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October 16, 2009
Columbia Psychiatry’’s Robert Klitzman’’s Review of IVF Websites Show Few Address Gene Test Risks
October 8, 2009
Dr. Margaret Spinelli: Options Available to Pregnant Women with Depression Although this treatment [IPT]is not for all depressed women, it should be considered when making a decision about the risk of illness vs. the risk of treatment.
September 9, 2009
A Brighter Outlook for SAD Patients Studies at Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute have shown that high-density negative ionizers can act as an antidepressant for patients with SAD...
Prenatal Famine Effects Can Last Lifetime Researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York and the Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands said previous studies have suggested that adult disease risk may be associated with adverse environmental conditions early in development, these data are the first to show that early-life environmental conditions can cause epigenetic changes in humans that persist throughout life.
Severe, Lasting Depression Tied to Heart Patient Deaths Certain depressed patients who suffer from heart disease have nearly double the risk of dying over a seven-year period compared with other depressed patients, researchers at Columbia Psychiatry say.
Brain defect behind early schizophrenia uncovered "By applying this imaging technology to a population of high-risk individuals, we wanted to see if we could find an area of the brain that is selectively targeted..."
September 1, 2009
Depressed Teens Face Adult Risk Anxiety, severe depression and eating disorders were all far more common in 20 and 30-year-olds who had had minor depression as adolescents...
August 18, 2009
Healthcare and Daniel in the Lion’’s Den A story this week announced a study from Columbia University in which older patients reduced the risk of Alzheimer’s by more than half...
Mediterranean Diet Slows Mental Decline; Exercise Helps, Too It’’s not a matter of eating less and exercising more...it’’s a matter of eating well and staying active.
August 12, 2009
Columbia Researchers Find Diet Plays Role in Alzheimer’’s ... new research finds that following a Mediterranean-style diet may also have an impact…