News tagged with ill health
Creativity linked to mental health
New research shows a possible explanation for the link between mental health and creativity. By studying receptors in the brain, researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have managed to show that ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 18, 2010 |
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'Top dogs' at school have better health in adulthood
Children who are the most popular and powerful at school also enjoy better health in adult life compared to counterparts at the bottom end of the pecking order, said a Swedish study published Tuesday.
Sep 28, 2009 |
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The war against mental illness
Professor Mike Owen, Director of the University’s new Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute has said the time has come to declare war on mental illness.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 17, 2010 |
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Cigarettes harbor many pathogenic bacteria: Study
Cigarettes are "widely contaminated" with bacteria, including some known to cause disease in people, concludes a new international study conducted by a University of Maryland environmental health researcher ...
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Link found between passive smoking and poorer mental health
Second hand smoke exposure is associated with psychological distress and risk of future psychiatric illness, according to new UCL research that suggests the harmful affects of passive smoking go beyond physical health.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 07, 2010 |
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Major impacts of climate change expected on mental health
Leading mental health researchers are warning that some of the most important health consequences of climate change will be on mental health, yet this issue is unlikely to be given much attention at the UN climate change ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Common mental disorders may be more common than we think
The prevalence of anxiety, depression and substance dependency may be twice as high as the mental health community has been led to believe.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Cultures of suicide
(PhysOrg.com) -- A UQ researcher has surveyed and interviewed students across three continents to understand the social representations, values, beliefs, attitudes and meanings associated with youth suicide.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 09, 2010 |
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New EPA air quality rules outweigh costs and provide major health and environmental benefits
A report by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health provides an expanded review of six new air quality regulations proposed or recently adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA). ...
Dec 21, 2011 |
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One in five Americans had mental illness last year: survey
Nearly one in five Americans, or 45 million adults, experienced some form of mental illness last year, according to a major US government survey published on Friday.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 19, 2010 |
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Kept in chains: Mental illness rampant in Somalia
(AP) -- Hassan Qasim lies shackled to a wall in a hallway with 25 other patients at a clinic for the mentally ill. He whispers under his breath and spits at his neighbors. Torn and dirty clothes hang off ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 20, 2011 |
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To predict the severity of mental disease, consider the family
We've all been asked at routine visits to the doctor to record our family's history with medical problems like cancer, diabetes or heart disease. But when it comes to mental disorders, usually mum's the word.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Mental health leaves most costly disability to Canadian employers
Mental illness is associated with more lost work days than any other chronic condition, costing the Canadian economy $51 billion annually in lost productivity. In the first study of its kind, researchers from the Centre for ...
Sep 10, 2010 |
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Managing doctors' practices made easier with new software
(PhysOrg.com) -- A McMaster University-led research team has developed an innovative software tool that gives family doctors up-to-date information on their patients in two seconds or less.
Nov 25, 2009 |
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So Whatever Happened to the Flu?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Normally, this is the peak period for the flu in the United States. But that just doesn't seem to be the case this year.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 02, 2010 |
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