High IQ Linked To Reduced Risk Of Death Mar 13, 2009
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Adverse Health Effects from the Operation of Digital Broadcast Television Stations (DVBT) Mar 10, 2009
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Trust me -- the glass is half full Mar 9, 2009
WHERE TO FIND IT: American Psychosomatic Society's 67th annual meeting. ELIZABETH COONEY. (Boston Globe)
Optimists Live a Lot Longer, Cynics Doubt It Mar 7, 2009
A study of 100,000 women presented at the American Psychosomatic Society's annual meeting Thursday found a strong correlation between optimism and a person's risk for cancer-related death, heart disease and. Researchers surveyed the personality traits of middle-age women in 1994 as part of the Women's Health Initiative study run by the National Institutes of Health. (ABC News)
'Unhappily ever after' can hurt a woman's health Mar 7, 2009
But only middle-aged women -- not men -- seem to have health problems associated with marital strife, such as high blood pressure, excess belly fat, and other factors that boost risks for heart attack and diabetes, according to a study being presented Thursday at the American Psychosomatic Society meeting in Chicago. "I think we've got to get used to the fact that a toxic relationship is toxic to your whole health," said Dr. Nieca Goldberg, a cardiologist and medical director of New York... (CNN)
Economy got you stressed and sick? Mar 7, 2009
Surwit's team presented its findings to the American Psychosomatic Society annual meeting in Chicago. "I don't think any amount of stress will cause heart disease or diabetes in people who don't have an underlying weakness," he said. (News & Observer)
Better cheer up: Optimism is key to longevity Mar 6, 2009
These questions prove a general mistrust of people, said Tindle, who presented her study Thursday at the American Psychosomatic Societys annual meeting in Chicago. That kind of thinking takes a toll. (MSNBC -- Health)
Statin study: Lower cholesterol, diminished joy of sex linked Mar 6, 2009
By Marilyn Elias, USA TODAY The greater the drop in cholesterol from taking statin drugs, the more sexual pleasure is reduced, suggests a study due Friday at the American Psychosomatic Society meeting in Chicago. This may be the first research to pit statins against placebos to see how the blockbuster statins affect the ability to have orgasms. (USA Today)
Heartache harder on women Mar 6, 2009
The findings are to be presented today in Chicago at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, an interdisciplinary group of physicians interested in the connection between mental and physical health. Dr. Smith and his colleagues, including lead author and doctoral student Nancy Henry, assessed 276 couples aged 40 to 70 who were married an average of 20 years. (Globe and Mail)
Heart Hazards Of Woeful Wives Mar 6, 2009
"We found this was true for wives in this study, but not for husbands," says Henry, who was scheduled to present the findings Thursday, March 5 in Chicago during the American Psychosomatic Society's annual meeting. "The gender difference is important because heart disease is the number-one killer of women as well as men, and we are still learning a lot about how relationship factors and emotional distress are related to heart disease," she says. (Science Daily)
Depression Increases Risk For Heart Disease More Than Genetics Or Environment Mar 6, 2009
5, 2009) A history of major depression increases the risk of heart disease over and above any genetic risks common to depression and heart disease, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the VA. The findings are reported this week at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society this week in Chicago. See also. (Science Daily)
Strained marriages take a toll on women's - but not men's - physical health Mar 6, 2009
Details of the study, based on 276 couples who had been married for an average of 20 years were presented to the American Psychosomatic Society. Each couple filled out questionnaires designed to assess the good and bad aspects of married life. (BBC News -- Health)
Bad marriages harder on women's health Mar 6, 2009
She was expected to present her findings Thursday at the American Psychosomatic Society annual meeting, in Chicago ... D., professor, sociology, University of Texas at Austin; March 5, 2009, presentation, American Psychosomatic Society annual meeting, Chicago. (KLAS-TV.com, NV)
Bad marriage bad for women's hearts Mar 6, 2009
The study findings are scheduled for presentation at the American Psychosomatic Society's annual meeting on Thursday. "There is good evidence they [women] should modify some of the things that affect metabolic syndrome like diet and exercise but it's a little premature to say they would lower their risk of heart disease if they improved the tone and quality of their marriages or dumped their husbands," Smith said. (MSNBC -- Health)
Secondhand smoke can blacken your mood Mar 5, 2009
Non-smokers exposed to cigarette smoke at home or work are more than twice as likely as those not exposed to have major depression, according to a report at the American Psychosomatic Society meeting in Chicago. It's believed to be the first U.S. study tying secondhand smoke to depression; another in Japan came up with a similar conclusion. (USA Today)
Depression can break the heart Mar 4, 2009
The findings are to be reported today at the American Psychosomatic Society meeting in Chicago. Mounting evidence has found that depression makes people more vulnerable to heart trouble. (USA Today -- News)
University of Kansas research finds human emotions hold sway over physical health worldwide Mar 4, 2009
The study, a joint undertaking between KU and Gallup, will be presented today at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society in Chicago. "We've known for a while now that emotions play a critical role in physical health," said Sarah Pressman, assistant professor of psychology at KU and a Gallup senior research associate. (EurekAlert!)
