When a friend of mine had a stress test, his doctor gave him a medication to make his heart work harder, instead of having him run on a treadmill. Does that mean medications could replace exercise to strengthen the heart?
Research indicates that people who feel and express their gratitude are more likely to feel positive emotions and have stronger personal relationships.
A long-term study of people with borderline personality disorder found that most people who obtained treatment were able to achieve remission.
A friend jokes she is a “chocoholic.” Can you really become addicted to chocolate or other foods?
Interpersonal therapy is another option for people with social anxiety disorder.
A child of a depressed parent is about twice as likely to also develop depression by age 18. Researchers hope that interventions designed to assist depressed parents will benefit whole families.
Memory tends to become less reliable with age, but anyone can experience certain types of memory lapses.
Sleep apnea and other similar breathing problems may increase the risk of cognitive decline in older age.
U.S. hospital stays for heart failure fell 30% in the last 10 years, a new study has found. But the death rate for these patients fell only slightly. Among those discharged in 2008, about 30% died within a year. That compares with 32% after similar hospital stays in 1998. The study was based on data for Medicare patients. The decline saved money for Medicare. Without it, hospital stays for heart failure would have cost $4.1 billion more in 2008, the study found. Many factors could have caused the improvement, experts told the Associated Press. Prevention and treatments are better, they said. More people also may be getting treatment in emergency rooms and clinics. They might not have to stay in the hospital. The nation’s new health care reform law requires hospitals to work harder to keep people with heart failure healthier after discharge.
Researchers studying the relationship between nicotine and depression found that a certain smoking-cessation drug caused mice to eat less and lose weight.