Mental Health

Half of all women aged 20 to 70 years experience obstructive sleep apnea, with 20% having moderate and 6% severe symptoms, Swedish scientists reported in the European Respiratory Journal. Studies have shown that obstructive sleep apnea is largely undiagnosed. Large corporations could save millions in lost productivity if more people were screened a ...

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"Controlled comforting" and "camping out", examples of training methods for infant sleep training, are safe for babies, improve their sleep, and lower short-term symptoms of maternal depression over the short-term, Australian researchers reported in the journal Pediatrics... ...

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Merck remains on target to submit a New Drug Application to the FDA in 2012Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced new data for suvorexant, the investigational medicine Merck is developing for the treatment of insomnia. The new data are from one of the longest, continuously-dosed, placebo-controlled tr ...

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Women having surgery for breast cancer are up to three times more likely to have severe pain in the first week after surgery if they suffer from other painful conditions, such as arthritis, low back pain and migraine, according to a Cancer Research UK study published recently (Wednesday 5th) in the British Journal of Cancer... ...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/249934.php

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We hear all the time that we need to get off the couch, stop watching TV and get moving... ...

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Be warned, popularity may cause lung cancer, heart disease, and emphysema. New research from the University of Southern California (USC) and University of Texas finds that popular students in seven Southern California high schools are more likely to smoke cigarettes than their less popular counterparts... ...

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Ever say to yourself, "I knew it all along" after hearing news for the very first time? Perhaps news that is suppose to be shocking? This may include situations, such as finding out that a coworker was secretly embezzling company funds, listening to a fourth-quarter comeback that wins the game, seeing the tumor that appeared on a second scan... ...

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Results of a study led by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and the Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System indicate that the proposed changes to the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) will not substantially affect the number of people who meet criteria for the disorder. Mark W... ...

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A new study led by MIT neuroscientists has found that brain scans of patients with social anxiety disorder can help predict whether they will benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy. Social anxiety is usually treated with either cognitive behavioral therapy or medications. However, it is currently impossible to predict which treatment will work b ...

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