A new study from researchers at Columbia University Medical Center has explained why antidepressants fail to relieve symptoms of depression for 50 percent of patients.
The study in a mouse model was led by Rene Hen, professor of pharmacology in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at Columbia University, and a researcher the New York [...]
Washington, Jan 1 (IANS) Adolescents who went to bed early were less likely to suffer from depression or contemplate suicide, a new study has found.
It shows that adolescents with parental-set bedtimes of midnight or later were 24 percent more likely to suffer from depression and 20 percent more likely to have suicidal thoughts than those [...]
Washington, Jan 1 (ANI): Earlier bedtimes may help protect adolescents against depression and suicidal thoughts, says a new study.
Published in the Jan. 1 issue of the journal Sleep, the research found that adolescents with bedtimes that were set earlier by parents were significantly less likely to suffer from depression and to think about committing suicide, [...]
Washington, Dec 28 (ANI): A new American research has suggested that the herb milk thistle can help treat liver inflammation in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.
Drugs used in chemotherapy often cause inflammation in the liver but the study has found that the herb could prevent chemo from harming the [...]
Washington, Nov 24 (ANI): A new study has shown that exposure shortly after birth to ambient metals from residential heating oil combustion and particles from diesel emissions are associated with respiratory symptoms in young inner city children.
The study by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children’s [...]
Washington, Nov 24 (IANS) Men who regularly jog, play tennis or go swimming may be less likely to have a stroke than people who walk, golf or go bowling, says a new study.
A stroke occurs when blood supply to part of the brain is disrupted, causing brain cells to die.
The study involved 3,298 people living [...]
Washington, November 24 (ANI): Men who follow a moderate-to-heavy exercise regime may be less likely to have a stroke than those with no physical activity, says a new study.
Lead researcher Joshua Z. Willey, MD, of Columbia University Medical Center and New York Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia, found that men who participated in intensity activities were [...]
Washington, Nov 10 (ANI): A new study has shown that cumulative exposure to five common infection-causing pathogens is linked to an increased risk of stroke.
Known risk factors for stroke include high blood pressure, heart disease, abnormal cholesterol levels and smoking, but many strokes occur in patients with none of these factors.
Some evidence exists that [...]
Washington, Oct 30 (ANI): Anabolic steroids, taken by some athletes to gain muscle mass and strength, can destroy kidney function, says a new study.
The study revealed that the habitual use of steroids has serious harmful effects on the kidneys that were not previously recognized.
Leal Herlitz, MD (Columbia University Medical Center) and her colleagues recently conducted [...]
Washington, Oct 21 (ANI): Scientists from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia have successfully restored partial vision in a 50-year-old woman, diagnosed with blinding disease at the age of 13, with the help of an electronic eye implant.
The bionic eye was developed by Second Sight under the lead of Dr. Mark Humayun.
It is a component of the Argus II [...]
Washington, Oct 20 (ANI): Higher levels of a protein called C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker for inflammation in the blood, may increase a person’s of heart attack and death but not stroke, says a new study.
The study, published in the October 20, 2009, print issue of Neurology, involved 2,240 people from the Northern Manhattan Study [...]
Washington, Sept 26 (ANI): A new study has shown that the use of a drug-eluting stent (paclitaxel) is safer and more effective than a bare-metal stent in heart attack patients.
It also showed that administration of the anticoagulant medication bivalirudin enhanced safety and efficacy compared to the use of heparin + GPIIb/IIIa inhibitors.
“The data show that [...]
Washington, September 16 (ANI): An infusion of blood that is “supersaturated” with oxygen (SS02) can reduce the amount of damaged heart muscle immediately following a life-threatening heart attack, say researchers.
This is a finding made during a clinical trial, published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions.
“The benefit of this therapy increased with the scope of the heart [...]
Washington, Aug 12 (ANI): Combining exercise and the Mediterranean-type diet can cut the chances of developing Alzheimer’s by as much as 60 per cent, a new study shows.
The study has been published in the August 12 issue of JAMA.
Mediterranean-type diet is rich in fruits, vegetables, cereal and fish and low in red meat, dairy [...]
Washington, Aug 11(ANI): A new study has revealed that screening for areas of damage from a possible mini-stroke could help predict memory loss in the elderly.
During the study, the researchers tested 679 people age 65 and older without dementia for mild cognitive impairment, the stage between normal aging and dementia.
The participants underwent brain scans [...]
