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241. 2007.12.21 -- Health Tip: Holiday Blues?
     December 21, 2007 Health Tip: Holiday Blues? Here are suggestions to help you beat the holiday blues, courtesy of the American Psychological Association:
242. 2007.10.22 -- Emotional State Doesn't Affect Cancer Survival
     SOURCES: James Coyne, Ph.D., department of psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia; Michael Fisch, M.D., associate professor, gastrointestinal medical oncology, the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Benjamin Movsas, M.D., chairman, radiation oncology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detriot; David Spiegel, M.D., Jack, Lulu and Sam Wilson Professor, School of Medicine, and associate chairman of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, Stanford University ...
243. 2007.10.02 -- Doctors' Groups Offer ADHD Guide for Parents
     SOURCES: Jane Ripperger-Suhler, M.D., assistant professor, psychiatry and behavioral science, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, and psychiatrist, Scott & White Mental Health Center, Temple, Texas; Oct. 2, 2007, teleconference with David Fassler, M.D., Burlington, Vt.; Adelaide Robb, M.D., child and adolescent psychiatrist, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C; Read Sulik, M.D., St. Cloud, Minn.; Thomas Anders, M.D., president, American Academy of Child and ...
244. 2007.09.11 -- 6 Years Later, 9/11 Health Questions Linger
     The study released by the center just before the five-year anniversary of 9/11 found that 69 percent of 9,442 responders examined reported "new or worsened respiratory symptoms." SOURCES: Jeanne Stellman, Ph.D., professor, preventive medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, New York City; Len Horovitz, M.D., pulmonary specialist, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City; Alison Geyh, Ph.D., assistant professor, department of environmental health sciences, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School ...
245. 2007.08.30 -- Health Highlights: Aug. 30, 2007
     Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: This is the first demonstration that glucose-sensing by neurons plays an important role in responding to rising blood glucose levels." Toys "R" Us stores across the United States sold the product from October 2006 to this month for about $20.
246. 2007.08.29 -- Health Highlights: Aug. 29, 2007
     Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: "We need to look further and figure out what is leading to shorter wait times for cosmetic patients." The bid to scare Britons into quitting coincides with a rise in the legal age to buy tobacco products from 16 to 18.
247. 2007.09.07 -- Theater Classes Help Docs' Bedside Manners
     But doctors need to realize that, and say 'OK, when I'm in front of a patient, I need to belong to that patient and be present with them, and then I can worry about that stuff later.'" SOURCES: Alan Dow, M.D., associate director, residency training, and assistant professor, internal medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Va.; Eric B. Larson, M.D., internist and executive director, Group Health Center for Health Studies, Seattle, and past president, Society of ...
248. 2007.07.30 -- Drinking Teens Eschewing Beer for Hard Liquor
     But they added, "The findings in this report might reflect an emerging trend in usual beverage consumed among underage drinkers that has been reported in other studies." "Monitoring the Future (MTF), a national survey of 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-grade students, found that among 12th-grade students, the prevalence of liquor consumption during the 30 days before the survey was higher in 2005 (36.4 percent) than in 1990 (30.8 percent)." SOURCES: James Garbutt, M.D., professor, psychiatry, ...
249. 2007.07.12 -- Brain May Be Able to Suppress Memories
     It could be that when you are meditating, you are using part of this specific mechanism to do that." "Then we'd try and pinpoint just what in the brain is going wrong." SOURCES: Brendan Depue, graduate student, department of psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder; Paul Sanberg, Ph.D., director, Center for Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa; July 13, 2007, Science id=606357
250. 2007.07.09 -- Prostate Cancer Gene Also Raises Colon Cancer Risk
     SOURCES: July 6, 2007, Nature Genetics news conference, with Malcolm Dunlop, M.D., researcher, Cancer Research UK, and head, Colon Cancer Genetics Group, University of Edinburgh, Scotland; Christopher Haiman, Sc.D., assistant professor, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; and Richard Houlston, M.D., Ph.D., professor, molecular and population genetics, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, U.K.; Durado Brooks, M.D., director, prostate and colorectal cancer,...
