ABCB6 Is Key to Production of Heme in Hemoglobin
... limbs or back, as well as paralysis, cramping and personality changes or mental disorders. 'Also, people with porphyria can suffer sudden, acute attacks if they take certain tranquilizers and other drugs that interfere with this system,' Schuetz said. 'So our work contributes to the overall picture of how disru...Link Between Neuroticism and Depression May be Genetic
...y be at play when it comes to the link between the personality trait of neuroticism and vulnerability for depress...y to depression is shared with neuroticism. “The personality trait of neuroticism - perhaps better understood as “negative emotionality” is a strong risk factor ...Sexual Attitudes Help Explain Narcissists’ Relationship Problem
...tudy, participants who scored high on a narcissism personality inventory test, as measured by strong agreement to such statements as ‘I will be a success’ and “I find it easy to manipulate people,’ considered physical pleasure to be much more important in a sexual relationship than emotional intimacy. The highly...Crying Need for Awareness on Organ Donation in India: Sir Peter Morris
... authority in organ transplantation and an eminent personality delivered a guest lecture at Christian Medical College// and Hospital (CMCH) Ludhiana recently. Speaking at the gathering he observed that need of the hour is to spread information about organ donation in India and how exactly a person could go abou...Stroke Symptoms Common Among General Population
...e a substantial impact on cognitive functioning or personality and could also be powerful harbingers of subsequent major strokes.” It is not known whether these individuals visited a physician for their symptoms, but previous studies have shown that many people do not seek medical care for stroke symptoms and ...The Persona of Cancer Affected By Personality?
Cancer’s exploits are titillated by personality traits, contemplates a new school of thought, afte...ts conducted on unwitting rodents//. The idea that personality types may increase the susceptibility to cancer is the cornerstone of this research. Researchers ...Gene determines pain threshold...
...rception of pain. This difference results not from personality or culture, but real differences in the biology of the sensory nervous system." Woolf and researchers in Germany and at the US National Institutes of Health said, "Rats with pain caused by nerve damage had higher levels of GCH1 gene activity and of...Panic Attacks Can Increase Complications in Diabetes Patients
... including panic disorder, depression, anxiety and personality disorders,' said John Buse, M.D., division chief of the Diabetes Center at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 'The key really is to very carefully assess patients who are not doing well in their management of diabetes or other chronic illne...Pessimistic Attitude Could Lead to Coronary Heart Disease
...m War. The men got heart checkups and completed personality surveys to gauge their anger, hostility, depression and anxiety over a period of 15 years, reported the online edition of health magazine WebMD. Each of these traits independently predicted heart disease. But the mix of these traits 'was the most ...A New Research Explores Connection Between Emotionality And Alcoholism
...vation. "It is important to see how measures of personality and emotionality relate to alcohol dependence," sa...udies of this question use self-report measures of personality and emotional experience. In this paper, we looked at measures of brain activity thought to reflect ...CBSE's Initiative to Reduce Mental Stress on Children
...creativity and harmonious development of the total personality of children. This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Smt. D. Purandeswari in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today. Source-PIB...Holiday Baking Frenzy May Mask Eating Disorder in College Kids
...ips. Missing food may the only clue. ? Change in personality – 'Eating disorders change your personality completely,' Dr. Fassihi said. 'A normally outgoing person becomes shy and withdrawn and may avoid s...Mentally-Ill Patients Get Re-Hospitalized More
...admitted, 45 percent of patients were those with a personality disorder and 41 per cent of people with schizophrenia and one in five had a substance-related disorder such as alcoholism. Generally, these patients were younger and more likely to be male. Patients with mental illness constituted about six percent...Link Between Huntington’s and Abnormal Cholesterol Levels in Brain Establishe
...ol gradually deteriorates, often with accompanying personality changes, depression and increased risk of suicide. Those who have Huntington’s commonly die from complications of the disease, such as falls or infections. Approximately 30,000 Americans have Huntington’s disease. Another 150,000 carry the gene and...Large Variations in Cost Has No Effect on Length of Stay or Mortality
...ve from a complex interaction between training and personality traits, such as response to uncertainty. We are not aware of any prior studies that have compared physicians’ self-assessments with objective measurement of their practice patterns or outcomes.” The authors acknowledged that the study’s major limit...No Evidence to Support Many Off-label Uses of Atypical Antipsychotics
...ersonality Disorders: For patients with borderline personality disorder, one study suggested olanzapine was more ... risperidone may benefit patients with schizotypal personality disorder, and aripiprazole may help patients with borderline personality disorder. Tourette’s Synd...Snoring Could Be Deadly If Left Untreated
...ay lead to higher risk of motor vehicle accidents, personality changes, impotence and decreased memory. Sleep apnea, insomnia and similar disorders can now be diagnosed by using a convenient portable sleep monitoring device in your own home, said Schachter, adding that 'treatments are also available'. Source...Strep, Psychiatric Symptoms Possibly Linked in Some Children
... scientists think a host of problems such as tics, personality change, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder may be triggered by strep infections in some children. Scientists suspect group A streptococcal infections — the kind that cause strep throat in some people but occur without symptoms in others — ma......entia. Difficulty in judging, unusual behavior and personality changes are some of the symptoms associated with this disorder. JYT......Lopez Torrecillas, a lecturer at the department of personality and psychological assessment and treatment of the University of Granada, surveyed several 18 to 25-year-olds from the city of Granada in Spain, said the health portal News Medical. Torrecillas said this addiction was the result of social changes th...