Journal of Psychiatric Practice Provides Guidance for Clinicians on Prescribing Exercise for Depressed Patients Exercise has been shown to be an effective treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD), both when used alone and in combination with other treatments.

New psychology research, which could have important public health implications for alleviating some side effects of antidepressants, shows that engaging in exercise at the right time significantly improves sexual functioning in women who are taking the antidepressants.The study, published online in Depression and Anxiety, shows…

Older men whose testosterone levels were neither low nor high tended to live longer, according to new research accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Testosterone is a key male sex hormone involved in maintaining sex drive, sperm production…

New research suggests that estrogen protects women with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) from severe liver fibrosis. According to the study published online in Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, men are at higher risk of more severe fibrosis compared…

19 August 2013 – Polyps in the mucosa of the colon are a common finding during screening colonoscopies. Some sub-groups of polyps are classed as precursors of bowel cancer.

Escitalopram, a drug commonly used to treat depression and anxiety may improve mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia (MSIMI), according to researchers at Duke Medicine.   Compared with those receiving placebo, people who took the antidepressant escitalopram were more than two-and-a-half times less likely to have mental…

Workplace-based programs that include dietary advice coupled with behavioral counseling appear to be a promising approach for men and women with significant weight loss goals, based on the results of a pilot study conducted by researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center…

Inflammation is the body’s normal response to injury. While it may be a natural defense system, it can lead to disease development if it becomes chronic. A University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) expert says one way to fight inflammation is with food.

Many new moms fear that eating the wrong foods while breast-feeding will make their baby fussy. However, no sound scientific evidence exists to support claims that certain foods or beverages lead to fussiness in infants, according to Gina Neill, a Loyola University Health System registered…

These results go against the conventional wisdom that scaring women about the possibility of cancer is the best way to get them vaccinated. The failure of that cancer-threat message may be one reason that fewer than 20 percent of adolescent girls in the United States…

Receiving an influenza vaccination was associated with a lower risk of major adverse cardiovascular events such as heart failure or hospitalization for heart attack, with the greatest treatment effect seen among patients with recent acute coronary syndrome (ACS; such as heart attack or unstable angina),…

22 July 2013 – In the US, child-resistant packaging for most medications has contributed to the prevention of thousands of pediatric deaths.