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Sober Living by the Sea, a premier provider of treatment for chemical dependency and eating disorders, is now offering Neurofeedback as a tool to improve the quality of patient recovery. Newport Beach, CA (PRWEB) July 17, 2012 Sober Living by the Sea, a leading residential treatment center located in Newport Beach, has recently introduced Neurofeedback as part of their evidence-based treatment approach for addiction, anxiety, depression and other disorders. Sober Living by the Sea...
NEW YORK, July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New studies reveal a strong link between arthritis patients and reports of anxiety and depression. The makers of 024 Pain Management System explain this connection and encourage all sufferers to seek improved care. As with many illnesses, the combination of chronic pain and the lack of relief through proper treatment can lead to severe mental illness. A recent article from DailyRx introduces a new study that connects a strong likelihood that...
Resistance Training Emerging as Particularly Valuable for Older Adults VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Four studies reported today at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference® 2012 (AAIC® 2012) describe the ability of targeted exercise training to promote improved mental functioning and reduced risk for cognitive impairment and dementia in cognitively healthy older adults and those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The...
NEW YORK, July 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Foods can affect our moods chemically in regards to alertness and our emotional states. In his forthcoming book entitled Stress Pandemic, lifestyle and stress expert Paul Huljich shares a simple and holistic approach to nutrition, paying added attention to the effects of what we eat on our neurochemistry. "Ensuring that we are supporting a healthy neurochemical balance is a vital and proactive step toward managing our stress", Mr. Huljich...
Dr. Gary McClain today released a new article, “Break out of that bad mood,” for individuals facing chronic medical conditions. He discussed the risk to patients when they don’t attempt to understand what’s causing their bad mood and attempt to resolve it, along with guidelines for coping with bad moods. New York, NY (PRWEB) July 11, 2012 Dr. Gary McClain today released a new article, “Break out of that bad mood,” for individuals facing chronic medical conditions. A...
Stanford University School of Medicine scientists have laid bare a novel molecular mechanism responsible for the most important symptom of major depression: anhedonia, the loss of the ability to experience pleasure. While their study was conducted in mice, the brain circuit involved in this newly elucidated pathway is largely identical between rodents and humans, upping the odds that the findings point toward new therapies for depression and other disorders. Additionally, opinion leaders...
LAS VEGAS and HAMILTON, N.J., July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health and MedAvante, Inc. announced a collaborative alliance using MedAvante's centralized clinical trial services to optimize testing of treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD), Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and other neurodegenerative disorders. Dr. Jeffrey Cummings, Director of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health and one of the world's leading Alzheimer's...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Life Extension Foundation, a pioneer in funding the latest anti-aging research and integrative health therapies, is sponsoring a study in conjunction with the research division at the University of Miami under the direction of John E. Lewis, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, entitled A double blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled study of an IV infusion of Magnesium Sulfate...
Researcher says early interventions needed to curb youths’ tobacco use Today, nearly 4,000 adolescents in the United States will smoke their first cigarette, and about a fourth of those youth will become daily smokers, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports. A recent study by a University of Missouri researcher found that African-American youths who live in public housing communities are 2.3 times more likely to use tobacco than other African-American youths....
A study of university students is the first evidence to refute the supposed link between depression and the amount of time spent on Facebook and other social-media sites. The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health study suggests that it may be unnecessarily alarming to advise patients and parents on the risk of "Facebook Depression" based solely on the amount of Internet use. The results are published online today in the Journal of Adolescent Health. Last year, the...
