What causes Anxiety
Anxiety may be caused by a mental condition, a physical condition, the effects of drugs, or from a combination of these. The doctor’s initial task is to see if your anxiety is caused by a medical condition.
Common causes of anxiety include these mental conditions:
Panic disorder: In addition to anxiety, common symptoms of panic disorders are palpitations (feeling your heart beat), dizziness, and shortness of breath. These same symptoms also can be caused by coffee (caffeine), amphetamines (“speed” is the street slang for amphetamines when they are not prescribed by a do Read this article »
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Genetic Finding May Lead to Male Contraceptive (HealthDay)
THURSDAY, April 2 (HealthDay News) — Gene mutations that cause
infertility in men could point the way to a male birth control pill,
American and Iranian researchers say.
“We have identified CATSPER1 as a gene that is involved in
non-syndromic male infertility in humans, a finding which could lead to
future infertility therapies that replace the gene or the protein. [...]
Hispanic Children More Likely to Have Hearing Loss (HealthDay)
FRIDAY, April 3 (HealthDay News) — Children from Hispanic or
low-income families are more likely to have hearing loss, and a serious
but rare eye disease is often missed or mistreated among urban
preschoolers.
The hearing finding was based on a review of five studies conducted
between 1966 and 2007, all of which explored hearing loss among children
of various ethnicities [...]
Poor Kids Exposed to More Secondhand Smoke (HealthDay)
FRIDAY, April 3 (HealthDay News) — Poor children are exposed to
more secondhand smoke than their wealthier counterparts, a new study has
found.
A big reason for this is that “poor kids are far more likely to live
with multiple adult smokers than are non-poor kids,” said study author Dr.
Michael Weitzman, a professor of pediatrics at New York University.
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Deafness after mumps more common than thought (Reuters)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) –
Japanese researchers say mumps-related hearing loss in children may be 20 times more common than previously suggested.
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Severe stress during pregnancy has been proposed as a risk factor for autism, but a new study finds that at least one source of such stress appears unrelated to the disorder.
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U.K. researchers found that children with Asperger syndrome (AS) do
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THURSDAY, April 2 (HealthDay News) — Many low-income American
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Health Tip: Depression Among Seniors (HealthDay)
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aged 65 or older in the United States, but only about 10 percent of them
are treated, the Cleveland Clinic says.
The clinic offers this list of risk factors for depression in
seniors:
Living alone without much social interaction.
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