What Kind of a Specialist to See Fo... Mar 3, 2009
Unfortunately most doctors know very little about CFS/ME and are often keen to blame peculiar symptoms, even those of clearly neurological origin, to psychiatric or psychosomatic causes. Cardiologist. (Suite101.com)
How to Get Rid of Hand Eczema Mar 2, 2009
Managing Contact Dermatitis of the Hands. Contact dermatitis of the hands is a very disturbing problem for housewives and industrial workers. (Suite101.com)
Suicides rise across Asia as financial crisis takes its toll Feb 26, 2009
Doctors in Hong Kong are reporting seeing more patients with psychosomatic symptoms such as diarrhoea, tinnitus, headaches, shortness of breath, insomnia and chest pain. "The situation is spilling over into homes. We see couples quarrelling when the real problem is job insecurity," said psychiatrist Dominic Lee in Hong Kong. (Business Report, South Africa)
Asian governments seek to stem increase in suicides Feb 25, 2009
Doctors in Hong Kong are reporting seeing more patients with psychosomatic symptoms like diarrhea, tinnitus, headaches, shortness of breath, insomnia and chest pain. 1. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Abe and Charles, United by Middle Class Values Feb 19, 2009
The two men also shared a passionate loathing of slavery, along with enduring a lifelong series of mysterious maladies, with periods of incapacitation and apparent depression derived from undiagnosed illness (that may have been psychosomatic). Darwin, who outlived the assassinated Lincoln by almost exactly seventeen years, spent the last years of his life cruelly tormented by his punishing intestinal problems and painfully inflamed skin. (Townhall.com)
Small chunks of time made more valuable with meditation Feb 17, 2009
A study published in Psychosomatic Medicine showed that people who meditated were calmer and happier than before. It can also help with allergies, anxiety, depression and high blood pressure. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Charles Darwin anniversary: Down House, Kent Feb 12, 2009
"The other explanation is that the illness is psychosomatic," said Cathy. Darwin knew that when he published his theory of evolution it would be swamped in a tidal wave of scorn and horror. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Peter Sifneos, 88; psychiatrist found new therapy approaches Feb 10, 2009
Among the books he wrote was "Ascent from Chaos" (1964), about the treatment of a psychosomatic patient. "It is an intensely moving human document, one which cannot be read without quickly developing a warm admiration and sympathy for both the physician and the patient, engaged as they were in the Herculean effort to overcome a ravishing past and a devastating illness," Dr. George L. Engel wrote in a review published by the journal Psychosomatic Medicine. (Boston Globe)
Meditate your pain away Feb 8, 2009
The study has been published in the January edition of Psychosomatic Medicine. . (Sify.com, India)
Longer Sleep Tied to Worse Cholesterol in Seniors Feb 7, 2009
People who sleep fewer than seven hours a night, as well as those who log more than eight hours may be more likely to develop heart disease, although it's not clear why, Dr. Julia F. van den Berg of Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam and colleagues note in the medical journal Psychosomatic Medicine ... SOURCE: Psychosomatic Medicine, November/December 2008. (MEDLINEplus)
Stressed Kids at Risk of Asthma in Adulthood Feb 7, 2009
The findings, published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, stem from information gathered from more than 18,000 adults in the Americas, Europe and Asia who were interviewed between 2001 and 2004 as part of the World Mental Health surveys ... SOURCE: Psychosomatic Medicine, November/December 2008. (MEDLINEplus)
Touching Helps Couples Reduce Stress Feb 7, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Couples may be able to enhance one another's health by being more physically affectionate with one another, new research in Psychosomatic Medicine shows ... SOURCE: Psychosomatic Medicine, November/December 2008. (MEDLINEplus)
