Congresswoman Grace F. Napolitano (D-Norwalk) addressed a plenary session of the 12th Annual Conference of the National Hispanic Medical Association’s (NHMA) today. She spoke at a session titled "Recognition and Management of Depression and Co-Morbidities in the Hispanic Population." The session will be held from 11 am - 3 pm in Room HC-7 of the U.S. Capitol. It will be the first (more…)

With the war in Iraq in its sixth year and a new generation of veterans requiring care, Geisinger Health System will host a conference May 13 that brings together military and civilian experts to better understand and meet the unique challenges faced by rural soldiers and their families.
The goal of the conference, Combat Stress Injuries/Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Implications for Rural Veterans and (more…)

Small children who grow up in a family where the mother has psychological distress, the family is exposed to stress or is lacking social support, are at higher risk of developing anxious and depressive symptoms in early adolescence. Girls are more vulnerable than boys, and very timid or short-tempered children are more vulnerable than others to develop emotional problems. This is shown in a new doctorate study from the Norwegian Institute (more…)

Men’s Health News
A simple blood test screening for a panel of biomarkers can accurately predict whether a patient who has had prostate cancer surgery will have a recurrence or spread of the disease.
Calling their findings a major step forward in prostate cancer care, Texas researchers report in the June 15 issue of Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association (more…)

The House of Lords will on Thursday 8 May debate the Science and Technology Committee’s report on Allergy which was published in September last year.
The Government responded to the report in November and accepted many of the Committee’s recommendations. (more…)

Forest Laboratories, Inc.
(NYSE: FRX) announced that study results show Lexapro (escitalopram
oxalate) significantly improved symptoms of depression as compared to
placebo treatment and was well tolerated in adolescents, aged 12-17, with
major depressive disorder (MDD), according to phase III data presented at
the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American (more…)

Now that spring is officially upon us, it is that time of year when we all start to think about spritzing up our homes for the start of the new season but if you are one of the 5.2 million people in the UK who suffer from asthma, this is especially important.
Dust, dirt and allergens tend to collect over the winter months causing a potentially dangerous build up of asthma triggers in your home. 90% of people with asthma tell us that dust triggers their condition and in the (more…)

In honor of the 11th
annual Food Allergy Awareness Week, May 11-17, The Food Allergy &
Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) unveiled its new advocacy initiative "Five Steps
Forward for Food Allergy" at an educational briefing on Capitol Hill.
This initiative addresses the challenges of food (more…)

Men’s Health News
A new Cancer Research UK clinical trial has been launched to investigate the best treatment options for men who have had surgery for early stage prostate cancer.
The trial - named RADICALS - is partly funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and Cancer Research UK and aims to provide the definitive guide on when and how to use radiotherapy (more…)

St. Jude Medical, Inc. (Generic zithromax pills no prescription NYSE:STJ) announced pilot study results from the first multi-center study investigating deep brain stimulation (DBS) of Brodmann Area 25 for major depressive disorder.
Results of the study, which were presented at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) meeting in Washington, D.C., found that 6 months after the procedure, (more…)

Prehypertension during young adulthood is common and is associated with subsequent coronary atherosclerosis, according to a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, analyzed blood pressure measurements of 3,560 adults aged 18 to (more…)

AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) announced new study data on SEROQUEL XR™ (quetiapine fumarate) Extended-Release Tablets (quetiapine XR) for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in adult patients. The results from the studies were presented today at the 161st Annual Meeting (more…)

For many women, the lovely images of life with a new baby don’t jive with their reality. Instead of feeling happy, they feel overwhelmed.
Buy propecia pills University of New Hampshire researcher Kathleen Kendall-Tackett says there (more…)

Violence is common between partners, friends, and acquaintances both
before and during college, according to a study released on
July 7, 2008 in the Archives of Pediatrics
& Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives
journals.
Several life chances occur in the transition from living at home to the
college environment, including a significant decrease in parental
monitoring, a modified social support system, relative isolation.
Combined with a strong desire for peer (more…)

The post-university years can start out tough. The good news: it gets better.
generic cipro online buy A new University of Alberta study of almost 600 of its graduates (ages 20-29 years old) tracked mental health symptoms in participants for seven years post-graduation and looked at how key (more…)

Americans spent $11 billion on doctors’ bills, prescription drugs, and other medical care to relieve allergy symptoms such as itchy or watery eyes, stuffy noses, wheezing, coughing, and headaches in 2005, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The cost is (more…)

Men’s Health News
Obese men should consider losing weight if they want to have children, a scientist told the 24th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology today (Wednesday 9 July).
Dr. A Ghiyath Shayeb, from the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK, said that his research had shown that men with a higher body mass index (BMI) had lower (more…)

A cold slice of watermelon has long been a Fourth of July holiday staple. But according to recent studies, the juicy fruit may be better suited for Valentine’s Day.
That’s because scientists say watermelon has ingredients that deliver Viagra-like effects to the body’s blood vessels and may even increase libido.
"The more we study watermelons, the more we realize just how amazing a fruit it is in providing (more…)

The American Physiological Society (APS; ) has announced that it has awarded its 2008 Minority Outreach Fellowships to TanYa Gwathmey and Kesia Mathis. This is the third year of the award program.
Dr. Gwathmey, an African-American, is a postdoctoral fellow in the Hypertension and Vascular (more…)

generic viagra online buy At the 23rd Annual European Association of Urology (EAU) Congress, results were presented which added evidence that Levitra® (vardenafil HCI) works very well in men with dyslipidemia.(1) The double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in about (more…)

Maxi-K gene therapy may be a safe and effective future option for men whose erectile dysfunction (ED) is not treatable with oral therapy. Two studies presented at the 103rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA) may give hope to these individuals. Researchers present their findings to reporters in a special (more…)

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A study into teenagers with food allergies will investigate what life is like for them in an attempt to improve their quality of life and curb the number of allergy-related deaths.
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The helpless behavior that is commonly linked to depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is preceded by stress-related losses of synapses-microscopic connections between brain cells-in the brain’s hippocampal region, researchers at Yale School of (more…)

A study published in the latest issue of Hypertension demonstrates that the leading angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) Diovan® (valsartan) in combination with the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide (HCT) improves artery elasticity (i.e. reduces stiffness), a sign of artery ageing, in patients with type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure (more…)