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Saliva clue to chronic bullying
05-15-2007 · EurekAlert!Hormones in children's saliva may be a biological indicator of the trauma kids undergo when they are chronically bullied by peers, according to researchers who say biological markers can aid in the early recognition and intervention of long-term psychological effects on youth.
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- Chronic pain harms the brain
02-05-2008 · EurekAlert!
People with unrelenting pain are often depressed, anxious and have difficulty making simple decisions. Northwestern University researchers have identified a clue that may explain how suffering long-term pain could trigger these other pain-related symptoms. Researchers found that in people with chronic pain, a front region of the cortex associated with emotion fails to deactivate when it should. It's stuck on full throttle, wearing out neurons and altering their connections.
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- Susceptibility to Crohn's disease -- an important new clue
04-20-2007 · EurekAlert!
Crohn's disease is a chronic relapsing inflammatory disorder of the intestinal tract that affects an estimated 0.15 percent of people in the developed world. In a genome-wide association study with more than 300,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms -- DNA sequence variations occurring when a single nucleotide in the genome differs between members of a species -- Cйcile Libioulle et al. identified a new susceptibility locus for Crohn's disease.
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- Nightmares, demons and slaves: Study explores painful metaphors of workplace bullying
10-27-2006 · EurekAlert!
Workplace bullying negatively impacts employees' physical and mental health, leading to higher company costs including increased employee illness, use of sick days and medical costs, ultimately affecting productivity. Studies report that 25 to 30 percent of employees experience bullying and emotional abuse sometime during their work life.
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- Gene variation affects pain sensitivity and risk of chronic pain
10-22-2006 · EurekAlert!
A new NIH-funded study shows that a specific gene variant in humans affects both sensitivity to short-term (acute) pain in healthy volunteers and the risk of developing chronic pain after one kind of back surgery. Blocking increased activity of this gene after nerve injury or inflammation in animals prevented development of chronic pain.
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- Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, Nov. 7, 2006
11-06-2006 · EurekAlert!
This Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet, Nov. 7, 2006, issue includes: Breast cancer patients with disabilities less likely to get breast-conserving surgery; When to stop screening for colorectal cancer? New study says no need to screen older people with three or more chronic diseases; and Review finds inhaled insulin is OK for certain patients but needs long-term study.
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- Prescribing information for kidney disease far too vague
12-06-2006 · EurekAlert!
Prescribing information for healthcare professionals treating patients with kidney disease is too vague, concludes the latest issue of Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB). Many of the 4-5 percent of the UK population with serious chronic kidney disease are elderly people, who are often taking several different drugs. Other risk factors for the disease include diabetes and high blood pressure.
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- New therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome to be tested at Stanford
01-08-2007 · EurekAlert!
A preliminary study suggests there may be hope in the offing for some sufferers of chronic fatigue syndrome with a new therapy being tested by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
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- Pilot study shows withdrawal drug offers symptom relief to Crohn's sufferers
02-02-2007 · EurekAlert!
A Penn State College of Medicine pilot study suggests a low dose of naltrexone, a drug used to ease symptoms of alcohol and drug addiction, may also bring relief to people with Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory disorder of the intestine that affects an estimated 500,000 Americans. The study results were released online this week in an early edition of the American Journal of Gastroenterology.
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- Penn researchers find that chronic dizziness may be caused by psychiatric and neurologic illnesses
02-20-2007 · EurekAlert!
According to a paper that appears in the February issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine found that chronic subjective dizziness (CSD) may have several common causes, including anxiety disorders, migraine, mild traumatic brain injuries, and neurally mediated dysautonomias -- disorders in the autonomic nervous system, which controls involuntary actions.
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- Is there a role for serial outpatient drug infusions in advanced heart failure?
03-25-2007 · EurekAlert!
For patients with severe chronic heart failure, known as stage D or chronic decompensated heart failure (CDHF), hospitalization is frequent and treatment options are limited. The FUSION II trial (Follow-Up Serial Infusions of Nesiritide in Advanced Heart Failure) tested the benefit of a novel drug infusion regimen of serial administration of nesiritide (NES) versus placebo in outpatients with advanced heart failure and a primary endpoint of all cause mortality and cardiorenal hospitalizations.
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