Anxiety and Stress in the News
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Anxiety Or Depression Common Among Aging Adult Americans With Arthritis
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that one-third of U.S. adults with arthritis, 45 years and older, report having anxiety or depression...
Publ.Date : Mon, 30 Apr 2012 02:00:00 PDT
Stress And How Breast Cancer Patients Manage It Can Affect Brain Function Even Before Chemotherapy Begins
Women undergoing treatment for breast cancer can experience cognitive declines, such as decreased verbal fluency or loss of memory and attention. Often experienced by patients undergoing chemotherapy, the declines have become known as "chemo brain.\...
Publ.Date : Fri, 13 Apr 2012 01:00:00 PDT
Women Suffering Mental Stress May At Greater Risk For Heart Disease
Coronary artery disease continues to be a major cause of death in the U.S., killing hundreds of thousands of people per year. However, this disease burden isn't evenly divided between the sexes; significantly more men than women are diagnosed with co...
Publ.Date : Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:00:00 PDT
Epilepsy Type Signs Linked To Stress
A study, published online in the journal Seizure, reveals that over 33% of patients believed to have intractable seizures were actually presenting stress-triggered symptoms...
Publ.Date : Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:00:00 PDT
Emotional Resilience To Stress Boosted By Gatekeeper Of Brain Steroid Signals
A cellular protein called HDAC6, newly characterized as a gatekeeper of steroid biology in the brain, may provide a novel target for treating and preventing stress-linked disorders, such as (PTSD), according to research from the Perelman School of M...
Publ.Date : Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:00:00 PDT
Breast Cancer Stress May Affect Spouse's Health
A recent issue of the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity, reports that men who care for a wife with breast cancer suffer a measurable negative impact on their health up to years after their wife's cancer has been diagnosed and treatment has been co...
Publ.Date : Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:00:00 PDT
Link Between Anxiety Disorders And Cellular Metabolism
Anxiety disorders, ranging from social phobia to post-traumatic stress disorder, are the most common psychiatric diseases in the United States. Research in mice suggests a link between the gene that encodes Glyoxylase 1 (GLO1) and increased anxiety; ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 16 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT
How A Persons "Ranks" Their Suffering May Stop Them Seeking Help For Depression And Anxiety
People's judgements about whether they are depressed depend on how they believe their own suffering "ranks" in relation to the suffering of friends and family and the wider world, according to a new study...
Publ.Date : Mon, 07 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT
Anxiety Disorders And Cellular Metabolism Linked
Researchers at the University of Chicago have found an association between anxiety disorders and the gene that encodes Glyoxylase 1 (GLO1). However, the mechanism underlying this association is unclear. The most prevalent psychiatric diseases in the...
Publ.Date : Fri, 18 May 2012 15:00:00 PDT
Quality Of Life And Symptoms Rapidly And Significantly Improved By Non-Drug Depression Treatment
New data released at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association show that patients with unipolar, non-psychotic Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) receiving transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) with NeuroStar TMS Therapy® achieved si...
Publ.Date : Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT
