By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) — By slowing down the programmed response rate on implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), doctors can reduce the number of shocks these devices deliver without causing a significant increase in the risk of fainting or death, new research suggests.
“The aim of [our] study was to evaluate a [...]
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Programming Implanted Defibrillators to React More Slowly Might Be Safer: Study
May 7, 2013
Severely Injured Vets May Need Ongoing Emotional Care
April 11, 2013
THURSDAY, April 11 (HealthDay News) — U.S. veterans who suffered major limb injuries in combat showed little improvement with mental health problems such as depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the two years after receiving treatment for their wounds, researchers report.
Their pain levels showed the most improvement three to six months after their [...]
Mental Illness a Frequent Cell Mate for Those Behind Bars
April 5, 2013
By Amanda GardnerHealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, April 5 (HealthDay News) — Eugene King ran away from home at the age of 16, the start of a lifelong pattern of drug abuse, crime and incarceration.
In retrospect, King said, he realizes he was using illicit drugs at least in part to self-medicate a variety of psychiatric conditions. But he [...]
On-the-Job Stress Won’t Raise Your Risk for Cancer, Study Finds
February 8, 2013
The hassles and deadlines at work may leave you frazzled, but they won’t raise your risk for cancer, new research suggests. Despite earlier studies suggesting an association between work stress and cancer, an international team of researchers found that it wasn’t linked to colorectal, lung, breast or prostate cancers.
Stressed-Out Women May Be More Sensitive to Sounds
February 4, 2013
Emotionally exhausted women are much more sensitive to sounds when they are stressed, according to a new study. For some of these women, even a normal conversation can be painful, Swedish researchers found. Doctors may need to consider patients’ stress and exhaustion levels when treating hearing problems, the study suggests.
Study Supports Link Between Stress, Epileptic Seizures
December 6, 2012
Scientists have long thought that stress plays a role in epileptic seizures, and new evidence suggests that epilepsy patients who believe this is the case experience a different brain response when faced with a nerve-wracking situation.
Under Similar Stress, Rich Live Longer Than Poor: Study
December 4, 2012
Money may not buy you happiness, but it can help you avoid the ill effects of unhappiness and stress. That’s the upshot of a new British study that finds stressed-out rich people live longer than the stressed-out poor. The findings show that the combination of poverty and stress “is a bomb,” said study lead author Dr. Antonio Ivan Lazzarino, clinical research associate at University College London. “Those people have really higher mortality, more than you would expect by just adding the two separate effects.”
Bullied Teens May Suffer Lingering Trauma
December 4, 2012
TUESDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) — Bullied teenagers can develop post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, according to a new study.
The findings suggest that victims of bullying may require long-term support, said the researchers from the University of Stavanger in Norway.
Violence in a Soldier’s Past May Up PTSD Risk
November 29, 2012
THURSDAY, Nov. 29 (HealthDay News) — Childhood abuse and previous exposure to violence may increase a soldier’s risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a new study.
Researchers followed 746 Danish soldiers before, during and after they were deployed to Afghanistan. Eighty-four percent of the soldiers showed no PTSD symptoms or recovered quickly from [...]
Long-Term Use of Some Antipsychotics Not Warranted in Older Adults: Study
November 28, 2012
By Mary Brophy MarcusHealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 28 (HealthDay News) — The safety and effectiveness of four drugs commonly used to treat older adults with schizophrenia, dementia, bipolar disorder and other mental health conditions are being called into question by a new study.
The drugs — aripiprazole (Abilify), olanzapine (Zyprexa), quetiapine (Seroquel) and risperidone (Risperdal) — are [...]
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