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POSTED September 29, 2011 - 17:22 | POSTED BY Yasser Ali

Dementia patients, laughter evolves as a new best medicine --study

New research has demonstrated that laughter can be clinically beneficial for those suffering from dementia.

The study spanned a period of three years, and surveyed over 30 nursing homes and 400 residents.

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POSTED May 27, 2011 - 13:31 | POSTED BY Dipankar Roy

New drug to erase bad memories in the offing

Forgetting painful memories may now get easier, as a new research by Canadian researchers finds a decrease in the brain’s ability to recall bad memory under the effect of the drug metyrapone.

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University of Montreal researchers found that metyrapone reduces the levels of the stress hormone cortisol, which is associated with memory recall.

"Metyrapone is a drug that significantly decreases the levels of cortisol, a stress hormone that is involved in memory recall," stated Marie-France Marin, the lead author and a doctoral student at the university.

POSTED December 9, 2010 - 17:09 | POSTED BY neha gupta

Mindful therapies good at preventing depression relapse--study

Mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT) might prevent depression relapse just like a maintenance antidepressant therapy, reveals a recent study conducted by a group of Canadian researchers.

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Both the therapies work equally well for patients experiencing unstable remission after depression treatment.

"For those unwilling or unable to tolerate maintenance antidepressant treatment, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy offers equal protection from relapse," the researchers wrote.

"Surprisingly, for patients whose acute-phase remission was stable, there was no differential effect on survival between the treatments we studied," they added.

The study details

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