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Study: Many Vets Struggle With Suicidal Thoughts, Need More Help From VA
Almost 14 percent of U.S. veterans surveyed during a two-year Veterans Affairs VA study reported having suicidal thoughts. More than 2,000 veterans were surveyed in 2011 and again in 2013. Each time they were asked whether they d had suicidal thoughts in the past two weeks. Nearly 4 percent reported suicidal thoughts in the first survey, about 5 percent reported such thoughts in the second survey, ...
Healthday - Wed. Apr 13
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Severe Depression Linked to Dementia in Seniors
Major and worsening depression may significantly increase seniors risk of dementia, a new study suggests. The research included close to 2,500 people in their 70s who did not have any signs of dementia at the start of the study. The participants were monitored for five years for symptoms of depression, and then for six years for signs of dementia. Dementia developed in just over 21 percent of part ...
Healthday - Wed. Apr 13
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Anorexia: genetic and environmental risk factors uncovered
Anorexia nervosa has the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disease, and as such, there is an urgent need to find therapeutic targets for this eating disorder. Now, researchers describe their new mouse model that shows how a combination of genetic and environmental risk factors can trigger the disease.
Medical News Today - Wed. Apr 13
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Help--My Back Itches!
As the old saying goes, If I had a nickel for every time [something happened], I d be rich. For a dermatologist, the [something happened] stands for Help--my back itches, Doc How often do I hear that question Every day. From whom From everybody women and men, young and old.
Psychology Today - Wed. Apr 13
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Late Breaking News About Your Mind-Body Health Connection
Big numbers tell big stories, and I ve got a hot-off-the-press big story about health , based on the latest big data from Google. If you ve ever been sick, or will get sick in the future, this story is about you. It s about the connection between your emotional well-being and your physical health. Let s begin with some impressive numbers. Roughly 80 of visits to primary care doctors result from em ...
Psychology Today - Wed. Apr 13
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Lung ultrasound may be a safe substitute for chest X-ray when diagnosing pneum...
Lung ultrasound has been shown to be highly effective and safe for diagnosing pneumonia in children and a potential substitute for chest X-ray, according to a study conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Results are currently published in the medical journal Chest . To watch study author discuss this research, click this link https www. youtube. com watch v Qd-26HdJP6I Pneumonia ...
EurekAlert - Tue. Apr 12
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Coordinated response could reduce spread of emerging superbug in health facili...
A simulation of how the so-called superbug carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae CRE might spread among health care facilities found that coordinated efforts prevented more than 75 percent of the often-severe infections that would have otherwise occurred over a five-year period. The study was led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and published last month in th ...
EurekAlert - Tue. Apr 12
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For kids raised in stable families, no difference in well-being with same-sex ...
April 12, 2016 - Children raised by same-sex female parents with a stable family life show no difference in general health, emotional difficulties, coping and learning behavior, compared to children of different-sex parents in similarly stable relationships, concludes a study in the April Journal of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics , the official journal of the Society for Developmental and Beh ...
EurekAlert - Tue. Apr 12
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Prevalence of homosexuality in men is stable throughout time since many carry ...
Around half of all heterosexual men and women potentially carry so-called homosexuality genes that are passed on from one generation to the next. This has helped homosexuality to be present among humans throughout history and in all cultures, even though homosexual men normally do not have many descendants who can directly inherit their genes. This idea is reported by Giorgi Chaladze of the Ilia S ...
EurekAlert - Tue. Apr 12
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Tropical birds develop 'superfast' wing muscles for mating, not flying
Studies in a group of tropical birds have revealed one of the fastest limb muscles on record for any animal with a backbone. The muscle, which can move the wing at more than twice the speeds required for flying, has evolved in association with extravagant courtship displays that involve rapid limb movements, according to a paper to be published in the journal eLife . The superfast wing movements o ...
EurekAlert - Tue. Apr 12
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International college students are less likely to experience violent crimes
International students attending universities in the United States, particularly females, may be less at risk for violent, non-sexual victimization than their domestic counterparts, due, in part, to their choices in lifestyles and activities, new research suggests. Using data from the American College Health Association s National College Health Assessment II, criminologists from Georgia State Uni ...
EurekAlert - Tue. Apr 12
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Infants’ Brain Activity Shows Signs of Social Thinking
An innovative collaboration between neuroscientists and developmental psychologists that investigated how infants 8217 brains process other people 8217 s action provides evidence directly linking neural responses from the motor system to overt social behavior in infants. The research is published in Psychological Science , a journal of the Association for Psychological Science . The study involved ...
Psychological Science - Tue. Apr 12
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