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Sick Britney Spears is under 24-hour supervision in a psychiatric ward where screams can be heard through the night, according to a US report. via XtraMSN Real Estate

Posted: January 27th, 2008 by Steve Trinward Author: Elissa Ely "Psychiatrists are supposed to have an expertise in human nature. via ISIL Channels

“He said he could not see me that night but really wanted to meet me the next day. He made me promise that I would call him in the morning and wake him up. I tried. Little did I know that his soul had already left his body.”

Information is pouring in after Heath Ledger's tragic death on Tuesday. TMZ reports that five bottles of prescription pills were found in the apartment with Ledger's body: three anti-anxiety medications and two ... via AndPOP

“Our clients are extremely pleased at this long-awaited outcome”

A federal court in Washington has awarded damages of $69 million to four health insurers nearly three years after a jury found that Mylan Laboratories Inc. via The York Daily Record

Posted Jan 23rd 2008 8:35PM by TMZ Staff TMZ has learned what types of pills were discovered in the apartment where Heath Ledger was found dead. via TMZ.com

“All these [Valium] side effects have their origin in the brain; the pain steering effect that we have found takes place in the spine”

Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer and colleague Robert Witschi measured pain signals in mice 22.03.2006 Stress of modern living takes its toll Scientists in Switzerland have announced that they may have found a new way to ... via Swissinfo

“What happens when I stop using Effexor XR?”

Savvy patients have learned that it is essential to ask physicians and pharmacists about side effects before they take any medicine. via Hartford Courant

“Although we invoke the metaphor of sleep for anesthesia”

New York Magazine Guides Illustration by Alan Dye S ometimes I dream of general anesthesia. via New York Magazine

London, Jan 17: Researchers have identified a compound derived from a well-known class of drugs, which gives pain relief in mice without the usual painkiller side effects of sedation, addiction or developing ... via Daily India

“We know that normally the spinal cord acts as filter for pain signals. It prevents most of the pain signals from reaching the brain, where pain becomes conscious”

CHICAGO - Enhancing a natural pain-filtering mechanism in the spine helped relieve chronic pain in mice without the unwanted side effects of current pain relievers, Swiss researchers said on ... via Reuters

Main Category: Urology / Nephrology Also Included In: Anxiety / Stress Caregivers / Homecare African American women who are caregivers of family members with end stage renal disease often deal with depression, ... via MediLexicon

Most women have bouts of insomnia-the failure to fall asleep or stay asleep or both-at some point in their lives. via Tehran Times

The links below, are to a 2-part audio I produced about treatments for anxiety disorders. via Blogger Party

Mindfulness: an intervention for anxiety in schizophrenia. Authors: Davis LW, Strasburger AM, Brown LF Despite evidence that individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders experience significant and ... via Positive Technology Journal

You are seeing this message because your Web browser does not support basic Web standards. via Archives General Psychiatry

“Although the behavior is quite different ... if you look at the physiological response of these people, they're quite similar”

Those Type A go-getters aren't the only ones stressing their hearts. Nervous Nelsons seem to be, too. via CBS News

“Get right out there and start walking.”

A walking habit might not ease the hot flashes of menopause, but it can help reduce stress and other psychological symptoms that can go along with the change of life, a recent study says. via Star-Press

To estimate the prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms, and their association with professional help-seeking, among operational ambulance personnel and a general working population, and to study the ... via BMC Surgery

“Only 1 percent of people that quit (smoking) will be successful”

One Florida State University professor has received $3.3 million to help residents suffering from one of the most common addictions in the country. via Tallahassee.com

“Little attention is paid to optimizing definitions or measures of bad dreams among the very young”

Main Category: Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry Bad dreams in pre-schoolers are less prevalent than thought. via MediLexicon