Compulsion in Medical News

Compulsive Hoarding Poses Safety and Psychological Risks

... years went by, the home's empty spaces disappeared, replaced with clutter. She was so used to piles, it took Nelson years to realize her mom's compulsion to collect and save was a psychiatric condition. She recounts a visit to her parents' home as an adult. "My dad was using portable urinals in ...

Dentists Often First to Spot Eating Disorders in Patients

... it comes to spotting eating disorders in patients, according to the Academy of General Dentistry. An eating disorder is a complex compulsion to eat in a way which disturbs physical, mental, and psychological health. The three most common eating disorders are anorexia ...

Frost & Sullivan Finds Compliance Requirements Drive the Healthcare Security Boom

... Research Analyst Santosh Antony. "Taking into account the increasing pressure from government bodies, healthcare security is becoming a matter of compulsion rather than choice." The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ( HIPAA ) is perhaps the strongest driver for logical healthcare ...

'Insight' deficit may explain denial in drug addiction

... consequences, even when the drug is no longer pleasurable. "It is therefore possible that these core clinical addiction symptoms craving and compulsion and the chronic relapsing nature of addiction may be a consequence of compromised insight," Goldstein said. Such impaired insight might help explain ...

First Puff Can Turn Kids Into Smokers: Study

... psychological evaluations while recounting their history of tobacco use. Tobacco-dependence was assessed based on such criteria as cravings, compulsion to smoke, changes in tolerance, time devoted to the pursuit of smoking, and an inability to quit. As well, all the boys and girls were asked ...

Hoarding can Endanger Lives, Says New Study

... a brain disorder resulting in an all-consuming compulsion to collect that often cuts them off from society ... of obsessive-compulsive disorder, hoarding is the compulsion to collect and store items considered by most ... Hart added. The motivation driving the compulsion to hoard varies among persons with the behavior. ...

Medications for Restless Legs Syndrome may Trigger Compulsive Gambling

... treatment has begun. The report suggests that the compulsion to gamble worsened with increasing doses of the ... casino. As the dose increased, her gambling compulsion grew stronger. The transition of her therapy to ... agonist, ropinirole, further increased her compulsion to gamble. Prior to her treatment for RLS, she ...

Magic Mushrooms Treat Obsessive Compulsion Disorder

... can effectively reduce the symptoms of obsessive compulsion disorder (OCD), according to a study// by ... Dr. Francisco A. Moreno. Obsessive compulsion disorder is an anxiety disorder, which can ... intrusive thoughts to do certain deeds as a compulsion or a ritual. The latest edition of Journal ...

Indias First condom Bar Inaugurated by AIDS Patient

... the move by CITCO to spread awareness about the use of condoms through a regular bar. "Those visiting the bar will not be under any compulsion to be part of this awareness campaign. But this is a positive beginning," Sonia said. ...

India’s First ‘condom Bar’ Inaugurated by AIDS Patint

... the move by CITCO to spread awareness about the use of condoms through a regular bar. "Those visiting the bar will not be under any compulsion to be part of this awareness campaign. But this is a positive beginning," Sonia said. ...

Ever-Controversial Mental Health Act To Be Decided Upon

... Several charities have criticized the proposed bill saying that the legislation makers’ completely ignored all advice given by them. Stating that ‘ compulsion is not the only route to treatment ’, Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley also rejected the proposal. Since 1998, mental health laws have ...

Folic Acid Supplementation in Bread: Boon to Neonates and Curse to Pensioners

... in order to reach out to the needful masses. This week, Government-commissioned report expected// supplementation of folic acid to be made a compulsion in bread would prevent neural tube effects like spina bifida. But this step could prove to be harmful towards older people as folic acid could ...

Parents, More Cautious On Food Allergies

... infants allergies. About 54% one year old children are found //to avoid certain foods like cow's milk, wheat, eggs or additives due to parents compulsion - Dr. Taraneh Dean of the University of Portsmouth and her colleagues finds. Researchers reported in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical ...

Change In Mental Makeup Could Prove Beneficial For Elders

... they are hardly adequate to meet the rising number of elderly." With increasing number of people living on their own either out of choice or compulsion as their children pursue their own lives and careers in India or abroad, there are a number of issues that communities have to address, feel the ...

Welcome to ‘Stand Only’ Classrooms That Exercise The Brain And The Bod!

... spent an average of five hours a day standing. "In this environment, children are more active and more engaged," said Dr Levine. "There was no compulsion to be active, the idea is to make standing and moving the coolest thing to do. From our early findings, I would say that this approach has the ...