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Appearance concerns related to depression in patients with rheumatic disease
02-28-2007 · EurekAlert!A new study examined the relationship between physical appearance concerns and psychological distress (depression and anxiety) in patients with RA and lupus.
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01-18-2008 · EurekAlert!
Matters of the mind can affect matters of the heart. A new study by McGill University and University of Montreal researchers has found that major anxiety and/or depression, can double a coronary artery disease patient's chances of repeated heart ailments. This is one of the first studies to focus on patients with stable coronary artery disease -- not those who were hospitalized for events such as a heart attack.
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- New guidelines reinforce pulmonary rehab need for patients with COPD
05-07-2007 · EurekAlert!
New evidence-based guidelines from the American College of Chest Physicians and the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation recommend a comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation program for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, citing that pulmonary rehabilitation can help improve a patient's exercise tolerance, dyspnea and health-related quality of life, as well as decrease hospital stay and health-care utilization.
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- Depression detection tool to transform treatment of cancer
01-25-2007 · EurekAlert!
A tool to detect depression in cancer patients launched by the University of Liverpool will vastly improve patients' ability to come to terms with their disease.
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- Depression in moms with breast cancer may exacerbate related anxieties in their children
03-05-2007 · EurekAlert!
Mothers who experience bouts of depression during their battles with breast cancer may find that the effects reach beyond their own psyches to those of their children. University of Pittsburgh researchers reported this weekend at the American Psychosocial Oncology Society’s Fourth Annual Conference that the children of depressed breast cancer patients were more likely to be concerned or anxious about their mother’s cancer and what it means for their families.
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- Depression often untreated in Parkinson's disease patients
07-09-2007 · EurekAlert!
While depression appears to be common in early Parkinson's disease (PD), it is often not treated or diagnosed, according to newly released research. A contingent of researchers from across North America found that just over 27 percent of PD subjects screened positive for depression, while 40 percent of subjects' depression went untreated. This study, is the first to systematically examine the impact of depressive symptoms in early, untreated PD.
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- Controlling stress helps fight chronic diseases such as lupus
08-02-2007 · EurekAlert!
Lupus is an autoimmune disease affecting more than 5 million people around the world. It particularly affects women of fertile age. A study conducted at the University of Granada shows that reducing stress in people also decreases some symptoms of this disease. Patients who received psychological therapy significantly reduced their levels of stress, anxiety and depression, achieving even lower levels than those of the general population.
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- New sepsis model may help shape patient care
06-13-2007 · EurekAlert!
A new mathematical model of sepsis can help predict deaths, discharges and disease progression in hospital patients with this serious bacterial blood infection. It's hoped the model, described in the online open access journal Critical Care, will help clinicians assess which interventions are likely to be best for their patients.
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- Developmental and behavioral problems can plague children with asthma
04-12-2007 · EurekAlert!
Much of the research surrounding childhood asthma has sought new approaches to managing the disease. However, little was done to address other conditions that often appear along with asthma including depression and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Research completed at the University of Virginia Children's Hospital asserts that until these extra conditions or "co-morbidities" are addressed, asthma education programs will not be able to help young patients to the fullest.
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- Pancreatic cancer vaccine halts progression of disease in some patients
04-17-2007 · EurekAlert!
A dendritic cell-based therapeutic vaccine for pancreatic cancer developed by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has successfully stalled the disease from progressing in a handful of patients three years post-vaccination. The results, part of a press briefing on cancer vaccines held at the annual meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research, provide promising evidence that the vaccine can trigger a patient's own immune system to rally against pancreatic cancer.
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11-01-2007 · EurekAlert!
Even though effective drug cocktails have improved the outlook for many patients with HIV, disease progression, including the time from AIDS onset to death, varies widely from patient to patient. Now, a study led by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine provides new evidence that psychological factors play a role in disease progression.
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