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Mindfulness-based meditation could lessen some symptoms of cancer in teens

Mindfulness-based meditation could lessen some symptoms associated with cancer in teens, according to the results of a clinical trial intervention led by researchers at the University of Montreal and its affiliated CHU Sainte-Justine children's hospital.

14 Mar 2014

Children with ASD and ADHD are more likely to exhibit gender variance

John F. Strang, PsyD, a pediatric neuropsychologist at Children's National Health System, and colleagues, found that children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were more likely to exhibit gender variance, the wish to be the other gender, than children with no neurodevelopmental disorder, or a medical neurodevelopmental disorder such as epilepsy or neurofibromatosis.

13 Mar 2014

New insights into how human brain responds to chronic pain

University of Adelaide researchers say new insights into how the human brain responds to chronic pain could eventually lead to improved treatments for patients.

13 Mar 2014

Beverly Hills Physicians receives ALLERGAN PARTNER PRIVILEGES Top 50 award

Throughout Southern California, Beverly Hills Physicians has long been the ideal option for cosmetic procedures like breast augmentation. With BHP's various facilities throughout the region (each approved by the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery, Inc.), their plastic surgery patients always know they're receiving the safest and most effective surgery.

13 Mar 2014

Teenagers with autism spectrum disorder are more likely to wish to be another gender

Children and teenagers with an autism spectrum disorder or those who have attention deficit and hyperactivity problems are much more likely to wish to be another gender.

13 Mar 2014

Orexo signs multi-year agreement with OptumRx and UnitedHealth Group

Orexo AB, the manufacturer of ZUBSOLV® (buprenorphine and naloxone) sublingual tablets (CIII), announced a multi-year agreement with UnitedHealth Group® and OptumRx® providing preferred coverage and reimbursement of ZUBSOLV®.

12 Mar 2014

Personality predicts social learning in wild monkeys

Baboons learn from other baboons about new food sources - but only if they are bold or anxious - according to a new study published in the journal PeerJ). The results suggest that personality plays a key role in social learning in animals, something previously ignored in animal cognition studies.

12 Mar 2014

Researchers examine mothers’ condition during maintenance period after child's treatment for ALL

"It's a whole new cancer world" and "I don't remember what it's like to have sleep" were the most common themes of mothers interviewed by University of Colorado Cancer Center researchers during the maintenance period after a child's treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

12 Mar 2014

Researchers find that brain cell regeneration may alleviate symptoms of Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease is the most widespread degenerative neurological disorder in the world. Over five million Americans live with it, and one in three senior citizens will die with the disease or a similar form of dementia. While memory loss is a common symptom of Alzheimer's, other behavioral manifestations - depression, loss of inhibition, delusions, agitation, anxiety, and aggression - can be even more challenging for victims and their families to live with.

12 Mar 2014

Parkinson disease patients with higher CSF experience faster cognitive decline

Counterintuitive Findings Offer New Insights into Parkinson Disease Pathology, According to New Research Published in The American Journal of Pathology

12 Mar 2014

Experimental drugs offer hope for people with hepatitis C

Patrizia Cazzaniga had heard the horror stories about early treatments for hepatitis C - multiple daily pills and weekly shots for up to a year, side effects that could be debilitating, and a cure rate of only about 40 percent.

11 Mar 2014

Scientists invent a pair of high-tech glasses that help surgeons visualize cancer cells during surgeries

A team of scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (WUSTL) and the University of Arizona (UA) in Tucson led by Samuel Achilefu have created a pair of high-tech glasses that help surgeons visualize cancer cells during surgeries, which glow blue when viewed through the glasses.

11 Mar 2014

FDA accepts Lundbeck's carbamazepine NDA for review

Lundbeck LLC today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted for review a New Drug Application (NDA) for its investigational therapy intravenous carbamazepine, an intravenous formulation of the anti-epileptic drug (AED) carbamazepine. An action letter is anticipated before the end of 2014. Carbella is the proposed U.S. trade name for intravenous carbamazepine.

10 Mar 2014

Research roundup: Health care and prisoners; hospitalized patients' surrogates; suicides in the army

As a group, jail-involved individuals, which we define here as people with a history of arrest and jail admission in the recent past, carry a heavy illness burden, with high rates of infectious and chronic disease as well as mental illness and substance use.

10 Mar 2014

Mainstay Medical initiates clinical trial to investigate ReActiv8 as treatment for adults with CLBP

Mainstay Medical today announced that it has secured approval from Ethics Committees in Australia to start a clinical trial of ReActiv8, its innovative implantable neurostimulation device for the treatment of people with Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP). Recruitment of subjects for the trial has commenced at three clinical sites in Australia.

10 Mar 2014

National clinical trial to test new avenue for tinnitus treatment

UT Southwestern Medical Center will take part in a national clinical trial to test a device that could provide relief for people suffering from tinnitus, a persistent buzzing or ringing sound in the ears. The device uses nervous system stimuli to rewire parts of the brain, in hopes of significantly reducing or removing tinnitus.

7 Mar 2014

LSUHSC model of care provides mental health services in areas after by Gulf Oil Spill

A model of care developed by the Department of Psychiatry at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine to provide mental health services after the Deepwater Horizon Gulf Oil Spill reduced both mental health and general medical symptoms.

7 Mar 2014

Prescriptions for benzodiazepines with opioid analgesics may lead to medication-related deaths

Prescriptions for benzodiazepines are rising in primary care, and their frequent combined use with opioid analgesics may be contributing to medication-related deaths, a finding that goes largely unreported, according to Stanford researchers.

7 Mar 2014

Cataract surgery followed by use of contact lenses may be better solution for infants

For adults and children who undergo cataract surgery, implantation of an artificial lens is the standard of care. But a clinical trial suggests that for most infants, surgery followed by the use of contact lenses for several years—and an eventual lens implant—may be the better solution.

7 Mar 2014

Study investigates possible links between sleep and omega-3 DHA fatty acid status in healthy children

A randomised placebo-controlled study by the University of Oxford suggests that higher levels of omega-3 DHA, the group of long-chain fatty acids found in algae and seafood, are associated with better sleep.

6 Mar 2014

Anxiety News and Research

Latest Anxiety News and Research

Mindfulness-based meditation could lessen some symptoms of cancer in teens

Children with ASD and ADHD are more likely to exhibit gender variance

New insights into how human brain responds to chronic pain

Beverly Hills Physicians receives ALLERGAN PARTNER PRIVILEGES Top 50 award

Teenagers with autism spectrum disorder are more likely to wish to be another gender

Orexo signs multi-year agreement with OptumRx and UnitedHealth Group

Personality predicts social learning in wild monkeys

Researchers examine mothers’ condition during maintenance period after child's treatment for ALL

Researchers find that brain cell regeneration may alleviate symptoms of Alzheimer's disease

Parkinson disease patients with higher CSF experience faster cognitive decline

Experimental drugs offer hope for people with hepatitis C

Scientists invent a pair of high-tech glasses that help surgeons visualize cancer cells during surgeries

FDA accepts Lundbeck's carbamazepine NDA for review

Research roundup: Health care and prisoners; hospitalized patients' surrogates; suicides in the army

Mainstay Medical initiates clinical trial to investigate ReActiv8 as treatment for adults with CLBP

National clinical trial to test new avenue for tinnitus treatment

LSUHSC model of care provides mental health services in areas after by Gulf Oil Spill

Prescriptions for benzodiazepines with opioid analgesics may lead to medication-related deaths

Cataract surgery followed by use of contact lenses may be better solution for infants

Study investigates possible links between sleep and omega-3 DHA fatty acid status in healthy children

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