News tagged with distressing symptoms
Maternal depression adversely affects quality of life in children with epilepsy
A study by Canadian researchers examined the prevalence of maternal depression and its impact on children newly diagnosed with epilepsy. Prevalence of depression in mothers ranged from 30%-38% within the first 24 months following ...
Jan 05, 2011 |
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Mental health affected by perceived life-threat
Feeling like your life is in danger during an accident or disaster can have long-term negative effects on health - whether or not the threat to your life was real. This is one of the results of a new doctoral thesis from ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 10, 2010 |
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Abused children more likely to suffer unexplained abdominal pain, nausea or vomiting
Children who have been abused psychologically, physically or sexually are more likely to suffer unexplained abdominal pain and nausea or vomiting than children who have not been abused, a study led by University of North ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 08, 2010 |
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Spouse Caregivers at Increased Risk for Stroke
(PhysOrg.com) -- USF-led research indicates especially elevated risk for African-American men.
Jan 14, 2010 |
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New study says dementia is a terminal illness
The clinical course of advanced dementia, including uncomfortable symptoms such as pain and high mortality, is similar to that experienced by patients of other terminal conditions, according to scientists at the Institute ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Heart Hazards of Woeful Wives
(PhysOrg.com) -- Women in strained marriages are more likely to feel depressed and suffer high blood pressure, obesity and other signs of "metabolic syndrome," a group of risk factors for heart disease, stroke and diabetes, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Psychological impact found in adolescents with kidney transplants
A new study describes the psychological profile of adolescents who have received kidney transplants and compares them to those of healthy peers. The findings reveal a significantly higher prevalence of psychiatric conditions ...
Feb 05, 2009 |
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