News tagged with physical illness

Even mild stress is linked to long-term disability

Even relatively mild stress can lead to long term disability and an inability to work, reveals a large population based study published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

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created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Body dysmorphic disorder patients who loathe appearance often get better, but it could take years

In the longest-term study so far to track people with body dysmorphic disorder, a severe mental illness in which sufferers obsess over nonexistent or slight defects in their physical appearance, researchers at Brown University ...

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created Jan 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The hidden impact of aids on South African children

December 1st is World AIDS day. There are 33.4 million people worldwide living with HIV, 67per cent in the Sub-Saharan Africa region. In South Africa alone, 5.6 million people are HIV-positive, with only 22 per cent having ...

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created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Not putting the clocks back this weekend will improve health, says expert

Mayer Hillman, Senior Fellow Emeritus at the Policy Studies Institute, argues that the effect of doing so would be to increase the number of 'accessible' daylight hours and thus encourage more outdoor activity throughout ...

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created Oct 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

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 ...

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created Sep 10, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sleep problems are common in US soldiers returning from wartime deployment

There is an extremely high prevalence of sleep disturbances in U.S. soldiers returning from wartime deployment, according to a research abstract that will be presented Tuesday, June 8, 2010, in San Antonio, Texas, at SLEEP ...

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created Jun 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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.

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created Jun 07, 2010 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Smoking cessation treatments work and are safe for people with severe mental illness

In a study published today in the journal Addiction, researchers have determined that treatment for smoking dependence is as effective among people with severe mental illnesses as it is for the general population. Impor ...

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created May 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Depression: Antidepressants beneficial in physically ill patients

Antidepressants are effective against depression in patients suffering from physical illnesses, according to a new systematic review by Cochrane researchers at King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre in the ...

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created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Child Abuse Raises Risk of Illness in Adulthood

(PhysOrg.com) -- Child abuse has had a known association with increased risk for virtually all types of psychological and psychiatric problems — but a new evidence review suggests that it raises the risk of physical illness ...

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created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0