Zen Meditation Alleviates Pain, Study Finds Feb 7, 2009
A new study in the January edition of Psychosomatic Medicine reports that Zen meditators have lower pain sensitivity both in and out of a meditative state compared to non-meditators. See also. (Science Daily)
Heavier Women Seen Prone to Personality Disorders Feb 7, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Overweight and obese women are more likely to have antisocial personality disorder, paranoid personality disorder and extreme social phobia than their leaner peers, new research published in Psychosomatic Medicine shows ... SOURCE: Psychosomatic Medicine, November/December 2008. (MEDLINEplus)
Toxic Chemicals Blamed for Gulf War Illness Feb 7, 2009
MONDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Gulf War illness, dismissed by some as a psychosomatic disorder, is a very real illness that affects at least 25 percent of the 700,000 U.S. veterans who took part in the 1991 Gulf War. Its likely cause was exposure to toxic chemicals that included pesticides that were often overused during the war, as well as a drug given to U.S. troops to protect them from nerve gas, a frequent weapon of choice of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. (MEDLINEplus)
Treating Wife's Stress May Be Indirect Care For Men With Prostate Cancer Apr 1, 2008
If the female has higher level of psychological distress, the male partner will have higher level of psychosomatic problems, Kim said. The study appears in the April issue of the Annals of Behavioral Medicine. (Science Daily)
Saving the planet the Swiss way Mar 31, 2008
Vosseler, a specialist in psychosomatic medicine, has himself been known to go to extremes to raise awareness of climate change. In the past few years, he's sailed a solar-powered boat across the Atlantic and walked across much of Europe and the Middle East. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
Anxiety Linked To Blood Clots: Fear That Freezes The Blood In Your Veins Mar 27, 2008
In contrast, the Bonn-based research team around Franziska Geiser (from the Clinic and Policlinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy) and Ursula Harbrecht (from the Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine) have been the first to conduct a very careful examination of coagulation in patients with anxiety disorders. Everyone experiences anxiety from time to time -- fear of failing the math's test, dread of going down into the dark cellar or, in a more general sense,... (Science Daily)
Methylphenidate Improves Sleep in Adults with ADHD Mar 27, 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008. NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treatment with methylphenidate has beneficial effects on sleep in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to new study findings published in the journal Sleep. (MEDLINEplus)
And how does that make you feel? Mar 23, 2008
A fan of Freud, Sidney guided Hawkeye through nightmares and psychosomatic sneezing, and he helped a deluded bomber pilot who thought he was Jesus Christ after killing civilians. "What's your name, honey?" is how he first greeted cross-dressing Corporal Klinger. (Boston Globe)
Anxiety Helps Elderly Women Live Longer Mar 18, 2008
The study was to be presented Thursday at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society. HealthDay. (MEDLINEplus)
Anxiety Advantage For Elderly Women? Mar 18, 2008
The study was presented yesterday in Baltimore at the American Psychosomatic Society's annual meeting. By Miranda Hitti Reviewed by Louise Chang2005-2006 WebMD, Inc. All rights reserved. (CBS News)
Job burn-out 'ups diabetes risk' Mar 17, 2008
The study, in Psychosomatic Medicine, suggests stress can be added to other factors known to increase risk. Unhealthy and stressful lifestyles are definitely a contributing factor in this. (Yahoo News -- Diabetes)
Study: Hostility harder on hearts of blacks Mar 17, 2008
