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A sigh of relief: new discovery could aid breathing problems We all do it - that long, deep breath known as a sigh in order to express our sadness, relief or exhaustion. But you might be surprised to learn that sighing is actually crucial to lung function, and scientists have now pinpointed the brain cells that are responsible for it. Medical News Today - Thu. Feb 18
Grief in Later Life Case Conference hosted by Jeffrey Deitz MD Hello everyone. I am so pleased to be hosting Case Conference blog for Psychology Today. Case Conference will present real stories of real-life dilemmas details changed to preserve confidentiality, of course that everyone can to relate to. You ll see psychiatric care unfolding and are encouraged to comment on the issues and suggest solutions. I ll be shar ... Psychology Today - Thu. Feb 18
Exploring Our Endless Obsession With the End Explore the shelves of any typical bookstore today and one finds many books that touch upon humanity s demise in one way or another. The fall of civilization, economic failure, pandemics, environmental collapse, nuclear war, and human extinction are all hot topics. Even Young Adult sections are well stocked with novels about teenagers struggling against various versions of the end. I recently foun ... Psychology Today - Thu. Feb 18
Study: Getting Patients Out of Bed Soon After Stroke Is Good Medicine It may be good for hospitalized stroke patients to be taken out of bed for frequent but short periods of movement, researchers report. The study authors from Australia looked at more than 2,100 patients in a hospital stroke unit and found that getting them out of bed and moving around soon after their stroke benefited them. The more often this was done, the better their physical recovery and their ... Healthday - Thu. Feb 18
Smoking's Grip Adds to Misery of the Homeless Smoking is common among the homeless, and it s costing them a large share of what little money they have, a new study finds. The research, surveying over 300 homeless adults who smoked, found that on average, they spent 44 on tobacco in the past week. Meanwhile, their average income for the month was around 500, and one-third or more said they had difficulty finding shelter, food, clothing or a pl ... Healthday - Thu. Feb 18
Spiders' Size Exagerrated in Minds of Those Who Fear Them If you re frightened of spiders, in your mind s eye they may seem much bigger than they really are, a new Israeli study finds. The research included female university students. They were divided into two groups, depending on whether they were afraid or unafraid of spiders. Each of the women was then shown pictures of spiders, birds and butterflies. Unsurprisingly, both groups said the spider pictu ... Healthday - Thu. Feb 18
How Business Leaders Can Help Foster Mental Health In The Workplace The United Kingdom is taking a proactive approach to promoting mental health in the workplace. Prime Minister David Cameron met with British business leaders earlier this week to discuss how to better foster a work culture that encourages people to take care of their mental well-being. Huffington Post - Thu. Feb 18
National hospital hand-washing campaign effective but expensive Many hospital patients were protected from a dangerous bug and at least 96 years of life will be saved each year, said Professor Nicholas Graves from QUT s Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation IHBI . Professor Graves conducted an NHMRC-funded evaluation of the National Hand Hygiene Initiative in 50 Australian hospitals across all states and territories from 2009 to 2012, published this we ... EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 18
Young people with mental problems should receive help in their own environment Young people with mental problems - especially those with psychotic-like symptoms - should receive help as early as possible and in their own environment. This was the conclusion of a joint study of the University of Helsinki, the Helsinki University Hospital Department of Psychiatry and the National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland. The purpose of the study was to determine the effective ... EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 18
Caltech biologists identify gene that helps regulate sleep Caltech biologists have performed the first large-scale screening in a vertebrate animal for genes that regulate sleep, and have identified a gene that when overactivated causes severe insomnia. Expression of the gene, neuromedin U Nmu , also seems to serve as nature s stimulant--fish lacking the gene take longer to wake up in the morning and are less active during the day. The findings improve ou ... EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 18
Smokers with depression try to quit more often but find it harder People diagnosed with depression are about twice as likely to smoke as the general population. A survey of 6811 participants from Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the USA, published today in the scientific journal Addiction , found that although depressed smokers tried to quit smoking more often than other smokers, they were more likely to return to smoking within a month. This tendency ... EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 18
Georgia State: Health provider awareness can curb prescription drug abuse Increasing health care providers level of concern about prescription drug abuse in their communities may be an effective public health tool in fighting America s prescription drug abuse epidemic, according to a study by researchers from the School of Public Health and the Department of Sociology at Georgia State University. The researchers found concern about prescription drug abuse may affect pro ... EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 18

A sigh of relief: new discovery could aid breathing problems

We all do it - that long, deep breath known as a sigh in order to express our sadness, relief or exhaustion. But you might be surprised to learn that sighing is actually crucial to lung function, and scientists have now pinpointed the brain cells that are responsible for it.

