Current psychiatric classification and diagnostic scales – Are they sensitive enough to detect the lasting effects of early childhood adversity?

Original Articles Controlled cross-over study in normal subjects of naloxone-preceding-lactate infusions; respiratory and subjective responses: relationship to endogenous opioid system, suffocation false alarm theory and childhood parental loss M. Preter, S. H. Lee, E. Petkova, M. Vannucci, S. Kim and D. F. Klein Psychological Medicine, First View Articles article doi:10.1017/S0033291710000838 (About doi), Published Online by […]

Sugary drink consumption and risk of cancer: results from NutriNet-Santé prospective cohort

Abstract Objective To assess the associations between the consumption of sugary drinks (such as sugar sweetened beverages and 100% fruit juices), artificially sweetened beverages, and the risk of cancer. Design Population based prospective cohort study. Setting and participants Overall, 101 257 participants aged 18 and over (mean age 42.2, SD 14.4; median follow-up time 5.1 years) […]

Inflammation is the common link among the leading causes of death.

Psychosom Med. 2010 May;724:365-9. Epub 2010 Apr 21. Stress, food, and inflammation: psychoneuroimmunology and nutrition at the cutting edge. Kiecolt-Glaser JK. Department of Psychiatry, The Ohio State Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1228, USA. Janice.Kiecolt-Glaser@osumc.edu Abstract Inflammation is the common link among the leading causes of […]

Football players' mortality from Alzheimer disease and Lou Gehrig's is 4 times higher

Another dent in the tired old tale of the role of (Mendelian) heredity in neuropsychiatry. More good stuff published in Neurology this week to follow. Articles Neurodegenerative causes of death among retired National Football League players Everett J. Lehman, MS, Misty J. Hein, PhD, Sherry L. Baron, MD and Christine M. Gersic + Author Affiliations […]

Americans' suicide rates up since economic crisis began | Reuters

Suicide rates in the United States have risen sharply since the economic crisis took hold in 2007 and political leaders should do more to protect Americans’ mental health during tough times, researchers said on Monday. via Americans’ suicide rates up since economic crisis began | Reuters.

What Changes in Survival Rates Tell Us About U.S. Health Care – The Commonwealth Fund

Even as health care spending per capita has increased in the U.S. over the last three decades, the nation has fallen behind 12 other wealthy nations in 15-year survival for men and women at ages 45 and 65. By 2005, 15-year survival rates for 45-year-old white women in the U.S. were lower than in all […]

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