women in cardiac research
...lications for the development of future trials and stresses the importance of making every effort to include women," said Dr. Andrea Russo, lead investigator of MUSTT. "As cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in both men and women, this also emphasizes the importance of ensuring that women ha...An apple a day could protect against brain-cell damage
...nti-allergenic and anti-inflammatory. Although Lee stresses that his studies were conducted in the laboratory, not in clinical trials with humans, he has no hesitation in recommending more apples in the diet as well as other fresh fruits and vegetables. "Indeed, I have a reason to say an apple a day keeps the...Controversies regarding ovarian cancer treatments addressed
...uence their decisions in daily practice." Mano stresses the importance of avoiding similar mistakes in developing future clinical trials and suggests that this review could be an additional source of reference for policy-makers. ......ng the mechanical properties and reducing internal stresses have been among the major research efforts for polymeric dental restorative composites for decades," Fong said. "If successful, this research may lead to the next generation dental restorative composite filling material, which will eventually benefit...PITT, OHSU: When early life stress occurs determines its impact later
...d animals has already established that significant stresses experienced early in life can cause problems in th...sitivity is heightened in individuals that undergo stresses early in life. This research shows that is not always the case and is at least partially dependent o...Scientists reveal significant behavioral impacts of early life stress, study therapies
...d animals has already established that significant stresses experienced early in life can cause problems in th...sitivity is heightened in individuals that undergo stresses early in life. This research shows that is not always the case and is at least partially dependent o...