Children in car crashes should be monitored for acute stress symptoms, whether injured or not
...n's Hospital of Philadelphia report that traumatic stress can occur without injury. Looking at a wide range ...nt of their parents experienced multiple traumatic stress symptoms that disrupted their lives. There are more than 1.5 million crashes involving children in...Phenolic compounds may explain Mediterranean diet benefits
...ng at our results, that the reduction in oxidative stress and the increase in the nitric oxide bioavailability are behind the observed improvement in ischemic reactive hyperemia," Dr. Prez Jimnez said. Dr. Prez Jimnez said that olive oil may be superior to seed oils because it is a natural juice, pressed fr...Study finds torture and human rights abuses among Tibetan refugees
...of mental health illness, including post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorders, and depression. Mills...study reveals that the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder, a disorder causing recurrent nightmares, crying, and numbness was as high as 23 per cent o......such as chronic pain, depression, or posttraumatic stress disorder. Specifically, Davis explains how meeting able-bodied standards appearing healthy is emphasized over actually being healthy, leading both to stigmatization of those we perceive as disabled and a refusal to accept the possibility of life-li...Risks of taking sedatives for insomnia in older people may be greater than the benefits
...ter quality of sleep from such sedatives. But they stress that this comparison is only a rough indicator because more studies contributed information on harmful events than on sleep benefits. Improvements in sleep with sedative use are statistically significant, but the size of the effect is small, say the...Drug not effective in preventing bypass vein clogging
...ifferent from arteries, the increased pressure and stress on the implanted vein causes proliferation of smooth muscle within the vessel. Edifoligide, an E2F transcription factor inhibitor, showed an ability in earlier studies to block this cellular proliferation. "The results of our Phase III trial showed t...Generous home-poured alcoholic beverages may lead to overindulgence
...nt of the alcohol consumed. These findings should stress to researchers that obtaining information on beverage use must include specific alcohol beverage type and some measure of the size of drinks." Kerr added that this study's closer look at individual drinks also resulted in larger estimates of monthl...Stress echo tests shown to predict cardiac death, illness in higher-risk women
... between 49 and 75 who underwent a certain type of stress test for suspected coronary disease. Investigators concluded that the test, known as dobutamine stress echocardiography, provided valuable information that could help doctors predict future fatal heart p...Hopkins study may change rules for treating heart failure
...o impair heart function. Using a standard exercise stress test, both groups exercised on a stationary bicycle to the point of exhaustion, starting slowly and increasing speed every three minutes. Heart function was monitored by radiology imaging, along with blood pressure, respiratory gases and fluid sampl...Drug compound restores youth to aging arterial cells in elderly hypertensives, Hopkins study shows
...ining to relax and dilate in response to increased stress from blood flow, by 102 percent. Chemically, ala... capacity of the arteries to expand in response to stress are common effects of aging that occur when the crosslinks form in the body's key structural protein...Dogs ease anxiety, improve health status of hospitalized heart failure patients
...lf report state anxiety inventory. Levels of the stress hormone epinephrine dropped an average 14.1 picograms/mL or 17 percent in the volunteer-dog team group; 2 percent in the volunteer-only group; and rose an average of 7 percent in the at-rest group. Pulmonary capillary wedge, the measurement of left...ANA encourages nurses and health care workers to get vaccinated against flu
...we recently revised our organization's position to stress the importance of universal vaccination among health care workers and we support the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases' (NFID) position regarding the importance of improving vaccination rates among health care workers." About Influenza Ma...Twelve-point plan tackles moral and ethical issues of using email for health research
...e believe that as researchers we are duty bound to stress the importance of confidentiality to all participants, while acknowledging that it cannot be guaranteed. "Making an IT expert part of the research team is invaluable as it enables us to maximise the technical knowledge required to ensure that our end...Research reveals likely connection between early-life stress and teenage mental health problems
...tsburgh suggests a strong link between significant stress early in life and the increased incidence of menta...depression, suicide, drug abuse and post-traumatic stress disorder. Both genetic factors and life experiences appear to play a role in the causes of these men...Riding roller coasters may actually be 'death-defying' for people with heart disease
...beat in some individuals."The mental and physical stress from riding on the roller coaster was comparable t...dramatically during and after the ride. Emotional stress appeared to be a strong contributing factor in the rise in heart rates of riders, especially in wome...Penn research permits first-ever visualization of psychological stress in the human brain
..., visualized the effects of everyday psychological stress in a healthy human brain. Their work, performed ..., provides a neuro-imaging marker of psychological stress -- which will pave the way for the development of improved strategies for preventing or correcting t...Researchers use imaging technique to visualize effects of stress on human brain
The holiday season is notorious for the emotional stress it evokes. Now, researchers at the University of P...n-invasive way to see the effects of psychological stress in an area of the brain linked to anxiety and depression. This research has important implications f...Internet may aid in treating panic sufferers
...ment in reducing disturbing thoughts and improving stress and anxiety. When undertaking internet-based therapy, sufferers of panic disorder have an initial face-to-face consultation with a psychologist and are then in regular email contact with the therapist. Project Co-ordinator, Dr Litza Kiropoulos, said ...Mental stress may be another culprit in raising cholesterol levels in healthy adults
There is good evidence to show that stress can increase a person's heart rate, lower the immu... and increase certain inflammatory markers but can stress also raise a person's cholesterol? It appears so for some people, according to a new study that exam...Depressed heart patients skip medications, have elevated stress hormones
...regimens and increased levels of norepinephrine, a stress hormone. "Patients with depression are more likely...ts "more vulnerable to the ill effects of elevated stress hormones," she speculates. While there was no association between norepinephrine levels and baseline...