SAN DIEGO–For the second year in a row, the San Diego Central Library will host an event bringing together community organizations to share resources on the topic of mental health. Fitting with the San Diego Public Library’s mission to inspire lifelong learning through connections to knowledge and each other, the Mental Health Resource Fair on […]
Psychopathic Employees Thrive Under Abusive Supervisors, Study Finds
(Newswise)–High-profile corporate scandals caused by extreme risk-taking and brazen malfeasance have driven scholars and business leaders to speculate that those responsible for unethical behavior may possess psychopathic tendencies. But do these “bad” employees perform poorly, and does employing them only lead to problems for companies? Not always, according to a new study by a University […]
Research Suggests Connection Between Excessive Sweating and Mental Health Conditions
(Newswise)–WASHINGTON–Board-certified dermatologist Dee Anna Glaser, MD, FAAD, started noticing something concerning in her patients with hyperhidrosis, a condition that causes excessive sweating.“Many of them had either anxiety or depression,” she says. “There were some who had said they had suicidal thoughts because their sweating was ruining their life.”Dr. Glaser, who is a professor, interim chair […]
Sleep Apnea May Be Linked To Higher Levels Of Alzheimer’s Biomarker In Brain
(Newswise)–People who are witnessed by a bed partner to have stopped breathing during sleep may have higher accumulations of an Alzheimer’s disease biomarker called tau in an area of the brain that helps with memory, according to a preliminary study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 71st Annual Meeting […]
Spring Cleaning: Clear Your House And Your Nasal Passages
(Newswise)–Lots of people view the coming of spring as an opportunity to clean out winter’s cobwebs and freshen up their home. It’s also a chance to get rid of allergens that have been settling in over the winter and help ease your spring allergy and asthma symptoms. “If you aren’t someone who regularly undertakes spring […]
Family, Fitness And Fun In Vista
VISTA–Family Fit and Fun Expo kicked off Sunday with interactive activities for the whole family and displays from local health care providers. Formerly known as Vista’s Health and Safety Day, the event featured boot camp workouts, demonstrations in Irish traditional dance, yoga, Zumba, martial arts, and free health screenings from Vista Community Clinic.
Heavy Smoking Can Damage Vision, Rutgers Researcher Finds
(Newswise)–Smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day can damage your vision, a study co-authored by a Rutgers researcher finds. The research appears in the journal Psychiatry Research. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 34.3 million adults in the United States currently smoke cigarettes and that more than 16 million live with […]
Male Sex Hormones Have A Role In Asthma
(Newswise)–In what they consider a surprise finding, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have demonstrated a key role for male sex hormone “signaling” in inducing—rather than suppressing—allergic lung inflammation in a mouse model of asthma. The new study, they say, underscores the importance of appreciating sex differences and the role of sex hormones in the diagnosis and […]
ConnectMed International Helps Launch Plastic Surgery Division At Hue University
SAN DIEGO–ConnectMed International, a San Diego nonprofit dedicated to bringing the region’s gold standard of healthcare to underserved parts of the world, helps launch Hue University’s first-ever Plastic Surgery Division. Hue University is now the only plastic surgery training facility in central Vietnam. Earlier this month, surgeons and nurses from the University of California San […]
One In 10 Adults In U.S. Has Food Allergy, But Nearly One In Five Think They Do
(Newswise)–Over 10 percent of adults in the U.S. – over 26 million – are estimated to have food allergy, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open that was led by Ruchi Gupta, MD, MPH, from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University. However, researchers found that 19 percent […]
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