251. 2007.07.06 -- Health Highlights: July 6, 2007
     Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: Counterfeit Toothpaste Has More Bacteria Than First Thought The packaging has several typographical errors including a statement that the phoney product came from "SOUTH AFRLCA" and had been sanctioned by the "South African Dental Assoxiation."
252. 2007.07.05 -- Health Highlights: July 5, 2007
     Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: The products were sold at gift stores, dollar stores and discount stores nationwide from August 2005 through April 2007 for about $1. Here are the major obstacles that come into play, the wire service reports:
253. 2007.06.14 -- Elderly Sleep Woes Linked to Increased Suicide Risk
     Elderly Sleep Woes Linked to Increased Suicide Risk This relationship existed even after controlling for depression." SOURCES: Rebecca Bernert, clinical psychology doctoral student, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla.; Gregg Jacobs, M.D., insomnia specialist, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, Mass; June 14, 2007, presentation, SLEEP 2007, 21st annual meeting, Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS), Minneapolis id=605526
254. 2007.05.24 -- Actress Lainie Kazan Turns the Spotlight on DVTs
     "DVT affects up to 2 million people each year in the United States, and up to 300,000 people die from pulmonary embolisms -- that's more than breast cancer and AIDS combined." Or any kind of abdominal surgery, pelvic surgery," explained Dr. Massimo Napolitano, chief of vascular surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center, N.J. SOURCES: Lainie Kazan, actor and singer, Jacksonville, Fla.; Jody Rounds, ICU nurse, Cranford, N.J.; Massimo Napolitano, M.D., chief, vascular surgery, Hackensack ...
255. 2007.03.30 -- Emotions Play Major Role in Teen Condom Use
     March 30, 2007 Emotions Play Major Role in Teen Condom Use -- Robert Preidt SOURCE: Lifespan, news release, March 2007 id=603022
256. 2007.02.19 -- Major Gene Study Points to Causes of Autism
     Peterson, who was not involved in the project, said genes that effect early neural growth could be key to autistic disorders, since "the genetic and the non-genetic contributions to autism, by definition, have to exert their effect very early in brain development, either in utero or in the first months or couple of years of life." SOURCES: Stephen Scherer, M.D., director, Center for Applied Genomics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, and professor, medicine, the University of Toronto; ...
257. 2007.02.16 -- Kids' Sports Injuries on the Increase
     "Today I am amazed at how athletically inept these athletes are when taken out of their single sport comfort zone." SOURCES: Richard Schultz, assistant professor, surgery, Texas A&M Health Science Center, and chief of staff, Scott & White University Medical Campus at Round Rock; Malachy McHugh, Ph.D.. director, research, Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City; Feb. 16, 2007, presentation, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery annual ...
258. 2007.01.01 -- Resolve to Exercise Your Brain
     Resolve to Exercise Your Brain "We are encouraging people to take steps to improve brain health as part of their overall fitness regimen for the New Year." --Krisha McCoy SOURCE: Alliance for Aging Research, news release, December 2006 id=600476
259. 2008.05.05 -- Adopted Children at Slightly Higher Mental Health Risk
     "You have information that your adopted child might be at a slightly increased risk, so you can be aware of that and can you use the social services agencies with which you already familiar through the process of adopting." SOURCES: Margaret A. Keyes, Ph.D., research psychologist, Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; Adam Pertman, executive director, Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, Boston, and author Adoption Nation; May Archives of ...
260. 2008.05.02 -- Daily Aspirin May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk
     "We want to further examine the question to see if we can add some clarity, since studies have looked at NSAIDs but haven't broken them down by type of NSAID." SOURCES: Gretchen Gierach Ph.D., cancer prevention fellow, U.S. National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Md.; Eric J. Jacobs, Ph.D., Strategic Director, Pharmacoepidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta; Barbara Brenner, executive director, Breast Cancer Action, San Francisco; ...

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