Social stigma and feeling lifeless and/or alienated from one's peers are some of the reasons why children and adolescents stop taking prescription stimulant medications used to treat attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a new study published in the Journal for Specialists in...
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On 22 May, the World Health Assembly opened in the presence of hundreds of delegates; on the same day Dr LEE Jong-wook died suddenly.Dr Anders Nordström was appointed and served as Acting Director-General during the last six months, thus ensuring continuity in the Organization's work and the electi...
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The younger someone starts drinking alcoholic beverages, the more likely he or she is to reach for a drink to relieve stress when older, a large new study suggests.The steeper slope of "stress-reactive drinking among persons who started drinking at 14 or younger is of particular concern because thei...
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Gut parasites could hold the key to increasingly common conditions such as eczema, asthma and hay fever, according to scientists at The University of Nottingham.Gut parasites, such as hookworm, have evolved together with their human hosts for millions of years. Over time, these parasites have develo...
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"My father is exhausted caring for my mother with dementia. He refuses all help and I see him declining. I don't know what to do or where to find help."Visits over the holidays bring to the attention of adult children concerns about aging parents. More of us will be facing care giving needs as the o...
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There has been extensive discussion on the relationship between separation anxiety in children and subsequent onset of panic disorder in adulthood. The current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics for the first time tests the hypothesis by an epidemiological viewpoint. [click link for full arti...
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A US and Canadian research team surveying mercury contamination in fish and birds in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada has identified five "hotspots" where concentrations of the element exceed those established for human or wildlife health. The team focused on levels of the pote...
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Psychiatric researchers from The Zucker Hillside Hospital campus of The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have announced that they have launched a collaborative research project spearheaded by James Watson, PhD, the co-discoverer of the DNA double helix, and a team of researchers at Cold Spri...
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Researchers from the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology (LIAI) announced today the results of a first of its kind study analyzing all published data worldwide on influenza A virus antibody and T cell epitopes. Antibody and T cell epitopes are small sites on a virus that are the targets of...
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