Late-life depression is associated with an increased risk for all-cause dementia.

Review article Late-life depression and risk of vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease: systematic review and meta-analysis of community-based cohort studies Breno S. Diniz, Meryl A. Butters, Steven M. Albert, Mary Amanda Dew and Charles F. Reynolds 3rd + Author Affiliations … Continue reading

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Adults with depression and who take specific anti-depressants more likely to develop C. difficile

Interesting applied psychoimmunology study. Apparently depressed people’s guts don’t watch direct-to-consumer chemical-imbalance ads. Here is the abstract. Depression, antidepressant medications, and risk of Clostridium difficile infection Mary A M Rogers1*, M Todd Greene1, Vincent B Young1, Sanjay Saint1,2, Kenneth M … Continue reading

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Scourge of depression sees rising number of suicides, report Cang Wei and Song Wenwei in Nanjing.

Staggering base rate… Dark days of despair drive many to the final option Updated: 2013-02-27 09:20 By Cang Wei and Song Wenwei in Nanjing/China Daily Scourge of depression sees rising number of suicides, report Cang Wei and Song Wenwei in … Continue reading

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Panic Developments – An Interesting Editorial by Donald F. Klein in the Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria 2012;34(Supl1):S01-S04 Panic Developments This editorial permits personal conclusions and questions, hoping to stimulate relevant research. Klein, in 1959, serendipitously found that imipramine blocked the apparently spontaneous panic attack in non-depressed inpatients, later considered agoraphobic.Later it was … Continue reading

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1.7% of 65+ Chinese have Parkinson Disease, accounting for half of the world’s 200 million PD patients

我国每百名老人有1人患帕金森病 胡浩, 新华网 2012年4月16日 中国 今 年4月11日是第16个世界帕金森日。在14日举行的“健康小屋关爱行动”中,专家指出, 我国的帕金森患者已达200万,占全国老年人口的1%。为进一步提高帕金森病患者及其家人 的生活质量,专家建议在帕金森病患者和家庭中间推广正确的疾病管理知识和健康的生活方式, 为帕金森病患者营造一个安全舒适的家居环境。 北京协和医院神经科主任张振馨教授介绍,中国内地1.7%的65岁以上老年人深受帕金森病 的困扰。最新的流行病学调查显示,中国大陆地区的帕金森病患者已达200万,占全球帕金森 病患者总人数的一半。此外,临床数据显示,帕金森病正以每年10万新增病例的速度在我国递 增,成为继心脑血管疾病和老年痴呆症后严重威胁我国中老年人身心健康的“第三杀手”。 帕金森病是一种中老年人常见的中枢神经系统变性疾病,主要影响中老年人,多在50岁以后发 病。其运动症状表现为静止时肢体不自主地震颤、肌强直、运动迟缓以及姿势平衡障碍等,晚期 会导致患者生活不能自理。 由于行动迟缓及平衡障碍,帕金森病患者较常人更容易跌倒骨折,所以安全舒适的居家环境对帕 金森患者非常重要。 中华医学会北京神经病学分会帕金森病及运动障碍学组组长、卫生部北京医院神经内科主任陈海 波建议,为帕金森病患者营造“健康小屋”,即通过对起居室、厨房,卧室和浴室等家具设计和 摆放等生活环境中的细节改善,如采用杠杆式的门把手、选择不容易绊倒的轻便的整块地毯、将 卧床紧贴墙壁等,方便帕金森病患者的生活。 他还建议,为便于帕金森病患者起身和落座,椅子和沙发坐垫不宜过软,高度不宜过低。家具在 选择时应选择边角为圆钝弧形,以免患者跌倒受伤。

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