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Pain and Intensity Of Post-stroke Spasticity Decreased by Botox Treatment

...iated with systemic side effects such as sedation, mental confusion, dizziness and muscle weakness, all of which can seriously hinder rehabilitation after a stroke....

Irish Teenager Fights for the Right to Abort

...or nine months. Fitzsimons said she would suffer mental and physical trauma and great discomfort. Even though she is in care, the girl's mother, known as Miss A, has come out in support of her daughter's wish, as has her boyfriend, who launched the legal appeal on her behalf since Miss D is still a mino...

Some High Blood Pressure Drugs may Help Reduce Dementia Risk

...centrally active ACE inhibitors and lower rates of mental decline as measured by the Modified Mini-Mental State Exam, a test that evaluates memory, language, abstract reasoning and other cognitive functions. For each year that participants were exposed to ACE inhibitors that cross the blood brain barrier, t...

Despite Being Effective Electroconvulsive Therapy is Underused for Severe Depression

...en there were few effective treatments for serious mental illnessthat scientific studies confirmed the effec...ry movement' and the promise that drugs would cure mental illness contributed to a decline in ECT use in the ensuing decades," Dr. Taylor writes. Negative med...

Bipolar Spectrum Disorder may Be Under-recognized for Spectrum Disorder: Study

...Survey Replication (NCS-R), a nationwide survey of mental disorders among 9,282 Americans ages 18 and older....sorders, their doctors, especially if they are not mental health specialists, may not be detecting an underlying bipolar condition in their patients. "Beca...

Exposure to Epilepsy Drug During Pregnancy Can Increase Risk of Mental Defects in Newborns

...ant increased their risk of having an infant with mental defects, according to a study presented Thursday at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in Boston, the New York Times reports. Kimford Meador, professor of neurology at the University of Florida, and colleagues examined 185 infa...

A Serious Look at Mental Health Issues in Children

Child mental health is indeed a national issue. A 2001 report b...n that one in ten children and adolescents suffer mental health problems. Worse, less than one in five of such children actually receive treatment. The mos...

British Scientists Discover New Protein to Treat Epilepsy and Schizophrenia

...ing to make a big difference." Jo Loughran, of the mental health charity Rethink, said: "We welcome this exc...ence to the thousands of people living with severe mental illnesses like schizophrenia. "We would like to see continued investment in such research that wil...

Human Rights Activists Sleepless In Seattle

... girl. In addition to extreme physical disability, mental disability as well renders her mind akin to a three-month-old baby. Ashleys parents who have remained anonymous till now have outlined their treatment and care of their daughter, whom they refer to as the pillow angel, on an online website. Yet e...

Brooding Could Kill, Warn Psychologists

...aptive," Thayer says, because people can fall into mental potholes that aren't a threat to animals....

Meditation May Fine-Tune Control Over Attention

...capacity - and that it can be improved by directed mental training, such as meditation. Seeing and mentall...ysical, but that it may be subject to some type of mental control. Led by postdoctoral fellow Heleen Slagter, Davidson's research group in the Waisman Labor...

Nexus Between Psychiatrists and Drug Firms Dangerous, Say Critics

...e is particularly important in psychiatry, because mental problems are not well understood, treatment often involves trial and error, and off-label prescribing is common....

Hurricane Katrina Still Wrecking Lives - More So With Blacks

...r health had declined and 16 percent said they had mental health troubles. Almost a quarter said their marriages had broken up, their relationships had failed, or they were drinking more since the August 2005 hurricane. The city's long-standing racial friction became a cause for public debate when Katrina...

Depression Common Among Pregnant Women, but Frequently Undiagnosed

...depression, it is of significant importance to the mental and physical health of mothers and their infants. Brief and intermittent cases of depression during the early stages of pregnancy may be indicators of depression during the third trimester or postpartum, and they should not be overlooked by prenatal ...

HIV Survival Improves If Patients Stay in Care

...g. Often, they face challenges of substance abuse, mental health problems and financial issues. Now they have to stay in care the rest of their lives, which may be 20, 30, 40 or more years." Giordano's study, carried out in the Veterans Affairs population, determined that staying in care made a difference...

Million Mentally Ill in India

...e about 10% of the population suffers from various mental and behavioral disorders. Out of these, approximately 10% suffer from severe mental disorders. And 10% of those suffering from severe mental disorders require long-term treatment. Out ...

A Stroll Along Countryside Could Reduce Depression and Raise Self-esteem

...p of 20 members of Mind, England and Wales leading mental health charity, participated in the study. While...tre. In another study of 108 people with various mental health problems, the university researchers questioned them about their experience of ecotherapy. ...

Large Intake of Calcium from Dairy Food Linked to Dementia in Elders

...D. Age, high blood pressure, and other medical and mental conditions like depression did not make any difference to the results. "At this point, we do not know if high calcium and vitamin D intake are involved with the causation of brain lesions, but the study provides support to the growing number of res...

Multiple Sclerosis Could Be Checked Through Testosterone Gel

...ill, the researchers were impressed that the men's mental decline ceased, and the shrinking of their brains returned to the normal levels expected due to aging. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating disease that affects neurons, the cells of the brain and spinal cord that carry information, create t...

Now a Green Agenda for Mental Health

...rapy as a clinically-valid frontline treatment for mental health problems and says there is enough evidence...ased charity, is seeking to set a green agenda for mental health. It has released a report saying that 71 per cent report depression decrease after green walk...

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