Mental Health Weekly Digest

Behavioral Medicine - Short behavioral intervention can reduce cognitive aspects of Type A behavior

Cognitive Impairment - Horsetail extract improves cognition in rat model

Dementia - Mechanisms of Choto-san's therapeutic effects determined

Mental Health - Hot-cold empathy gaps affect medical decision making

Neurology - Suicide brain analyzed, decreased expression of neurotrophins revealed

Adverse Drug Reaction - Australian Agency urges caution over Paroxetine during pregnancy

Alzheimer Disease - Muscimol lowers amyloid beta-induced toxicity in rat cortical cells

Alzheimer Disease - Non-invasive optical tools show promise for detecting early Alzheimer disease

Alzheimer Disease - Psychologists find more sensitive tests for predicting Alzheimer disease

Alzheimer Disease - Targeting key enzyme with gene therapy reversed Alzheimer disease in mice

Alzheimer Disease Therapy - High-concentration galantamine formulation developed for intranasal delivery

Anxiety Therapy - Dipeptide LY354740 prodrug developed

Atherosclerosis - Job stress may be related to early atherosclerosis in men

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Research reveals adult diagnosis of ADHD growing faster than children diagnosis

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - Fish oil helps attention deficit in children

Behavioral Medicine - Diabetes-related symptoms linked to negative mood

Breast Cancer - Avenues of support for women diagnosed with breast cancer explored

Breast Cancer - Beliefs and adaptation strategies of Hong Kong families revealed

Breast Cancer - Contextual approach used by breast cancer survivors in treatment decision making

Breast Cancer - Dance and movement evaluated for quality-of-life improvement in cancer survivors

Business Update - Behavioral health company relocates corporate headquarters

Business Update - Human biobank announces five new collections

Cancer Prevention - Decision counseling in cancer prevention and control examined

Cancer Research - Ipsogen, pharmacogenomics company ink cancer biomarker research agreements

Cancer Thearpy - Communication model of shared decision-making unveiled

Complementary & Alternative Medicine - Guided imagery evaluated as adjuvant cancer therapy

Dental Health - Mayo Clinic advises how to break the teeth-grinding habit

Disease Associations - Cerebrospinal fluid tau protein studied, diagnostic value indicated

Drug Abuse - Survey conducted by U.S. SAMHSA indicates youth drug use continues to decline

Drug Abuse - Survey found more methamphetamine users meet criteria for dependence, abuse

Drug Development - Risperdal Consta approved in Italy for treatment of schizophrenia

Environmental Health - Lead exposure plus high blood pressure may impair mental ability

Environmental Health - Research centers chosen to conduct National Children's Study