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A mother’s stress may contribute to her young children being overweight in low income households with sufficient food, according to a new Iowa State University study that is published in the September issue of Pediatrics, the professional journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The study analyzed data collected from 841 children in 425 households in the 1999-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
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An international study led by Canadian researchers has found that telmisartan, a medication used to lower blood pressure, reduced the outcome of cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke in people who are unable to tolerate a widely available and effective standard treatment.
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NicOx S.A. (Euronext Paris: COX) announced positive results from the 112 clinical pharmacology study in 299 patients with osteoarthritis (OA) and hypertension, which was designed to characterize the 24-hour blood pressure profile of naproxcinod in comparison to the two most widely used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). At week 13, naproxcinod 750 mg bid Click here to read more.. »

Neuroscientists at The University of Queensland have discovered a new way to explain how emotional events can sometimes lead to disturbing long term memories.
In evolutionary terms, the brain’s ability to remember a fear or trauma response has been crucial to our long term survival.
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An epidemiological study performed in Spain discloses a relationship between high blood pressure and depression in the elderly in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.
A positive association between hypertension and depression has been reported in some inquiries but not in others, and the relationship Click here to read more.. »

Asthma remains a significant health problem in Australia, with prevalence and death rates that are high by international standards despite declines, according to a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
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It’s fun, healthy and practicable to play soccer, shows research from the Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, University of Copenhagen.
The project has received international attention and in 2008 F-MARC (Medical Assessment and Research Centre of FIFA) co-funded a series of follow-up projects examining health benefits of football and jogging for young and middle-aged men and women with hypertension Click here to read more.. »

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved two single-pill combination medications, Diovan HCT® (valsartan and hydrochlorothiazide) and Exforge® (amlodipine and valsartan), as initial or ‘first-line’ therapies in patients likely to need multiple drugs to achieve their blood pressure goals.
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Antidepressants are the cornerstone of treatment of depressive disorders in health care. Their efficacy in treating depression is undisputable, although it leaves room for improvement. However, recent reports also suggest that antidepressants might, in some rare cases, actually worsen suicidal tendencies instead of alleviating them. As a consequence, research has intensified to clarify this issue, Click here to read more.. »

The Health Department today announced the launch of the New York City Community Air Survey, the first comprehensive effort to monitor street level air pollution in neighborhoods across the five boroughs. Air pollution monitors mounted on 150 light posts throughout the city will be used to measure major air pollutants that contribute to health problems. The data collected will Click here to read more.. »

According to a report published in the August 27 issue of JAMA,
a drug that lowers uric acid levels, allopurinol, also seems to lower
blood pressure in adolescents with newly diagnosed hypertension (high
blood pressure).
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The need for long term studies to establish the best means of treating Diabetes, was underlined by Prof John Cleland from the University of Hull at the ESC Congress in Munich. Prof Cleland listed the latest treatment available for patients and voiced his concern about the side-effects and efficacy of available anti-diabetic drugs.
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An increasing number of studies have shown a reduced risk of
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Men’s Health News
Young men with type 2 diabetes have significantly low levels of testosterone, endocrinologists at the University at Buffalo have found — a condition that could have a critical effect on their quality of life and on their ability to father children.
This study follows research published earlier by these scientists reporting that one-third of middle-aged men with type 2 diabetes have low testosterone levels, requiring Click here to read more.. »

Women with depression may be much more likely than men to get relief from a commonly used, inexpensive antidepressant drug, a new national study finds. But many members of both sexes may find that it helps ease their depression symptoms.
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Latest News For Psychology / Psychiatry
Overweight Children Encouraged To Reduce Anger Expression By Exercising
25 Nov 2008
Reliability Of Cognitive Assessment Tool Varies Widely According To Study
25 Nov 2008
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Buy cialis pills NicOx S.A. (NYSE Euronext Paris: COX) announced that the third pivotal phase 3 study for naproxcinod in patients with OA of the hip showed a highly statistically significant Click here to read more.. »

A new universal test to predict the risk of someone succumbing to major
depression has been developed by UCL (University College London)
researchers. The online tool, predictD, could eventually be used by family
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Dr. Leonel Fernandez Liriano, Professor of Medicine at Pontifical Catholic University School of Medicine (PCUSM), announced nine month follow up results for the first patient treated with engineered stem cells in a clinical study of primary pulmonary hypertension. The stem cells are extracted from patients’ own blood and trained to become new blood vessels.
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Almost a third of registered aged care nurses are considering quitting in the next year because of job stress, says a new University of Melbourne study.
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Cytos Biotechnology Ltd (SIX:CYTN) announced
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With the days shortening toward winter, many people will begin to experience the winter blahs. For some, the effect can be devastating.
About 6 percent of the U.S. population suffers from seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, a sometimes-debilitating depression that begins in the fall and continues through winter. Sufferers may even find it difficult to get out of bed in the morning.
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METABOLISM: Keeping food consumption under control, a new role for the protein PrP
Tatsushi Onaka and colleagues, at Jichi Medical University, Japan, have provided new insight into the network of signals that emanate from the gut and the brainstem of rodents to regulate food intake.
In the study, neurons in the region of the rat brainstem known as the nucleus tractus solitarii that express the protein prolactin-releasing Click here to read more.. »