Mental Health Weekly Digest articles from February 2004

Mental Health Weekly Digest archives from February 2004

Life satisfaction and suicide among high school adolescents explored.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Investigators explored the relation between life satisfaction and suicide among high school adolescents in a recent issue of the journal Social Indicators Research. According to recent research...

Disgust emotion evolved to safeguard humans from disease.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The emotion of disgust evolved to protect humans from the risk of infectious disease and ensure our adaptive advantage, according to a survey of more than 40,000 people. Our reactions to things...

PTSD has some beneficial effects in HIV patients.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Surprisingly, PTSD appears to have some beneficial effects in HIV patients. "Previous research has reported rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following diagnosis with a life-threatening...

Childhood depressive symptoms linked to inactivity.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Childhood depressive symptoms are associated with physical inactivity. "While research has confirmed a negative relationship between adult depression and physical activity, there is little evidence...

Melanocortin receptor ligands affect neuronal activities in rat model.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Melanocortin receptor ligands exert electrophysiological effects on neuronal activities of monoaminergic neurons in rats. "The melanocortin-4 (MC4) receptor may possibly be involved in stress and...

Friendships can help prevent female teen suicide.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adolescent girls who have few friends are much more likely to consider suicide than their popular peers, according to a study of more than 20,000 junior high and senior high schoolers. Researchers...

Media exposure drives how satisfied women and girls are about body image.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Media exposure drives how satisfied women and girls are about body image. "Brief exposure to thin-ideal media images has been shown to have a small but consistent negative impact on women and girls'...

Steatohepatitis and excessive weight-gain complicate risperidone therapy.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Steatohepatitis and excessive weight-gain complicate risperidone therapy. "We report on a 17-year-old girl who developed steatohepatitis and marked weight gain during risperidone treatment for...

Genetic variation may influence drinking to relieve social anxiety, improve mood.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Alcohol researchers already know that people who expect positive results from drinking - a better mood or social ease - are more likely than other drinkers to develop alcohol problems. Conversely, those...

New drug improves outcomes when added to existing therapy for AD.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The drug memantine lessens the decline in cognition and activities of daily living for patients with moderate to severe Alzheimer disease (AD) who are also receiving donepezil (another drug used to...

New method of distinguishing AD from Lewy body dementia described.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Looking at specific changes in alertness and cognition may provide a reliable method for distinguishing Alzheimer disease (AD) from dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and normal aging, according a new...

Understanding normal aging may provide the key to AD prevention.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Our improved understanding of how to maintain normal brain health is providing tantalizing clues about what may prevent or reduce the likelihood of developing Alzheimer disease (AD), according to...

Using vitamin E and C supplements together may reduce AD risk.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Elderly people who take individual vitamin E and C supplements together may reduce their risk of Alzheimer disease (AD), according to a new report. The public health threat of AD will continue to...

Is listening to your heart bad for your emotional health?
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Seeing someone you fear may increase your heart rate and give you "butterflies" in your stomach. Over a hundred years ago, William James suggested that such signals were what people subjectively...

Juggling students have skill on the brain.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Learning to juggle can temporarily change the structure of your brain, researchers report. The discovery challenges the traditional view that brain anatomy does not change in response to new stimuli....

Bulimia nervosa can develop after bariatric surgery in obese patients.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers report the development of bulimia nervosa after bariatric surgery in morbidly obese patients. "Obesity is a chronic disorder that calls for a multidisciplinary approach. Bariatric...

Homocysteinylated transthyretin may contribute to pathogenesis.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Homocysteinylated transthyretin may play a role in the pathogenesis of amyloid disease. "Hyperhomocysteinemia is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease and an emerging risk factor for...

Antimetabolite ara-CTP blocks long-term memory of conditioned taste aversion.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The antimetabolite ara-CTP blocks long-term memory of conditioned taste aversion. "We examined the hypothesis that processes related to DNA recombination and repair are involved in learning and...

Depression plan accelerated, fiscal 2004 guidance revised at pharmaceutical firm.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cyberonics, Inc., (CYBX) announced acceleration of its U.S. depression plan and revised guidance for the third and fourth quarters of its fiscal year ending April 30, 2004. "We are accelerating all...

Study proves wisdom of advice to "sleep on it".
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Good news for those who find it hard to drag themselves from their beds - new research suggests that sleep may stimulate creative thinking. Does the following sound familiar? The solution to a...

Tentative approvals granted for Modafinil, Topiramate.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (BRL) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Barr Laboratories, Inc., has received tentative approvals from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its generic...

