Health :: Health issues that can impact sexual satisfaction
Most (64 percent of Americans, according to one recent study) are satisfied with their sex lives.
Depression
NHS :: Ways to improve patient care under NHS
A leading expert on GP services published a major report emphasising that the best way to improve patient care, increase efficiency and improve value for money is to adopt Government reforms moving more care closer to patients’ homes into GPs’ surgeries, health centres and community hospitals.
Katrina :: Study shows Coast still in need of Katrina help
Adults have experienced increased rates of chronic diseases such as hypertension since Hurricane Katrina, and children in the area have experienced increased rates of mental health problems.
Psoriasis :: Abbott data shows drug clears psoriasis
Abbott Laboratories said that three out of four patients suffering from psoriasis showed significant improvement when given the anti-inflammation treatment Humira in a late-stage clinical trial.
Insomnia :: Insomnia drug prompts strange behaviour
Australian doctors have been warned about a popular insomnia drug after reports of strange sleepwalking episodes such as binge-eating or driving.
Sad :: Beat the winter blues – SAD
Winter is the darkest time of year and doctors know a lack of light can affect your mood.
Depression :: Depressed people eat less healthy comfort foods
People feeling sad tend to eat more of less-healthy comfort foods than when they feel happy, finds a new study co-authored by a Cornell food marketing expert.
Depression :: Genes may predispose some people to severe depression
Now, a specific region rife with promise has been located on one chromosome by a consortium of researchers working under Douglas Levinson, MD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Bipolar Disorder :: Extreme irritability – childhood bipolar disorder
Measurements of brainwaves in kids with extreme irritability suggest that different brain mechanisms are at play, depending on the disorders the kids have. This finding brings us a step closer to the day when clinicians can use biological measurements — rather than depending only on behavioral symptoms or self-reports — to diagnose psychiatric disorders.
Erectile Dysfunction :: Erectile dysfunction influenced by race and ethnicity
According to a new study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, erectile dysfunction is highly prevalent across white, black and Hispanic populations in the United States. For the first time in an adequately-sized, nationally representative probability sample, the effect of health and lifestyle variables on the odds of having ED were determined in order to estimate prevalence by race and ethnicity.