By Marilyn Elias, USA TODAY BALTIMORE A cynical and mistrustful personality apparently leads to greater blood pressure fluctuations for blacks than whites, which could help explain blacks' higher heart disease rates, a Duke University researcher reported Friday at the American Psychosomatic Society meeting here. Large variations in systolic blood pressure have been linked to the development of heart disease, says psychologist James Lane. (USA Today -- News)
Gene study: Exercise may not improve mood Mar 17, 2008
He spoke at the American Psychosomatic Society meeting here. Using databases with twins and siblings lets scientists tease out genetic and environmental effects because identical twins share 100% of their genes; fraternal twins and siblings only share 50. (USA Today)
Seasonal allergies could spark depression, fatigue Mar 17, 2008
In a study published in Psychosomatic Medicine in 2002, Marshall collaborated with allergist colleague Paul Steinberg and followed patients allergic to ragweed for a year from one allergy season, through winter when pollen counts drop and again during the following year's ragweed season. "We saw that behaviors associated with positive mood enthusiasm, attentiveness, alertness went down during ragweed season, then up during winter, then back down during the following ragweed season," Marshall... (USA Today)
Pessimism Ups Risk of Death in Heart Patients Mar 15, 2008
"This study is one of the first to examine how a patient's attitude toward their disease impacts their health over the long term -- and ultimately their survival," Dr. John C. Barefoot, who presented the findings today at the American Psychosomatic Society Annual Meeting, said in a statement. "The take-home message" for heart patients, he told Reuters Health, "is that having positive expectations can not only make you feel better but also potentially live longer." He also thinks doctors need to... (MEDLINEplus)
Awareness of heart pain reflected in woman's age Mar 15, 2008
The new study, which involved 269 women at the Montreal Heart Institute, was released at the American Psychosomatic Society meeting in Baltimore. The women came to the facility for treadmill and heart scan tests because they had heart disease symptoms or a family history of cardiac problems, says Nadine Bekkouche, the study leader. (USA Today -- News)
Journal SLEEP: Methylphenidate can have sleep benefits in adults with ADHD Mar 2, 2008
Under treatment with MPH, patients reported improved evening mood, less psychosomatic symptoms while falling asleep, reduced sleep latency, and fewer nocturnal awakenings during the night spent in our sleep laboratory, said Dr. Sobanski. For the two weeks at home preceding their polysomnographic investigation, patients reported significantly better restorative value of sleep and a trend for less nocturnal awakenings compared to baseline. (EurekAlert!)
It's all in your head Feb 27, 2008
But "psychosomatic" illnesses have long been synonymous with "fake" or "hysterical" (there's a word that needs some political re-education) and thus a sign of weakness or worse. Reader Tom Adams pointed me to a fascinating article by the late Lewis Thomas, author of "The Lives of a Cell." It's from a Princeton alumni publication, of all things, and can be found here: tinyurl. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Social Support Impacts Blood Pressure Feb 12, 2008
The new findings, reported in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, suggest a physiological reason for this connection ... SOURCE: Psychosomatic Medicine, January 2008. (MEDLINEplus)
Dangerous duo: Hostility plus depression elevates risk for heart disease Feb 12, 2008
The findings, that hostility enhances inflammatory processes relevant to heart disease only in the presence of depressive symptoms, are published in the February-March 2008 issue of Psychosomatic Medicine. Dr. Stewart and colleagues examined associations of depressive symptoms and hostility with blood levels of two inflammatory proteins, interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein, that are predictive of future heart disease. (EurekAlert!)