Vasopressin receptor V1b is crucial in times of both stress and rest.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA axis) is the well-established neuroendocrine system that responds to stress. The pituitary gland serves as a reservoir for the most important regulators of...

An integrated approach is required for diagnosing vaginismus correctly.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An integrated approach is required for diagnosing vaginismus correctly. According to researchers in Canada, "this study investigated the roles of vaginal spasm, pain, and behavior in vaginismus and...

Opioids can impair neuroprotective effects of retinoids.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Opioid use and abuse can counteract the neuroprotective effects of retinoids in HIV patients. "Among injection drug users, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 infection may be associated with...

A pill-free route to better sleep for elderly.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Elderly people suffering from insomnia may be better advised to seek help from cognitive behavioral therapy than sleeping pills, according to research published by Oxford and Bristol, England,...

Study finds patients overprescribed with anti-anxiety drugs.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medicaid patients with mental illness and substance abuse problems are being given too many anti-anxiety drugs, a combination that could increase intoxication and possible addiction to the drugs,...

Rat brain reverberations during sleep described.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- How does your brain pass the time while you're sleeping? In a study designed to apply state-of-the-art techniques to this old question, Sidarta Ribeiro and his colleagues at Duke University in Durham,...

Heavy smokers see cigarettes as "friends".
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Heavy smokers - those who light up 25 times or more a day - look to their cigarettes for comfort and companionship, according to a new study. In-depth interviews with 51 heavy smokers in the journal...

Report gives failing grades to state of Missouri.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a national report released by the American Lung Association, the state of Missouri received mostly failing grades for its efforts to fight the harmful effects of tobacco use, demonstrating little...

Rats exposed to morphine before birth exhibit normal maternal behaviors.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rats exposed to morphine before birth exhibit normal maternal behaviors. According to a study from the United States, "previous studies have demonstrated that chronic morphine treatment of pregnant...

Veterans had fewer stress symptoms after 9-11.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study that has surprised researchers shows that combat veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder exhibited fewer symptoms following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Dr....

Ratio of horizontal to vertical dimension determines attractiveness of females.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Why are some of our fellow human beings seen to be more attractive than others? Are there cues to the physical attractiveness of human body? Past researchers believed that the waist-hip ratio (WHR)...

Risk for lowered cognitive performance is greater in people at high risk for stroke.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- People at high risk for stroke within 10 years show greater cognitive deficits in specific areas of cognitive performance and show a pattern of deficits not unlike that seen in cognitive impairment of...

Ecstasy affects memory, new international study shows.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- People who take the recreational drug ecstasy risk impairing their memory, according to an international study that surveyed users in places including the U.K., other European countries, the U.S. and...

Keeping synapses clean may hold key to fear-conditioning.
February 2, 2004... 2004 FEB 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- McLean Hospital researchers have made a discovery that could help explain one of the most powerful paradigms in modern psychology, Pavlovian fear conditioning. Alterations in fear conditioning are...

High estrogen levels may make the brain more vulnerable to stress.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- High levels of estrogen may enhance the brain's response to stress, making women more vulnerable to mental illnesses such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a Yale...

National study indicates obesity is linked to major depression.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey indicate that obesity is associated with major depression. "Data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination...

Long-term progesterone deficits improve spatial performance in older rats.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Long-term progesterone deficits improve spatial performance in older rats. According to published research from the United States, "although research suggests that ovariectomy (ovx) is detrimental...

PMG augments glutamate output from infected macrophages.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mitochondrial glutaminase augments glutamate production from HIV-infected macrophages. "Dysfunction in mononuclear phagocyte (MP, macrophages and microglia) immunity is thought to play a significant...

Unemployment strikes a harder blow on men's mental health.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Although women typically have higher rates of unemployment than men, the mental health of unemployed men tends to be worse than that of unemployed women, according to a recent study. Researchers...

Getting older tied to lower self-esteem.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Worried about gaining weight and wrinkles as you age? Well, now there's one more reason to fear aging - an increased sense of insecurity, say sociologists from the University of Toronto (U of T) and the...

Grants to fund studies of families caring for Alzheimer patients.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Improving care for people suffering from the degenerative condition known as Alzheimer disease is the goal of a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty member and colleagues who have...

Namenda now available nationwide.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Forest Laboratories, Inc., (FRX) announced that Namenda (memantine HCl), the first and only medication approved for patients with moderate-to-severe Alzheimer disease, is now available to physicians,...

