WASHINGTON (AFP) – August 18, 2009 – More than a third of US homeowners in foreclosure show signs of serious depression, according to a medical study published Tuesday, highlighting the crisis’ hidden impact on public health.
“The foreclosure crisis is also a health crisis,” said lead author Craig Pollack, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. [...]
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24 Aug
Major depression common in foreclosed homeowners
22 May
Depression Hits 1 in 13 American Adults
And a third never get treatment, new government study finds
TUESDAY, May 19 (HealthDay News) — Over the past year, 16.5 million Americans age 18 or older — 1 in 13 adults — experienced at least one bout of major depression, according to a new government survey.
Less than two-thirds (64.5 percent) of those individuals got [...]
5 May
More Americans taking drugs for mental illness
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) – May 5, 2009 – Many more Americans have been using prescription drugs to treat mental illness since 1996, in part because of expanded insurance coverage and greater familiarity with the drugs among primary care doctors, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
They said 73 percent more adults and 50 percent more children [...]
26 Apr
Herbal Remedy: Teens & Cannabis
Herbal Remedy: Teens Often Use Cannabis For Relief, Not Recreation, Study Finds
ScienceDaily (Apr. 24, 2009) — When legal therapies let them down, some teens turn to cannabis. A new study, published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Substance Abuse, Treatment, Prevention and Policy suggests that around a third of teens who smoke cannabis on a [...]
18 Apr
Addiction Drug May Help Ease Fibromyalgia
FRIDAY, April 17 (HealthDay News) — Low doses of an inexpensive drug called naltrexone — already used for years to treat drug addiction — helped reduce pain and fatigue in women with the painful disorder fibromyalgia, a new study has found.
“Physicians have been using this off-label for a while,” said study co-author Jarred Younger, an [...]
4 Dec
Medications and Pregnancy
Common drugs that may not be safe for baby
– Diana Kohnle
(HealthDay News) — You may take certain over-the-counter supplements and medications without thinking twice. But when you’re pregnant, even drugs that you can buy without a prescription can affect the developing fetus.
The American Academy of Family Physicians offers these safety guidelines about medications and pregnancy:
Don’t [...]
26 Sep
American Kids Most Medicated
ScienceDaily (Sep. 25, 2008) — American children are approximately three times more likely to be prescribed psychotropic medication than children in Europe. A new study claims that the differences may be accounted for by regulatory practices and cultural beliefs about the role of medication in emotional and behavioural problems.
Julie Zito led a team of researchers [...]
21 Aug
New Reasons To Avoid Grapefruit And Other Juices When Taking Certain Drugs
(ScienceDaily) – Aug. 20, 2008 — Scientists and consumers have known for years that grapefruit juice can increase the absorption of certain drugs — with the potential for turning normal doses into toxic overdoses. Now, the researcher who first identified this interaction is reporting new evidence that grapefruit and other common fruit juices, including orange [...]
9 Aug
Many people don’t get prescriptions filled
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – August 06, 2008 – One in three people who are prescribed medications may never get them filled, a new study in patients being treated for skin conditions has found.
Therefore, when a prescribed treatment fails doctors should consider that a patient may not have purchased the medication in the first place, [...]
6 Nov
Medicare Drug Plan Cost $32 Billion in 2006
Seniors filled 158 million more prescriptions after program’s launch, study found
By: Robert Preidt
THURSDAY, Nov. 1 (HealthDay News) — In 2006, introduction of the U.S. Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit increased the number of seniors’ prescriptions by 158 million, at a cost of $32 billion to Medicare, a new study concludes.
Reporting in the November/December issue [...]
19 Sep
Study: It’s Easy To Buy Drugs Online
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com
TORONTO, Sept. 18 (UPI) — It is easy to purchase prescription drugs and controlled substances through spam messages via the Internet, two Canadian researchers found.
In fact, one-third of all spam messages advertise health products such as drugs and natural health products, said study authors Peter Gernburd and Alejandro Jadad at the Centre for [...]
21 Jul
Many U.S. Immigrants Can’t Read Prescription Labels
New York City study finds most instructions aren’t translated
By Robert Preidt
FRIDAY, April 27, 2007 (HealthDay News) — Few New York City pharmacies translate prescription drug labels from English into other languages, posing a serious risk to patients who don’t speak English, researchers say.
“Imagine, as an English speaker, picking up a prescription with a label in Chinese [...]
19 Jul
Psych Meds: Dancing With My Pink & Whites
I’ve discovered the correct med combo for my BP II. That in itself is in comparison to winning the lottery. I at long last won the med lottery with my pink (Lithium) and white (Lamictal) combo. It only took eight years, but I really am “Dancing with my Pink and Whites”.
Actually, I have the main [...]
9 Jul
High Health Costs Hit U.S. Women Harder
High Health Costs Hit U.S. Women Harder
They require more care but have lower incomes, research shows
By Robert Preidt, Thursday, April 19, 2007
THURSDAY, April 19 (HealthDay News) — American women are more likely than men to go without needed health care, because they can’t afford it, a new report finds.
The report was released Thursday by the [...]
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