Stress, High Blood Pressure Tied to Birthweight Feb 9, 2008
In the study, which appears in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, researchers followed 170 white and African-American women who had their blood pressure and stress levels measured at different points during pregnancy ... SOURCE: Psychosomatic Medicine, January 2008. (MEDLINEplus)
A religion for the 20th century: Scientology Feb 8, 2008
Reading and studying the book, followers believe, is the first step in resolving the problems of the human mind, which include unwanted sensations and emotions, irrational impulses, and psychosomatic (mind-caused) ills. A state of Clear. (North County Times)
Depression Linked to Earlier Death Feb 7, 2008
However, the new findings, published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, suggest that depression and PTSD may not have the same effects on long-term mortality ... SOURCE: Psychosomatic Medicine, January 2008. (MEDLINEplus)
PTSD, not brain injury, may cause symptoms Jan 31, 2008
"A doctor in Fort Irwin looked at me and glanced at my records for 10 minutes and wrote on my records that he thought my symptoms, my claims were psychosomatic, where I made them up myself," Kahlor said ... Kelly said one of the problems with the study is that it describes symptoms such as headache, dizziness and fatigue as possibly psychosomatic and related to PTSD and depression. (CNN -- Health)
Talk Therapy May Help Kids With Chronic Stomach Pain, Review of Research Suggests Jan 27, 2008
28, 2003) Children whose mothers are the most depressed, anxious, and report high levels of psychosomatic symptoms are twice as likely to be taken to a doctor when they complain of a stomach ache or abdominal. (Oct. (Science Daily)
Leo in the Horoscope Jan 26, 2008
Illness can be psychosomatic in nature and are used to generate attention. Those with Leo on the seventh cusp attract partners and spouses that are powerful and well established. (Suite101.com)
Biopsychosocial Model Thirty Years Later Jan 25, 2008
Thirty years ago George L. Engel, the father of North American psychosomatic medicine, highlighted the inadequacies and limitations of the traditional biomedical model and advocated the endorsement of a psychosomatic (biopsychosocial) approach ... In an editorial published in the January issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, the Authors report that, in line with Engel s biopsychosocial approach, the study of every disease must include the individual, his/her body and his/her surrounding... (Science Daily)
Overweight and out there Jan 23, 2008
More than 30,000 middle-aged people in Japan were quizzed about their height and weight, and given a personality test for a study published in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research. Outgoing people were far more likely to have a body mass index of more than 25. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Sick from stress? | Jan 23, 2008
It seems I could be suffering from psychosomatic illnesses. Contrary to popular belief, 'psychosomatic' doesn't mean that it's all in your head or that you're intentionally making yourself sick ... For sufferers of psychosomatic illnesses, the physical symptoms are real and can harm you as much as symptoms that originate from other means. (iAfrica.com)
Study: Social People Get Fat, Worriers Lose Weight Jan 23, 2008
Japanese researchers found a link between weight, body mass index and personality, according to a study published in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research this month. More than 30,000 people in northeastern Japan ages 40 to 64 were quizzed about their height and weight, and given a personality test. (Fox News)
High society Jan 23, 2008
There is extensive evidence that caffeine in the diet causes elevated blood pressure and is a "potential risk factor" for heart and other cardiovascular disease, James argued in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine in 2004. Yet caffeine receives little systematic clinical or public health attention and James puts this down to two causes: one, scientists love drinking coffee and are biased about caffeine's benefits and blinkered to its harms, and two, there is a mistaken belief that c 00004000... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
The fictional crime of voter fraud Jan 16, 2008
Perhaps a psychosomatic symptom, but not a real world condition. Isn't this exactly like approving a voter ID law to combat voter fraud that isn't happening. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Dallas schools go high-tech, can send instant messages Jan 7, 2008
Without believing in the supernatural, one could conclude that Jesus successfully healed psychosomatic illnesses rashes, lameness and some types of blindness, for example, said Davies in the article. But theologians point out that every culture before, during and after Jesus time has had stories of healing. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Neuroticism Hard on Heart Dec 27, 2007
Neuroticism -- a proclivity toward worry and emotional ups and downs -- is related to anxiety and depression, which could help explain the relationship with heart trouble, note Beverly A. Shipley of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and colleagues in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine ... SOURCE: Psychosomatic Medicine, November-December 2007. (Newsmax)
Bad PMS May Mean A Depressed Nervous System Dec 21, 2007
BioPsychoSocial Medicine is the official journal of the Japanese Society of Psychosomatic Medicine. 3. (Science Daily)
Wives should express themselves in fights Dec 21, 2007
Eaker reported the findings in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine in July and highlighted them in a talk this month to the Sister to Sister Foundation, a women's health group in Baltimore. Experts say the results are consistent with decades of research showing the health risks posed by prolonged stress. (Sunspot.net -- Sports)
