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Mental illness linked to increased risk of long-term opioid use
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 31 (ANI): A study has found that pre-existing depression or anxiety disorders and the use of psychoactive drugs can increase the risk leading to long-term use of opioid pain medications.
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Did you know! Smokers with mental illness wish to quit smoking
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 30 (ANI): Smoking cessation is beneficial to the mental health of psychiatric patients suffering from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or clinical depression, suggests a study.
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New world record in effectively treating social anxiety disorders
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 19 (ANI): A team of doctors at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have recently set a new world record in effectively treating social anxiety disorders.
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'Mentally unstable' Rahul Gandhi suffering from 'attention
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 14 (ANI): Calling Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi 'mentally unstable' over his remarks about having personal information about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's involvement in corruption, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday said the former w
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Now, a sleep disorder drug can help in weight loss
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 14 (ANI): Good news for obese people, who are struggling to control their desire for food to lose weight, as a team of scientists has found that a drug used to treat sleep disorder can reduce the impulse for food in overweight people.
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Personality traits, psychiatric disorders come from certain genes, study s
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Dec. 9 (ANI): A recent study conducted by Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS), has identified six loci or regions of the human genome that are significantly linked to personality traits.
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Women in proximity to voilent behaviour may experience stress disorder
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Dec. 9 (ANI): A recent study, examining the disadvantages of neighborhood violence, found that women, who experience it can witness post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and full diagnoses.
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Paediatric run for children to spread awareness on kidney disorders in chi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 7 (ANI-NewsVoir): NU Hospitals in the interest of the public, particularly the children, for the FIRST time in Karnataka organized a run to spread awareness on Kidney disorders in Children. The driving motto "Healthy Kidneys Healthy Children" attracted over 1
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"I suffer from PTSD": Lady Gaga talks struggling with her mental
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 6 (ANI): Lady Gaga recently opened up about her "mental illness" to a group of LGBT youth in Harlem, where she revealed that she has Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.
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Scientists discover essential blood-clotting factors in hemophilia B patie
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Dec. 4 (ANI): In a recent research presented at the 58th ASH Annual Meeting, scientists have reported the highest and most sustained levels of the essential blood-clotting factor in patients with the inherited bleeding disorder, hemophilia B.
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Online group therapy may prove as an effective treatment for eating disord
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Dec. 1 (ANI): According to a recent study, the researchers have found that online group therapy can be just as effective as face-to-face treatment of bulimia nervosa.
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Flu in pregnancy doesn't increase autism risk in child
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov.30 (ANI): There is no link between mothers having influenza during pregnancy and an increased risk of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in children.
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