FDA approves Zyprexa to delay relapse into mania, depression.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Zyprexa (olanzapine) for maintenance in the treatment of bipolar disorder, Eli Lilly and Co. announced. This FDA approval recognizes that...

FDA grants approval for Seroquel.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AstraZeneca announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Seroquel (quetiapine) as a monotherapy and adjunct therapy for the treatment of mania associated with bipolar disorder...

Program addresses disabling neurological, mental illness in developing world.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Fogarty International Center (FIC) of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and eight NIH partners have awarded 31 new research planning grants to support international collaborations to...

Pharmaceutical firms sign deal to develop drugs for Alzheimer disease.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Acumen Pharmaceuticals announced that it has entered into a research collaboration and license agreement with Merck & Co., Inc., (MRK) to research and develop disease-modifying therapeutic drugs for...

Aromatherapy offers plant-based nurturing and soul soothing.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- David Oller "listens to the incense" as he conducts a Japanese ceremony in aromatherapy, a holistic healing treatment that uses aromatic essential oils of plants. Oller sits in the lotus position...

Friendships can help prevent teen suicide.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adolescent girls who have few friends are much more likely to consider suicide than their popular peers, according to a study of more than 20,000 junior high and senior high schoolers. Researchers...

Mental illness tied to hypertension by family history.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Blood pressure is linked to depression, but only in people with a family history of hypertension, a new study has found. People whose parents did not have high blood pressure did not show the same...

Nurses can play role in helping cancer patients keep the blues at bay.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Even after lifesaving treatments, 1 out of every 12 cancer patients may be suffering from depression, according to a new report. The study by Scottish researchers, published in the British Journal...

Paxil CR receives Canadian approval.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SkyePharma PLC (SKYE) welcomed the recent announcement by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) that the Therapeutic Products Directorate of Health Canada has approved Paxil CR (paroxetine hydrochloride Controlled...

FDA grants approval for generic contraceptive, manic disorder drug.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Andrx Corporation (ADRX) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Previfem tablets (Norgestimate and Ethinyl...

Prevalence of mental, physical disorders varies within U.S. black population.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study of more than 6,000 African American, Afro-Caribbean, and non-Hispanic white adults - the first known study to include a national probability sample of blacks of Caribbean ancestry - shows...

$135M credit facility positions ResCare for growth in 2004.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ResCare (RSCR), a provider of services to persons with developmental and other disabilities and people with special needs, announced that it had closed its previously announced $135 million senior...

Horizon Health Corp. announces first-quarter results.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Horizon Health Corp. (HORC) announced earnings of $0.46 per share for its first fiscal quarter ended November 30, 2003, an increase of 12.2%, as compared with earnings of $0.41 per share for the...

Gynecological practice must include continuing education in relational roles.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gynecological practice must include continuing education in relational roles. According to recent research from Germany, "the physician-patient relationship in gynecology always represents a highly...

Depression may affect bowel disease relapse.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Inflammatory bowel disease patients who also suffer from depression may be more prone to regular flare-ups of the disease than those with fewer depression symptoms, according to new research. The...

Mobility range holds implications for quality of life in women with osteoporosis.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mobility range holds implications for quality of life in women with osteoporosis. "The objective of the study was to evaluate the impact of postural deformities and spinal mobility on quality of...

State offers help to better identify Creutzfeldt-Jakob, other brain diseases.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Washington state health authorities are trying to get the word out to local health departments about free autopsy tests that can monitor for brain-wasting diseases. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a...

Bill would aid children with mental illness.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Parents of children with mental illnesses are once again asking legislators to help them escape a painful bind created by Missouri state law. For years, parents who lack health insurance or cannot...

Phase III trials on schedule for R-modafinil; NDA to be filed in 4Q.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cephalon, Inc., (CEPH) announced, at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, data from its earlier clinical trials with R-modafinil and information about the phase III clinical program for the compound...

Children at higher risk for hunger if mother has poor mental or physical health.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A mother's mental and physical health are directly tied to her children's risk for going hungry, according to a study of homeless and housed low-income women in Worcester, Massachusetts. While...

Emotion-regulating protein lacking in panic patients.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Three brain areas of panic disorder patients are lacking a key component of a chemical messenger system that regulates emotion, researchers at the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) have...

Parkin is recruited to centrosome in response to proteasome inhibition.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Parkin is recruited to the centrosome in response to inhibition of proteasomes. According to a study from the United States, "Parkin is a protein-ubiquitin E3 ligase linked to Parkinson disease....

