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New studies highlight relationship between air pollution and mental health in children

Three new studies by scientists at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Cincinnati, highlight the relationship between air pollution and mental health in children.

25 Sep 2019

Study: ER visits increase when children have asthma along with anxiety, depression

Children with asthma have a higher likelihood of also suffering from anxiety and depression, and when all three conditions are present, patients are almost twice as likely as those with asthma alone to seek care in the Emergency Room.

25 Sep 2019

Research suggests new strategy to prevent performance degradation caused by anxiety

Researchers in the Center for Information and Neural Networks, the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan and the Centre national de la recherché scientifique, France used fMRI to discover a new neural mechanism involving the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex to explain how anxiety deteriorates physical performance.

24 Sep 2019

Stepped care model can be effective for improving insomnia in cancer survivors

Affecting as many as 30% of cancer survivors, chronic insomnia can be effectively treated with intensive cognitive-behavioral techniques, but such methods are time-consuming, costly, and limited by the availability of trained specialists.

24 Sep 2019

Veterans with mental health disorders have increased risk of heart attack, stroke

Veterans with specific mental health disorders - depression , psychosis and bipolar disorder - had an increased risk of heart attack, stroke and death from cardiovascular disease, according to new research published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal.

24 Sep 2019

Unexpected mechanism of action found with sertraline

A new study on sertraline, which is one of the most popular drugs for depression and anxiety, shows that its efficacy is undoubted, but it operates primarily by reducing anxiety rather than depression.

23 Sep 2019

NHS: Old-fashioned decor to help patients with dementia

As more elderly patients with dementia are increasingly making use of hospital care, the NHS is responding in a kinder, gentler manner by changing its wards into places that evoke the décor of yesteryear.

23 Sep 2019

Mount Sinai announces creation of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Institute

The Mount Sinai Health System announced the creation of the Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Institute, the first of its kind in New York City, and one of a few in the world.

23 Sep 2019

Synthetic oral cannabinoid use found to be more common among older adults with COPD

A study published today in Drugs & Aging found that older adults in Ontario with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were twice as likely to use prescription synthetic oral cannabinoids compared to older adults without COPD.

23 Sep 2019

Study finds no clear link between cancer incidence and local food in glassworks areas

There is no clear link between cancer incidence and locally produced food from an area with a history of glass manufacture with contaminated soil, according to a new study from, among others, Linköping University in Sweden.

23 Sep 2019

Electric baseball cap may help to reverse male pattern balding

Researchers have developed an electric patch that stimulates hair growth to help reverse male balding. The patch has now been embedded in a baseball cap.

23 Sep 2019

Even mother's mild depressive symptoms are connected with child's emotional well-being

According to recent research, even mild long-term depressive symptoms among mothers are connected with emotional problems among small children such as hyperactivity, aggressiveness and anxiety.

23 Sep 2019

How one family counters epilepsy and caregiver stress by giving back

For people with epilepsy, seizures affect almost every aspect of their lives. The seizures also affect their caregivers' lives, with impacts on physical health, emotional functioning, social relationships, employment and finances.

23 Sep 2019

Identification and management of depression in people with epilepsy to save lives

Depression is the most common psychiatric comorbidity in people with epilepsy. Clinical studies have found that 20% to 30% of people with epilepsy have depression; the incidence may be as high as 50% to 55% in people visiting hospital epilepsy centers.

21 Sep 2019

Noninvasive, hair-growth-stimulating technology could help reverse baldness

Few things on earth strike fear into the hearts of men more profoundly than hair loss. But reversing baldness could someday be as easy as wearing a hat, thanks to a noninvasive, low-cost hair-growth-stimulating technology developed by engineers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

20 Sep 2019

Knowing when and how to taper off opioid dosage crucial to safe pain management

Many healthcare providers today try to avoid administering or prescribing opioid pain medications when possible because of the narcotics' addictive properties. But for some patients, opioid medications remain the most effective, most appropriate treatment for their subjective pain complaints.

20 Sep 2019

Study highlights need to educate women and medical community about risk factors of preeclampsia

Despite its crowded healthcare market and strong efforts to make healthcare more accessible to patients, New Jersey has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the nation - an issue so pertinent that First Lady Tammy Murphy created the Nurture NJ initiative to help reduce infant and maternal mortality.

20 Sep 2019

Anxiety News and Research

Latest Anxiety News and Research

New studies highlight relationship between air pollution and mental health in children

Study: ER visits increase when children have asthma along with anxiety, depression

Research suggests new strategy to prevent performance degradation caused by anxiety

Stepped care model can be effective for improving insomnia in cancer survivors

Veterans with mental health disorders have increased risk of heart attack, stroke

Unexpected mechanism of action found with sertraline

NHS: Old-fashioned decor to help patients with dementia

Mount Sinai announces creation of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Institute

Synthetic oral cannabinoid use found to be more common among older adults with COPD

Study finds no clear link between cancer incidence and local food in glassworks areas

Electric baseball cap may help to reverse male pattern balding

Even mother's mild depressive symptoms are connected with child's emotional well-being

How one family counters epilepsy and caregiver stress by giving back

Identification and management of depression in people with epilepsy to save lives

Noninvasive, hair-growth-stimulating technology could help reverse baldness

Knowing when and how to taper off opioid dosage crucial to safe pain management

Study highlights need to educate women and medical community about risk factors of preeclampsia

Cardiovascular surgeons heal a patient’s aortic dissection

New uses for CBD in genetic brain disorder

Doctors and nurses with addictions often denied a crucial recovery option

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Anxiety News and Research

Latest Anxiety News and Research

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