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July 5

Suicide Prevention Group Delivers Much Needed Message To Pennsylvania’s Elderly

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July 5

Relaxation Training May Improve Control Of Hard-To-Treat Systolic Hypertension

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Adding the relaxation response, a stress-management approach, to other lifestyle interventions may significantly improve treatment of the type of hypertension most common in the elderly. Among participants in a study conducted at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Hypertension Program and the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine at MGH, those who received relaxation response training in […]

July 5

BioMedEcon Reports 200% Higher Outpatient Medical Costs Among Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Compared To Matched Patients With Depression

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BioMedEcon, a leading provider of health economics and outcomes research, presented findings from a landmark nine-year retrospective claims analysis that compared the median per-patient health care costs for patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) versus depression. Buy generic ultram This study, supported by Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc., was presented at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes […]

July 4

Online Treatment Service For Male Impotence To Be Launched By Chelsea And Westminster And DrThom, UK

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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust becomes the
first NHS body to venture into online treatment by launching a remote
treatment service for erectile dysfunction in partnership with DrThom
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Chelsea and Westminster and DrThom will make it easier for the 2.3 million
UK men who suffer from erectile dysfunction to access […]

July 4

Relaxation Response Can Influence Expression Of Stress-Related Genes

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How could a single, nonpharmacological intervention help patients deal with disorders ranging from high blood pressure, to pain syndromes, to infertility, to rheumatoid arthritis? That question may have been answered by a study finding that eliciting the relaxation response - a physiologic state of deep rest - influences the activation patterns of genes associated with […]