May marks the beginning of Mental Health Month an observance dedicated to spreading awareness of mental health conditions that are becoming increasingly prevalent across the global population. As the body of research concerning the wide-ranging impact of mental illness continues to grow, the correlation between brain health, the process of brain aging, and mental health becomes clearer. While mental health is just one of many important facets of overall brain health, emerging evidence points to its significance in promoting healthy brain aging.
Note: The original article was published on jefferdachmd on May 30. The author, Jeffrey Dach, MD is the director of TrueMedMD, a medical clinic in Florida that specializes in bioidentical hormones and natural thyroids as well as heart disease prevention. He has been in practice for over 20 years, with the specialty/subspecialities of radiology, general radiology, vascular and interventional radiology; he also likes to use provoking language, which should not deter you from the points he makes.
This is an opinion piece adopted from his website and it does not necessarily reflect that of WHN, this is merely a look at the current situation via a perspective/outlook different from what is being portrayed in the media. Every story has two sides, and it is of interest to listen to both as they may have valid points. Regardless of whether it is correct or not, it does make some good points, and it is, at the very least, a thought provoking interesting read.
According to a study to be published in the American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulation Physiology, a typical course of hyperbaric oxygen treatments increases by eight-fold the number of stem cells circulating in a patient's body. Stem cells, also called progenitor cells are crucial to injury repair. The study currently appears on-line and is scheduled for publication in the April 2006 edition of the American Journal.
Hair follicle stem cells are important contributors to the wound-healing process, according to new research by investigators at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Using an animal model, the researchers discovered that stem cells in the hair follicle are enlisted to help heal wounds in the skin. This finding may suggest a therapeutic target for the development of drugs to encourage and promote wound healing.
Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of death among American men. It is estimated that one in six males will develop the disease during his lifetime. However, promising new treatment options have been developed to help combat this threatening disease. One of the most innovative of these treatments is robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (removal of the prostate). The University of Pennsylvania Health System is currently one of only a handful of facilities across the country offerin
Maybe money can't buy everything, but a new study finds the wealthy manage to fund reduced misery in their last year on this planet. People 70 or older whose net worth was at least $70,000 were 30 percent less likely than poorer people to have felt pain often during the year before they died. The University of Michigan study will be detailed in the August issue of the Journal of Palliative Care.
The inequalities that mark American life maintain their hold through age and even death, a new study shows. Wealthier elders are significantly less likely than poorer ones to suffer pain at the end of their lives, according to a University of Michigan study forthcoming in the August issue of the Journal of Palliative Medicine.
(Philadelphia, PA) - Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified a link between a critical cancer pathway and an Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) protein known to be expressed in a number of EBV-associated cancers. Their findings demonstrate a new mechanism by which EBV transforms human B cells from the immune system into cancerous cells, which can lead to development of B-cell lymphomas.
