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ECT: Electrode Placement, Age Influence Depression Outcomes

ECT: Electrode Placement, Age Influence Depression Outcomes
ORLANDO, Florida ? In individuals with severe depression who are treated with electrode convulsive therapy (ECT), electrode placement and patient age may have a significant influence on treatment outcomes, new research suggests. A… Continue reading

Does Growtaller4idiots Work?

Question by Shafeeq: Does growtaller4idiots work?

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All of these “Grow Taller” products start with the assumption that people have a poor diet.

While it is true that poor nutrition during the growing years can affect… Continue reading

Woman Battling Multiple Health Issues Refuses to Take 'no' From Her Insurer

Woman battling multiple health issues refuses to take 'no' from her insurer
She'd been battling an eating disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression, as well as trying to maintain good control of her type 1 diabetes. But she'd had… Continue reading

Randomized Trials Built on Sand: Examples From COPD, Hormone Therapy, and Cancer.

Randomized Trials Built on Sand: Examples from COPD, Hormone Therapy, and Cancer.

Rambam Maimonides Med J. 2012 Jul; 3(3): e0014
Suissa S

The randomized controlled trial is the fundamental study design to evaluate the effectiveness of medications and receive… Continue reading

Assessment of the Escalating Growth of Facet Joint Interventions in the Medicare Population in the United States From 2000 to 2011.

Assessment of the escalating growth of facet joint interventions in the medicare population in the United States from 2000 to 2011.

Pain Physician. 2013 Jul-Aug; 16(4): E365-78
Manchikanti L, Pampati V, Singh V, Falco FJ

Both the Office of… Continue reading

I Am Your Smartphone and I Know You Are About to Smoke: The Application of Mobile Sensing and Computing Approaches to Smoking Research and Treatment.

I Am Your Smartphone and I Know You Are About to Smoke: The Application of Mobile Sensing and Computing Approaches to Smoking Research and Treatment.

Nicotine Tob Res. 2013 May 23;
McClernon FJ, Roy Choudhury R

Much is known… Continue reading

A Review of the Combination of Experimental Measurements and Fibril-Reinforced Modeling for Investigation of Articular Cartilage and Chondrocyte Response to Loading.

A review of the combination of experimental measurements and fibril-reinforced modeling for investigation of articular cartilage and chondrocyte response to loading.

Comput Math Methods Med. 2013; 2013: 326150
Julkunen P, Wilson W, Isaksson H, Jurvelin JS, Herzog W, Korhonen… Continue reading

Management of Opioid Addiction in Primary Care: A Pragmatic Approach Prioritising Wellbeing Not Ideology.

Management of opioid addiction in primary care: a pragmatic approach prioritising wellbeing not ideology.

Br J Gen Pract. 2013 May; 63(610): 231-2
Lawson E

HubMed – addiction

 

A narrative review of yoga and mindfulness as complementary therapies for… Continue reading

Antidepressant Effect of Aminophylline After Ethanol Exposure.

Antidepressant effect of aminophylline after ethanol exposure.

Sci Pharm. 2013 Mar; 81(1): 211-22
Escudeiro SS, Soares PM, Almeida AB, de Freitas Guimarães Lobato R, de Araujo DP, Macedo DS, Sousa FC, Patrocínio MC, Vasconcelos SM

This work investigated the… Continue reading

Investigating the Genetic Load of an Emblematic Invasive Species: The Case of the Invasive Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia Axyridis.

Investigating the genetic load of an emblematic invasive species: the case of the invasive harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis.

Ecol Evol. 2013 Apr; 3(4): 864-71
Tayeh A, Estoup A, Hufbauer RA, Ravigne V, Goryacheva I, Zakharov IA, Lombaert E, Facon… Continue reading