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| CBT Helps Depressive Symptoms For Patients In Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Programs CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) appears to help patients in drug and alcohol abuse treatment programs with symptoms of depression, researchers from the RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California reported in Archives of General Psychiatry today. | 06 June 2011 |
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| Weight Loss After Gastric Bypass Surgery Reduces Expression Of Alzheimer's Genes Obesity is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, but weight loss due to bariatric surgery may reduce the risk of this common dementia, a new study suggests. The results will be presented Sunday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. | 06 June 2011 |
| Mild cognitive impairment may be linked to functional impairment among older patients The majority of older individuals with mild cognitive impairment also have problems with at least one type of function, researchers from the New York State Psychiatric Institute reported in Archives of General Psychiatry. | 06 June 2011 |
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| Joint Replacement Surgery Riskier At Hospitals With Low Surgical Volume Patients who undergo elective total hip or total knee arthroplasty at hospitals with lower surgical volume had a higher risk of venous thromboembolism and mortality following the procedure. The complications following joint replacement surgery at low-volume sites may be reduced by modifying systems and procedures used before and after surgery according to the findings published today in Arthritis & Rheumatism, a peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR). | 06 June 2011 |
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| As People Age Their Moral Responses Change Moral responses change as people age says a new study from the University of Chicago.Both preschool children and adults distinguish between damage done either intentionally or accidently when assessing whether a perpetrator has done something wrong, said study author Jean Decety. | 06 June 2011 |
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| Women's Risk Of Heart Disease After Gestational Diabetes Differs By Race New research finds that gestational diabetes, or pregnancy-related diabetes, may not raise the risk of heart disease independent of other cardiovascular risk factors except in certain high-risk populations, such as Hispanics. | 06 June 2011 |
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| Huge Global Burden Of Neuropsychiatric Disorders among 10 To 24 Year-Olds Unipolar depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and alcohol use are among the neuropsychiatric disorders that represent 45% of the disease burden among teenagers and young adults worldwide. | 06 June 2011 |
| CBT Helps Depressive Symptoms For Patients In Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Programs CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) appears to help patients in drug and alcohol abuse treatment programs with symptoms of depression, researchers from the RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California reported in Archives of General Psychiatry today. | 06 June 2011 |
| Brain Gray Matter Volume Different In Males With Violent Behavior History Brain scans have revealed that males with a history of violent behavior have more gray matter in certain parts of the brain, while those with a substance abuse disorder have less, researchers from the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, revealed in Archives of General Psychiatry. | 06 June 2011 |
| Pharmacy / Pharmacist News | |
| Early Results Of Development Program In Nano-Formulated NSAIDs Show Potential For Faster Pain Relief At Lower Doses A novel, lower-dose formulation of indomethacin, a widely used pain reliever, is absorbed faster by the body than a standard formulation and maintains comparable maximum concentrations in the blood despite being administered at a lower dose, according to a study to be reported here tomorrow at the annual meeting of the American Headache Society (AHS). | 06 June 2011 |
| Seniors / Aging News | |
| Elderly May Be More Likely To Die If They Have Subclinical Hyperthyroidism A common hormone abnormality in older adults-a mild form of overactive thyroid called subclinical hyperthyroidism-is linked to a much higher risk of dying, a new study finds. The results will be presented Sunday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. | 06 June 2011 |
| Muscle Development: A Dance Of Cellular Skeletons Revealing another part of the story of muscle development, Johns Hopkins researchers have shown how the cytoskeleton from one muscle cell builds finger-like projections that invade into another muscle cell's territory, eventually forcing the cells to combine. | 06 June 2011 |
| Mild cognitive impairment may be linked to functional impairment among older patients The majority of older individuals with mild cognitive impairment also have problems with at least one type of function, researchers from the New York State Psychiatric Institute reported in Archives of General Psychiatry. | 06 June 2011 |
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