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1. Study Helps Explain ‘Sundowning,’ An Anxiety Syndrome In Elderly Dementia Patients New research provides the best evidence to date that the late-day anxiety and agitation sometimes seen in older institutionalized adults, especially those with dementia, has a biological basis in the brain. Consider our share of cost dental plans to help you. Contact our office during regular business hours Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm PST […]...
2. How The Effects Of Stress Can Be Inherited None of us are strangers to stress of various kinds. It turns out the effects of all those stresses can change the fate of future generation, influencing our very DNA without any change to the underlying sequence of As, Gs, Ts and Cs. Consider our share of cost dental plans to help you. Contact our […]...
3. Anxiety, Comfort Foods And Obesity Many people when stressed turn to high calorie “comfort foods”. Despite the contribution this behavior makes to the current obesity epidemic, little is known about the molecules and nervous system circuits that control it. Insight into this could provide new targets for the development of therapeutics to curb this potentially detrimental behavior. Consider our share […]...
4. Ghrelin Likely Involved In Why We Choose ‘Comfort Foods’ When Stressed We are one step closer to deciphering why some stressed people indulge in chocolate, mashed potatoes, ice cream and other high-calorie, high-fat comfort foods. UT Southwestern Medical Center-led findings, in a mouse study, suggest that ghrelin the so-called “hunger hormone” is involved in triggering this reaction to high stress situations. Consider our share of cost […]...
5. Eliminating Cold Sores Herpes infections on the lips, in the eyes or on the nose are painful, long-lasting and unpleasant. A new 3D herpes infection model brings hope: active ingredients and new treatments can be reliably tested with this model. Animal tests could soon be a thing of the past. It burns and itches on your upper lip: […]...
6. Statement By HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Recognizing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Day Today, on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Day, we recognize the millions of Americans who suffer from this debilitating condition. PTSD affects a wide range of people, from new mothers to our country’s service men and women. PTSD affects about 5.2 million adult Americans, but women are more likely than men to develop it. Consider […]...
7. New Parents Have 6 Months Sleep Deficit During First 24 Months Of Baby’s Life A survey reveals that parents lose an average of six months’ sleep during the first 24 months of their child’s life. Approximately 10% of parents manage to get just two-and-a-half hours continuous sleep each night, the Silentnight survey found. Over 60% of parents with babies aged less than 24 months get no more than three-and-a-quarter […]...
8. Study Could Lead To New Treatments For Mood Disorders Study Could Lead To New Treatments For Mood Disorders...
9. Mothers Of Premature Children Run Greater Risk Of Suffering Stress, Which May Affect Development Of Child In Early Years The incidence of premature babies has been stable or even increased over time. The phenomenon brings with it the possibility of neurological, sensorial, respiratory, cognitive or psychomotor consequences for the child, both in the short and the medium term…...
10. Rights expanded for Illinois prisoners A federal judge has significantly changed how the the Illinois corrections system operates: inmates can now challenge orders sending them to the maximum security Tamms Correctional Center. According to George Pawlaczyk of the Belleville News-Democrat (a Southwestern Illinois paper that has done a series on conditions at Tamms), U.S. District Judge G. Patrick Murphy ruled […]...
11. Cocaine Being Mixed With Animal Drug Can Scar For Life Cocaine is one of the most used illegal substances. So much so that cocaine “cut” with byproducts is rampant and in a new report, it seems that cocaine is now being diluted from its pure form with levamisole, a cheap and widely available drug used to deworm livestock. Considering the rampant use, this could result […]...
12. Child’s Life Threatening Food Allergies More Common Than Thought One child per each dozen in the United States has a food allergy according to a new study released this week. The authors of this study hope to build awareness of this prevalent condition and in turn overall improve the quality of life for children and caretakers. Dr....
13. Roundup: In Oregon, New Gov. Kitzhaber Vows To Change State’s Health Care Delivery System; In Ariz., 2nd Person Denied Transplant Coverage Dies Roundup: In Oregon, New Gov. Kitzhaber Vows To Change State’s Health Care Delivery System; In Ariz., 2nd Person Denied Transplant Coverage Dies...