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Depression treatment may be lacking for patients of EHR user...

Physicians using electronic health records were about half as likely as physicians using paper-based records to provide appropriate depression treatment to patients with three or more chronic conditions. University of Florida researche [...]

Posted On : Sep, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Depression Interventions Help Cancer Patients

Although screening for depression among cancer patients seems to be a no-brainer, research results have been equivocal on the benefit of interventions. Now, a new study finds that interventions, especially cognitive-behavioral therapy and [...]

Posted On : Jul, 25 2012 | Comments : 0

Anxiety, Depression Affect One-Third of Arthritis Patients

One-third of Americans ages 45 and over who have arthritis also suffer from anxiety or depression, according to a new study conducted by researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The findings also showed tha [...]

Posted On : May, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

Asthma Patients More Likely to Witness Depression

Vicious circle of depression, for asthma patients due to unhealthy living, has been found by an Israeli study. Inability to control poor habits not only welcomes depression but also helps in worsening it along with causing asthma. It w [...]

Posted On : Oct, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Collaborative Care Program Lowers Depression in Heart Diseas...

Participants in the first hospital-initiated, low-intensity collaborative care program to treat depression in heart patients showed significant improvements in their depression, anxiety and emotional quality of life after 6 and 12 weeks, [...]

Posted On : Mar, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Collaborative care 'lowers depression in heart patients'

Collaborative care can significantly lower levels of depression in heart disease patients, new research has shown. A study in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes investigated the effect of using non-physician care manag [...]

Posted On : Mar, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Worsening Depression Raises Death Risk in Heart Failure Pati...

Worsening depression in patients with heart failure more than doubles their risk of hospitalization or death, according to a team of researchers from Duke University. Depression is common among patients with heart failure and has a [...]

Posted On : Jan, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Depression Risk for Partners of Breast Cancer Patients

Women with breast cancer have an increased risk for depression, and now new research finds the same thing to be true for the men in their lives. The study followed more than a million men enrolled in a nationwide Danish health registry f [...]

Posted On : Sep, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

Alcohol May Help Protect Trauma Patients

Trauma patients who were drunk before they were injured were more likely to survive than sober trauma patients, U.S. researchers have found. Another recent study had a similar finding. The latest study of 7,985 trauma patients found that 7 [...]

Posted On : Oct, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

Patients with unusual illness mark first Rare Disease Day

All her life, Marina Binichis had odd symptoms that no doctor could explain - hives when she got cold, unexplained fevers and chills."I knew my whole life that something was wrong, but no one was ever able to tell me what it was," [...]

Posted On : Feb, 28 2009 | Comments : 0

Exercise Stops Brain Shrinking in Alzheimer's Patients

It is believed that a healthy mind lives in a fit body, and to keep the body fit experts say one should exercise every other day or 3 times a week. Concreting this belief further, two new studies have linked the fit body with less brain dam [...]

Posted On : Jul, 28 2008 | Comments : 0

PTSD In Cancer Patients Kids

Children whose parents have cancer often suffer post-trauma [...]

Posted On : Oct, 04 2007 | Comments : 0

Osteoporosis drug helps patients with hip repaired

Elder patients who had a broken hip repair and received an infusion of Reclast (Zoledronic acid), an osteoporosis drug, just once a year were at a much lower risk of death from all causes and new clinical fractures compare [...]