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UK Scientists to Reveal Genetic Secrets Behind Serious Illnesses

...tic signposts for heart disease, diabetes, bipolar disorder and hypertension. Over the coming months, the co... at risk," said Nick Craddock, leading the bipolar disorder research. Mark Walport, director of the Wellcome Trust in the UK, which sponsors the programme, sa...

Eating Disorders Highly Prevalent Among Gay and Bisexual Men

...ation did not seem to influence the risk of eating disorder symptoms among women. Just below 10 percent of les... Despite the interest in the question of eating disorder in lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals, until now studies used measures of body dissatisfaction or symp...

Gene Mutations Behind Fidgety Kids: German Scientists

...hich one child had attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder syndrome. They found that a great majority -- ar...ebrand said. ADHD is the most common psychiatric disorder among children and adolescents, with boys affected three or four times as often as girls. Source...

‘Land Of Dreams’ Staggers Under The Weight Of Neuroses And Substance Abue

...th a mental health condition and a substance abuse disorder – those with "dual diagnoses" – accounted for 1 million of the nearly 8 million stays. Nearly half of these cases with dual diagnoses involved drug abuse, a third involved alcohol abuse, and one in five involved both drug and alcohol abuse. It w...

Sleep Disorder Linked to Heart Failure Patient Deaths

...many of these patients need to be treated for this disorder and that this will have a significant impact on their survival,” said Dr. Douglas Bradley, Head of the Sleep Research Laboratories at Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, and Mount Sinai Hospital, and Director of the University...

One Fourth of Hospital Patients Admitted for Mental Health or Drug Abuse Disorder

...th a mental health condition and a substance abuse disorder – those with “dual diagnoses” – accounted for 1 million of the nearly 8 million stays. Nearly half of these cases with dual diagnoses involved drug abuse, a third involved alcohol abuse, and one in five involved both drug and alcohol abuse. In ad...

Lithium Increases Gray Matter in Bipolar Brains

...tients on lithium with those of people without the disorder and those of bipolar patients not on lithium, they...s. The neurobiological underpinnings of bipolar disorder — an illness marked by a roller coaster of emotions between mania and depression — are not well unde...

Restless Legs Syndrome Poses Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

... and blood pressure changes. RLS is a neurological disorder in which people have a strong urge to move their legs. Symptoms such as periodic leg movements are typically most severe at night when the legs are resting and can occur every 20 to 40 seconds, increasing blood pressure. The study found blood press...

Diabetes May Bring You A Step Closer To Alzheimer’s Diseas

...(average age 75.9) who did not have mild cognitive disorder or dementia when they enrolled between 1992 and 1994. At the beginning of the study and again every 18 months through 2003, each participant underwent an in-person interview and standard assessment, which included a medical history, physical and neur...

Tea Workers Health Precarious, a Study

... Existence of Vitamin A and B-complex deficiency disorder among children was comparable to lower socio-economic groups in the state while extent of anemia was found to be higher in comparison to other states of the country. Only last month there were reports of as many as 100 starvation deaths in a closed...

Hope For Epilepsy Patients

...epsy, but also for patients suffering from bipolar disorder and neuropathic pain. ANN...

Ancient Indian Herb May Prove Cure For Recurrent UTI

... with specific antibiotics. Yet recurrence of the disorder is a common problem, and according to Abraham the reason is because the antibiotics are not able to target all the bacteria. Some hide in recesses or pouches in the bladder wall and hence escape attack. These later multiply and restore the previ...

Positive Thinking Helps to Ward Off Depression

...used to be fun for several weeks or longer. The disorder requires professional treatment, often with a combination of medication and psychological therapy. Source-IANS/B...

Drug Company Halts Late-Stage Trial of Sickle-Cell Disease Drug

...reports. Sickle-cell disease is a genetic blood disorder primarily affecting blacks, but can also be found Hispanics and people from the Middle East, Southeast Asia and the Mediterranean region. Final testing in the 160-participant senicapoc study began in February 2005, and concerns about the treatment...

Parkison’s Conquered Through Stem Cell Therap

...ease. Kisana was suffering from the degenerating disorder for 15 years. After undergoing intensive drug therapy, lesion and deep brain stimulation (DBS), he came to the Manipal Hospital. After stem cell treatment last year, he has shown remarkable recovery in his symptoms and has started walking without s...

Mild Head Injuries Increase Risk of Sleep Disorders

...Those suspected of having a circadian rhythm sleep disorder (CRSD) (i.e. problems with the timing of sleep) underwent scans, sleep studies, and had their oral temperature and saliva melatonin measured. The study found 15 of the 42 patients, or 36 percent, had a CRSD. Of those, eight people had a delayed sle...

Intensive Psychotherapy Effective in Treating Bipolar Disorder

Patients taking medications to treat bipolar disorder are more likely to get well faster by intensive ps...e of the Archives of General Psychiatry. Bipolar disorder is a debilitating illness marked by severe mood swings between depression and mania that affects 2.6...

Younger Siblings of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders Score Low

...mance of siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder may represent early signs of the broader autism phenotype, and highlights the importance of closely monitoring these at-risk children for developmental problems, the authors note. "This research has the potential to increase our knowledge about the e...

New Study in SLEEP Finds That Sleep Disturbance Increases Spontaneous Pain in Women

...formance. Those who think they might have a sleep disorder are urged to discuss their problem with their primary care physician, who will issue a referral to a sleep specialist. Source-Eurekalert SR...

Sleep Quantity Affects Morning Testosterone Levels in Older Men

...ormance. Those who think they might have a sleep disorder are urged to discuss their problem with their primary care physician, who will issue a referral to a sleep specialist. Source-Eurekalert...

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