Increases in blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk occurring in women after menopause do not result from menopause itself, according to two new studies reported in the October Journal of Hypertension. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, (more…)

The herbal medicine St. John’s wort appears to work just as well as some prescribed antidepressants for treating patients with major depression, a new review finds. However, patients in German-speaking countries might experience the best benefits.
While there is public interest in the United States about whether St. John’s wort adequately treats depression, in some countries, like Germany, doctors commonly prescribe it for mild symptoms. (more…)

New research provides support for the use of St. John’s wort extracts in treating major depression. A Cochrane Systematic Review backs up previous research that showed the plant extract is effective in treating mild to moderate depressive disorders.
"Overall, we found that the St. John’s wort extracts tested in the trials were superior to placebos and as effective as standard antidepressants, (more…)

For the first time, researchers have established a clear link between family rejection of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adolescents and negative health outcomes in early adulthood. The findings will be published in the January issue of Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, in a peer-reviewed article entitled "Family Rejection as a Predictor of Negative Health Outcomes in White and Latino (more…)

A geneticist at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston plans to scan the genomes of about 4,000 people in the hopes of finding out why blood pressure often increases as young adults age.
The two-year study by principal investigator Myriam Fornage, Ph.D., is funded with a new $1.1 million grant from the Genes, Environment and Health (more…)

Cytokinetics, Incorporated (NASDAQ: CYTK) announced today that a Late
Breaking oral presentation and a poster presentation, each relating
to one of two clinical trials for CK-1827452, were presented at the
2008 Annual Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) Conference, which
is being held September 21-24, 2008 at the Metro Toronto Convention
Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. These trials, conducted in
stable heart (more…)

Teenagers who are overweight or obese are more likely to have considered suicide than those who are a normal weight, according to new research presented at a meeting of the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Child and Adolescent Faculty.
Researchers from the University of Liverpool measured (more…)

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has released the responses of presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama to a detailed questionnaire about mental health care–along with highlights (more…)

Blood pressure in low-birth-weight children younger than 3 years of age not only can be measured but should be, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.
The findings appear in the September issue of Pediatrics.
Blood pressure has not been screened routinely in children with very low birth weights because the measurements were viewed as not feasible or unreliable in infants and toddlers; however, evidence has (more…)

Two new partnerships between NHS organisations and leading
universities will receive a total of ??18 million to conduct research
and improve care in major conditions including depression, dementia,
stroke, and childhood obesity, the Department of Health announced
recently.
The new NIHR (National Institute for Health Research) Collaborations
for Health Research and Care in Nottinghamshire (more…)

Western Pennsylvania has the highest rate of blacks with end-stage renal disease, or kidney failure, according to the most recent report from the U.S. Renal Data System, and as a result health care workers are targeting the group with prevention and early detection messages, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports. (more…)

Patients with chronic smoker’s bronchitis often suffer from increased
pressure in the blood vessels supplying the lung (pulmonary
hypertension). The (more…)

Researchers in Canada working on an international study, discovered that the angiotensin-receptor blocker (ARB) telmisartan, a newer type of
drug for lowering blood pressure, showed a modest reduction in cardiovascular deaths, strokes and heart attacks in patients with heart problems and
diabetes who can’t tolerate the standard and more widely used angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors.
The (more…)

GPs prescribe lower volumes of antidepressants in areas with more Black or South Asian people, suggesting possible disparities in the provision of care.
The study, published in the September issue of the British (more…)

Alzheimer’s Society comment on new research presented at the International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease (ICAD).
High blood pressure doubles the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and increases the risk of stroke. This study highlights that it is becoming increasingly important to investigate anti-hypertension (more…)

New York City blacks have the highest rate of high blood pressure of any racial or ethnic group in the city, according to a report released on Wednesday by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Staten Island Advance reports.
Buy (more…)

A generic beta-blocker normally used to control blood pressure could one day be used to treat anxiety and phobia by erasing bad memories,
according to a new Dutch study.
The research was the work of Dr Merel Kindt, a professor in the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences - Clinical Psychology at the University of
Amsterdam and other colleagues from the university (more…)

CNSystems Medizintechnik AG, a medical device company marketing CNAP™, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the 510(k) notification for CNSystem’s CNAP™ Monitor 500, permitting the sale of this product in the United States.
The CNAP™ Monitor 500 measures non-invasive and continuous blood pressure in real-time and can predict responsiveness to fluid administration. (more…)

Social environment may play a greater role in the disparity between the numbers of African Americans living with hypertension compared to non-Hispanic whites with the disease. A study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that the disparity was substantially (more…)

Men’s Health News
Young men with type 2 diabetes have significantly low levels of testosterone, endocrinologists at the University at Buffalo have found — a condition that could have a critical effect on their quality of life and on their ability to father children.
This study follows research published (more…)

Lack of awareness of pulmonary hypertension is one of the reasons why it takes on average up to two years for a correct diagnosis of this rare lung disease. This year’s week-long campaign included a series of national fundraising and press events, organised by the national charity, Pulmonary Hypertension Association UK (www.phassociation.uk.com), and will culminate in the patient annual conference (more…)

According to a recent study from the University and the University Central Hospital of Helsinki, Finland, no allergy-preventive effect is extended to age 5 years by perinatal supplementation with probiotics in babies at risk for developing allergies; protection is conferred only to Cesarean section babies
Childhood allergies have increased significantly in industrialized countries during the past few decades. Researchers theorize that this (more…)

An article published in the Journal of the Canadian Dental Association claims that many dentists are at risk of suffering from a chronic mood disorder known as dysthymia. It’s a condition the Universit?© de Montr?©al Department of Dentistry is fighting - preventively.
Dysthymia is characterized by loss of appetite, low levels of (more…)

Generic clomid pills no prescription Do mothers purposely expose their offspring to their own stress? If so, why?
The question arises because it is widely accepted that exposure to maternal stress during pre-natal development can have negative impacts on offspring following birth. To examine why a stressed mother would allow this to happen, (more…)

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave the green light earlier this month for a new non-invasive treatment for depression that relies on a
magnetic device to stimulate the brain by sending magnetic pulses through the skull.
Intended for patients whose depression is not responding to anti-depressants, the new therapy, called transcranial magnetic stimulation (more…)