Daily non-political popular news in brief.

Study links asthma and post-traumatic stress disorder

For the first time, a study has linked asthma with post-traumatic stress disorder among adults in the community. The study of male twins who were veterans of the Vietnam era suggests that the association between asthma and PTSD is not primarily explained by common genetic influences.

Read more »

Keywords: study, links, asthma, post-traumatic, stress, disorder, link, post, traumatic

« Previous | Next »

Similar news on "Study links asthma and post-traumatic stress disorder":

1. Asthma link to post-traumatic stress disorder, says Mailman School of Public Health study
   11-20-2007 · EurekAlert!
   For the first time, a study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, is linking asthma with post-traumatic stress disorder among adults. The study of male twins who were veterans of the Vietnam era suggests that the association between asthma and PTSD is not primarily explained by common genetic influences.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
2. Scientists find war vets' hand dexterity determines susceptibility to PTSD
   05-22-2007 · EurekAlert!
   With the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan continuing, an investigator with the Geisinger Center for Health Research in Danville, Pa., has found a clear link between post-traumatic stress disorder and veterans' handedness. In fact, veterans who use both of the hands more often are more likely to experience PTSD according to Dr. Joseph Boscarino's study, which is being published in the May issue of Psychosomatic Medicine. The study examined PTSD among 2,490 Vietnam veterans.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
3. High rates of PTSD and depression found among adults displaced by war in Uganda
   07-31-2007 · EurekAlert!
   A survey of adults displaced by war in northern Uganda found high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, and that these individuals were more likely to favor violent means to end the conflict compared to persons without these symptoms, according to a study in the Aug. 1 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on violence and human rights.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
4. Common PTSD drug is no more effective than placebo
   12-01-2006 · EurekAlert!
   Guanfacine, a medication commonly prescribed to alleviate symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, is no more effective than a placebo, according to a study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
5. Weill Cornell researchers use 'Virtual Iraq' simulation to study post-traumatic stress disorder
   05-14-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Weill Cornell Medical College researchers are using a virtual reality simulation called "Virtual Iraq" to better understand how symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develop.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
6. PTSD symptoms linked to more feelings of revenge in former African child soldiers
   07-31-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Former Ugandan and Congolese child soldiers who have more symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder are less likely to be open to reconciliation and more likely to have feelings of revenge, according to a study in the Aug. 1 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on violence and human rights.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
7. Adult offspring of parents with PTSD have lower cortisol levels
   09-03-2007 · EurekAlert!
   A small study suggests that adults whose parents are Holocaust survivors with post-traumatic stress disorder appear to have lower average levels of the stress hormone cortisol than the adult offspring of parents without PTSD, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
8. Extra cortisol protects women's mood under stress
   02-11-2007 · EurekAlert!
   German researchers have found additional evidence that the stress hormone cortisol can have positive effects in certain situations. Although chronic stress, which brings long-term elevations of cortisol in the bloodstream, can weaken the immune system and induce depression, this new study adds to mounting evidence that cortisol given near in time to a physical or psychological stress may lessen the stressor's emotional impact. Psychologists are especially interested in what this means for preventing and treating post-traumatic stress disorder.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
9. Stress: Brain yields clues about why some succumb while others prevail
   10-18-2007 · EurekAlert!
   The reason some people don't get post-traumatic stress disorder or depression from chronic stress, while others do, may lie in specific molecular differences in the brain. This study mapped them out in mice responding to stressful situations, in mechanisms also found in human brain. It turns out that the ability to withstand stress isn't just the absence of brain mechanisms that underlie the tendency to buckle under; a different, adaptive molecular engine gets fired up to drive resilience.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
10. Social support improves mental health after a traumatic health care intervention
    10-15-2006 · EurekAlert!
    Support from hospital staff and family is an important factor in preventing post-traumatic stress disorder after a major intensive-care intervention. A study published today in the open access journal Critical Care reveals that patients who were successfully treated for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are less likely to report symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) if they feel that they were supported during and after the intervention in the Intensive Care Unit.
    Similar news · Read more »