How One Drug Could Affect Pain, Memory and Nicotine Addiction supriya kashyap kashyap8 May 2017 10:25 AM ISTAlthough pain, memory and nicotine addiction may not seem to be related, they actually share a common player: the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors....
Pregnant woman twice as likely to be a victim of an assault-related trauma , Penn study finds supriya kashyap kashyap8 May 2017 9:42 AM ISTSan Diego : Studies have found that one in six pregnant women have been abused by a partner beaten, stabbed, shot, or even murdered. New research...
Chemotherapy drug may increase vulnerability to depression supriya kashyap kashyap29 April 2017 2:26 PM ISTA chemotherapy drug used to treat brain cancer may increase vulnerability to depression by stopping new brain cells from growing, according to a new...
A pilot study of deep brain stimulation in treatment-resistant schizophrenia supriya kashyap kashyap27 April 2017 5:01 PM ISTDeep brain stimulation (DBS) has proven its effectiveness in different types of psychiatric disorders, neuropathic pain and neurodegenerative...
New Vedic Phystrology Therapy introduced in India for chronic ailments supriya kashyap kashyap17 April 2017 12:27 PM ISTNew Delhi : Chronic disease accounts for 60 percent of deaths in India.According to a recent report by Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI),...
Depression Screening: 9 Questions All Doctors must ask their patients Meghna Singhania6 April 2017 5:12 PM ISTIn the recent times, depression has emerged as the 4th largest cause of mortality in the world, only after CAD, hypertension, Diabetes. According to...
Diabetic women who sleep late have higher risk of depression: Study supriya kashyap kashyap3 April 2017 2:14 PM ISTDiabetic patients, especially women, who work at night, may have more symptoms of depression than those who sleep and wake-up early, regardless of the...
Over 300 million people suffer from depression: WHO supriya kashyap kashyap3 April 2017 1:01 PM ISTGeneva : Depression is the leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide. According to the latest estimates from WHO, more than 300 million...
New approach to diagnosing mental disorders supriya kashyap kashyap31 March 2017 12:31 PM ISTWashington : A consortium of psychiatrists and psychologists has proposed a new approach to diagnosing mental disorders.The approach is a...
Internists issue recommendations for preventing and treating substance use disorders supriya kashyap kashyap29 March 2017 12:45 PM ISTThe American College of Physicians (ACP) released a paper with a comprehensive set of public policy recommendations for the prevention and treatment...
Mouse study identifies new method for treating depression supriya kashyap kashyap24 March 2017 10:27 AM ISTStandard antidepressant medications don't work for everyone, and even when they do they are slow to kick in. In an effort to find better depression...
Deep brain stimulation as potential anorexia therapy: Lancet Psychiatry supriya kashyap kashyap27 Feb 2017 11:43 AM ISTLondon : A small study in 16 people with severe anorexia has found that implanting stimulation electrodes into the brains of patients could ease their...