Dennis M. Keane named CEO of CNS-focused pharmaceutical.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp., a privately held company that is developing drugs for the treatment of neurological and psychiatric diseases, announced the appointment of Dennis M. Keane as CFO. ...

Prenatal diagnosis impacts the parental psyche.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prenatal diagnosis impacts the parental psyche. According to recent research published in the journal Gynakologe, "prior to a specific prenatal diagnosis, the pregnant woman should receive detailed...

Century of research confirms impact of psychosocial factors on health.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More than 50% of deaths in the United States can be attributed to behavioral and social factors, says psychologist Oakley Ray, PhD, of the departments of psychology and psychiatry at Vanderbilt...

Common genetic influence found in mental illnesses.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mental disorders, such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, may share similar underlying mechanisms, research suggests. In the February 2004 issue of Nature Genetics, Joseph Gogos and colleagues...

Shopping-voucher system rewards quitters instantly.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Smokers who have already blown their New Year's resolutions to kick the habit may find hope in a new approach that rewards them with shopping sprees if they shun cigarettes. In a small clinical...

Reward mechanism involved in addiction likely regulates pair bonds.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The reward mechanism involved in addiction appears to regulate lifelong social or pair bonds between monogamous mating animals, according to a Center for Behavioral Neuroscience (CBN) study of prairie...

Suicide prevention, education services available in Washington county.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An increase in suicides in Washington state's King County last year, after decreases in the last 2 years, give rise to increased concern and need to help. According to a recent King County medical...

Dieting for weight loss decreases memory ability.
February 9, 2004... 2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dieting for weight loss decreases memory ability. According to a study from Australia, "This study investigated the effects of weight loss dieting on the components of working memory and the extent...

Small apolipoprotein(A) isoforms linked to frontotemporal dementia in humans.
February 16, 2004... 2004 FEB 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Small apolipoprotein(A) isoforms are associated with frontotemporal dementia in humans. According to recent research published in the journal Neuroscience Letters, "Apolipoprotein(a) [apo(a)] is a...

GABA-ergic agents prevent anxiety and anorexia in rats.
February 16, 2004... 2004 FEB 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GABA-ergic agents prevent alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone induced anxiety and anorexia in rats. According to a study from India, "Alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) is a...

Psychological problems are common among gynecologic and obstetric patients.
February 16, 2004... 2004 FEB 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Depression is the most common postpartum psychological problem, researchers say. According to recent research published in the journal Gynakologe, "In the year 1997, the Department of...

Female and male cocaine users with personality disorder have special needs.
February 16, 2004... 2004 FEB 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Female and male cocaine users with personality disorder have special needs. According to published research from the United States, "long-term outcomes following drug treatment were examined for...

Maternal infections during pregnancy may encourage schizophrenia in offspring.
February 16, 2004... 2004 FEB 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Maternal infections during pregnancy may encourage schizophrenia in offspring. "Increased incidence of schizophrenia has been observed following maternal infections with either viral or bacterial...

Some teens are more likely to take the plunge despite making virginity pledges.
February 16, 2004... 2004 FEB 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Some teens are more likely to take the plunge despite making virginity pledges. "Recent reviews suggest that religiosity is associated with the delay of adolescent coital debut (Rostosky, Wilcox,...

Gender differences characterize depression risk among adolescents.
February 16, 2004... 2004 FEB 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gender differences characterize depression risk among adolescents. "The current study used longitudinal data (n=1322; 648 males, 674 females) from adolescents ages 12 to 19 years (in 1994) to...

Report: SSRIs don't increase suicidal behavior in youth with depression.
February 16, 2004... 2004 FEB 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) antidepressants do not increase the risk of suicidal thinking or suicide attempts in youth, according to a new report released by the American College of...

Social support important for older breast cancer survivors.
February 16, 2004... 2004 FEB 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Social support is important in helping older breast cancer survivors cope with disease uncertainty and maintain a good quality of life. According to recent research published in the journal Cancer...

Unmitigated communion is linked to poor adjustment to breast cancer.
February 16, 2004... 2004 FEB 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers say that unmitigated communion is a predictor of poor mental and physical function of women with newly diagnosed breast cancer. According to a study from the United States, "The goal of...

Low social activity linked to heightened CHD risk in Swedes.
February 16, 2004... 2004 FEB 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Low social activity may be linked to a heightened risk of cardiovascular disease. According to recent research from Sweden, "Few studies have examined the relationship between social, cultural and...