Medical News Today - Thu. Feb 18

Grief in Later Life

Case Conference hosted by Jeffrey Deitz MD Hello everyone. I am so pleased to be hosting Case Conference blog for Psychology Today. Case Conference will present real stories of real-life dilemmas details changed to preserve confidentiality, of course that everyone can to relate to. You ll see psychiatric care unfolding and are encouraged to comment on the issues and suggest solutions. I ll be shar ...

Psychology Today - Thu. Feb 18

Exploring Our Endless Obsession With the End

Explore the shelves of any typical bookstore today and one finds many books that touch upon humanity s demise in one way or another. The fall of civilization, economic failure, pandemics, environmental collapse, nuclear war, and human extinction are all hot topics. Even Young Adult sections are well stocked with novels about teenagers struggling against various versions of the end. I recently foun ...

Psychology Today - Thu. Feb 18

Study: Getting Patients Out of Bed Soon After Stroke Is Good Medicine

It may be good for hospitalized stroke patients to be taken out of bed for frequent but short periods of movement, researchers report. The study authors from Australia looked at more than 2,100 patients in a hospital stroke unit and found that getting them out of bed and moving around soon after their stroke benefited them. The more often this was done, the better their physical recovery and their ...

Healthday - Thu. Feb 18

Smoking's Grip Adds to Misery of the Homeless

Smoking is common among the homeless, and it s costing them a large share of what little money they have, a new study finds. The research, surveying over 300 homeless adults who smoked, found that on average, they spent 44 on tobacco in the past week. Meanwhile, their average income for the month was around 500, and one-third or more said they had difficulty finding shelter, food, clothing or a pl ...

Healthday - Thu. Feb 18

Spiders' Size Exagerrated in Minds of Those Who Fear Them

If you re frightened of spiders, in your mind s eye they may seem much bigger than they really are, a new Israeli study finds. The research included female university students. They were divided into two groups, depending on whether they were afraid or unafraid of spiders. Each of the women was then shown pictures of spiders, birds and butterflies. Unsurprisingly, both groups said the spider pictu ...

Healthday - Thu. Feb 18

How Business Leaders Can Help Foster Mental Health In The Workplace

The United Kingdom is taking a proactive approach to promoting mental health in the workplace. Prime Minister David Cameron met with British business leaders earlier this week to discuss how to better foster a work culture that encourages people to take care of their mental well-being.

Huffington Post - Thu. Feb 18

National hospital hand-washing campaign effective but expensive

Many hospital patients were protected from a dangerous bug and at least 96 years of life will be saved each year, said Professor Nicholas Graves from QUT s Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation IHBI . Professor Graves conducted an NHMRC-funded evaluation of the National Hand Hygiene Initiative in 50 Australian hospitals across all states and territories from 2009 to 2012, published this we ...

EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 18

Young people with mental problems should receive help in their own environment

Young people with mental problems - especially those with psychotic-like symptoms - should receive help as early as possible and in their own environment. This was the conclusion of a joint study of the University of Helsinki, the Helsinki University Hospital Department of Psychiatry and the National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland. The purpose of the study was to determine the effective ...

EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 18

Caltech biologists identify gene that helps regulate sleep

Caltech biologists have performed the first large-scale screening in a vertebrate animal for genes that regulate sleep, and have identified a gene that when overactivated causes severe insomnia. Expression of the gene, neuromedin U Nmu , also seems to serve as nature s stimulant--fish lacking the gene take longer to wake up in the morning and are less active during the day. The findings improve ou ...

EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 18

Smokers with depression try to quit more often but find it harder

People diagnosed with depression are about twice as likely to smoke as the general population. A survey of 6811 participants from Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the USA, published today in the scientific journal Addiction , found that although depressed smokers tried to quit smoking more often than other smokers, they were more likely to return to smoking within a month. This tendency ...

EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 18

Georgia State: Health provider awareness can curb prescription drug abuse

Increasing health care providers level of concern about prescription drug abuse in their communities may be an effective public health tool in fighting America s prescription drug abuse epidemic, according to a study by researchers from the School of Public Health and the Department of Sociology at Georgia State University. The researchers found concern about prescription drug abuse may affect pro ...

EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 18