Archive for September, 2005
« Previous EntriesInpatient Care Best For Suicidal Addicts (HealthDay)
Tuesday, September 20th, 2005Helping suicidal substance abusers kick their addiction on an inpatient basis works best, a new study shows.
Violence Can Change Teens’ Physiology (HealthDay)
Tuesday, September 20th, 2005Teens who suffer or witness violence undergo physiological changes that can affect their physical and emotional health for years, researchers report.
Social, Academic Trouble Can Follow Childhood Cancer (HealthDay)
Tuesday, September 20th, 2005As they enter adolescence, long-term survivors of childhood cancer are twice as likely as their healthy counterparts to develop ongoing social, physical, and educational problems, a new study finds.
9/11 Offers Lessons for Future Crises (HealthDay)
Tuesday, September 20th, 2005Four years after the attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, researchers are still searching for answers on how disasters such as this affect public health.
Getting Your Zzzzs, Online (HealthDay)
Tuesday, September 20th, 2005Millions of tossing and turning Americans could find relief for their insomnia from a new six-week behavioral therapy program, available online.
Mental Illness Hampers Diabetes Care (HealthDay)
Tuesday, September 20th, 2005People with serious mental illness have higher rates of type 2 diabetes than the general public, but a new study finds that, compared to mentally healthy people, these patients often understand much less about their disease.
Phone-Based Psychotherapy Helps Ease Depression (HealthDay)
Tuesday, September 20th, 2005Telephone-administered psychotherapy may help relieve the depression of patients battling multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a new study.
Emotional Blows May Haunt Katrina Survivors (HealthDay)
Tuesday, September 20th, 2005Faced with the enormity of their losses, many survivors of Hurricane Katrina are experiencing depths of emotional trauma that even specialists barely understand.
Childhood Depression Tricky to Treat (HealthDay)
Tuesday, September 20th, 2005Although depression is common among children and adolescents, treating it can be problematic, with little in the way of scientific evidence to guide the use of antidepressants, a new report finds.
Train the Brain to Modulate Pain (HealthDay)
Tuesday, September 20th, 2005The power of positive thinking extends to pain, according to researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
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