Family-based intervention program can reduce anxiety risk in kidsOctober 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers from Johns Hopkins Children's Centre have found that a family-based program can reduce symptoms and the risk of developing an anxiety disorder among children. The study suggests that as few as eight weekly family sessions of cognitive behavioural therapy would go a long way to prevent or minimize the psychological damage of childhood anxiety.
Men more vulnerable to mental illness, say experts (Oct 10 is World Mental Health Day)October 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Don't reprimand your son for sobbing over a problem he is facing or tick him off for "behaving like a sissy". It would only make him bottle up his emotions and lead to serious implications on his overall well being.
Computer model of brain can help victims of anxiety disorderOctober 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - The brain is a complex system made of billions of neurons (nerve cells) and thousands of connections that relate to every human feeling, including one of the strongest emotions, fear. Researchers have started using computer models of the brain to study the connections.
Young adults likely to outgrow bipolar disorder in later lifeSeptember 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study from University of Missouri has shown that nearly half of the people diagnosed with bipolar disorder between the ages of 18 and 25 are likely to outgrow the disorder by the time they reach 30. With the symptoms often starting in early adulthood, bipolar disorder has been thought of traditionally as a lifelong disorder.
Study: Bad drug reactions, side effects send half a million US kids to the doctor each yearSeptember 30th, 2009 More than half million kids get bad drug reactionsCHICAGO — More than half a million U.S. children yearly have bad reactions or side effects from widely used medicines that require medical treatment and sometimes hospitalization, new research shows.
Adolescent depression, anxiety disorders are two distinct problemsSeptember 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Adolescent depression and anxiety disorders are actually two distinct psychiatric disorders, says an expert at Utrecht University. Dr. William W. Hale III and his colleagues conducted a five-year, longitudinal study of secondary school adolescents.
Aligarh university surgeons correct rare intersex disorderSeptember 20th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Doctors at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) have successfully carried out a corrective surgery on a 20-year-old woman, diagnosed with a rare physical disorder of having male organs instead of uterus and ovaries. "It is described as the partial androgen insensitivity syndrome where the clitoris is large or, alternatively, the penis is small and hypospadic.
Iraq troops' posttraumatic stress disorder rate as high as 35pctSeptember 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A high volume of military personnel serving in Iraq are expected to seek treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) because the rate among armed forces may be as high as 35 per cent, according a research article. Published in Management Science, the flagship journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), the write-up points out that the tempo of deployment cycles in the Iraq War is higher than for any war since World War II, and that military survey data suggest that PTSD is common among service members.
HEALTHBEAT: Flu season starts early with new swine strain _ what your family needs to knowSeptember 14th, 2009 Early flu season _ what you need to knowWASHINGTON — Flu season's in full swing two months early this year — and nearly all the cases are the new swine flu strain that so far is targeting mostly children and younger adults. That doesn't mean older people are off the hook.
Missing protein in rare genetic brain disorder restoredSeptember 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - By using protease inhibitors, researchers at the University of California-San Francisco (UCSF) have restored to normal levels a key protein that is involved in early brain development, and causes the rare brain disorder lissencephaly. Reduced levels of the protein called LIS1 have been shown to cause lissencephaly, which is characterized by brain malformations, seizures, severe mental retardation and very early death in human infants.
Washington State official says college swine flu outbreak may be waning; at least 2,200 sickSeptember 7th, 2009 Swine flu outbreak at Washington St. may be easingPULLMAN, Wash.
Sickle cell anaemia grips 18 percent of Chhattisgarh's peopleSeptember 5th, 2009 RAIPUR - Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Saturday said his government has planned to pump in massive funds to detect carriers and patients hit by genetic disorder sickle cell anaemia. "Sickle cell anaemia has gripped some 18 percent of the state's 20 million plus population.
Popular antioxidant doesn't boost athletic performanceSeptember 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Contrary to popular belief, antioxidant quercetin doesn't boost athletic performance, say researchers. Quercetin is a naturally occurring antioxidant found in the skins of fruits, leafy vegetables, and berries, as well as in black tea, red wine and various fruit juices.
Swedish snuff doesn't increase multiple sclerosis riskSeptember 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Unlike cigarettes, Swedish snuff doesn't increase a person's risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), finds a new study. "While tobacco cigarettes increased a person's risk of developing MS, our research found that using Swedish snuff was not associated with an elevated risk for MS," said study author Dr Anna Hedstrom, of the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.
Depressed teens 'at higher risk of mental health problems in later life'September 1st, 2009 LONDON - Teenagers who suffer from minor depression are at a higher risk of suffering from mental health problems in their adult life, says a new study. Psychiatrists at Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute surveyed 750 fourteen to 16-year-old teenagers and then interviewed them as adults, to come up with the findings.
