The Behavioral Medicine Report

The early November edition of the Science Daily Research New Update series features a good variety of newly published Health Psychology related studies. Read on to learn more about: a new link between pregnant womens’ folate levels and ADHD, fish oil may not only help fight cardiovascular disease, but also stroke and rheumatoid arthritis, researchers regrow spinal nerves in animals, stressed-induced changes in the brain may lead to cocaine relapse, “no pain no gain” also applies to happiness, new evidence for a link between gastroesophageal reflux (GERD) and mental health disorders, migraine headache with aura doubles risk of stroke, and new explanations as to why antidepressants do not work for so many people.

Here is the Science Daily Research News Update for 11-07-09:

• Attention-deficit/hyperactivity Problems Associated With Low Folate Levels In Pregnant Women
• Deep Brain Stimulation May Be Effective Treatment For Tourette’s Syndrome
• Why Antidepressants Don’t Work For So Many
• Possible Link Between Autism And Oxytocin Gene Via Non-DNA Sequence Mutation
• Depressed Pregnant Women Could Be At Higher Risk For Severe Response To Flu Infection
• Why Fish Oils Help With Conditions Like Rheumatoid Arthritis How They Could Help Even More
• Depression Can Lead To Inflated Reports Of Physical Symptoms
• Diet And Intestinal Bacteria Linked To Healthier Immune Systems
• New Studies Explore Connection Between High Stress Jobs And GI Disorders
• Genes That Drive You To Drink (But Don’t Make You An Alcoholic
• Migraine With Aura Doubles Risk Of Stroke
• No Pain, No Gain: Mastering A Skill Makes Us Stressed In The Moment, Happy Long Term
• Stress-induced Changes In Brain Circuitry Linked To Cocaine Relapse
• Regeneration Can Be Achieved After Chronic Spinal Cord Injury
• Could Drugs For Mood Disorders, Pain And Epilepsy Cause Psychiatric Disorders Later In Life?
• Major Advance In Human Antibody Therapy Against Deadly Nipah Virus
• Fish Oil May Protect Against Stroke From Ruptured Carotid Artery Plaques
• Increase In Long-term Antidepressant Drug Use, UK Study Reveals
• Nanowire Biocompatibility In The Brain: So Far So Good
• Link Found Between Depression, Early Stages Of Chronic Kidney Disease
• Low-Carb Diet Speeds Recovery From Spinal Cord Injury

Enjoy.

CFisher