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Heart attack or heartburn ?

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Anyone worried about chest pain should not wait to get urgent medical care. They should call for an ambulance straight away, especially if the pain is unexplained, sudden, or severe.

Heart attack pain is caused when one of the arteries supplying the heart becomes blocked. Angina is a similar chest pain caused when these arteries are narrowed by heart disease.

Heartburn is a burning pain often felt in the upper belly or lower chest. It is caused by stomach acid going back up the food pipe.

Heartburn and heart attack pain can be similar. If someone is in doubt whether pain is a heart attack, they should always call for an ambulance. If it is a heart attack, prompt medical care can be lifesaving.

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Training the brain to combat stress !

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While there are ways to train the brain to manage stress and other emotional responses, such techniques do not work for everyone and are not always highly accessible. Now, a new study reveals the development of a new tool that could bring self-regulation of brain activity to a much wider audience.
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Researchers say their new imaging tool could help individuals self-regulate their emotional responses.

In the journal Biological Psychiatry, researchers from Tel-Aviv University in Israel report how a new imaging technique provides accurate feedback on electrical activity in the amygdala of the brain – the region that regulates emotional responses, such as fear and stress.

By using this tool, researchers found participants were better able to reduce amygdala activity, which enabled better control of emotional responses.

According to senior author Dr. Talma Hendler, of the Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, and colleagues, it is notoriously difficult to monitor activity in the amygdala; it is located deep within the brain’s medial temporal lobe, making it hard to reach.

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is typically used to assess amygdala activity, but the team notes that this imaging technique is expensive and largely inaccessible, which restricts its use in clinical practice.

Now, Dr. Hendler and team describe how a low-cost imaging tool that uses electroencephalography (EEG) could offer a reliable, highly accessible way to monitor amygdala activity, enabling better self-regulation of such activity.

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Nasal Spray Addiction: Is It a Cause for Concern?

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When a stuffy nose strikes, the right nasal spray can provide much-needed relief. As they’re sold over-the-counter, many people assume that they can use them as needed without problems. But is this true?

The answer depends on the type of nasal spray being used. Some are safe to be used daily for several months. However, others can cause what is known as “nasal spray addiction” if used for more than just a few days.

Nasal spray addiction is not a true “addiction,” but it can cause damage to the inside of the nose. It can cause swelling and long-term stuffiness that leads to misuse and overuse of the spray.

In some cases, a person may need to undergo additional treatment – even surgery – to correct any damage.

To avoid this problem, it’s important to become familiar with the different types of nasal sprays and how to use them safely.

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Study finds links between physicians setting cancer care guidelines and drug industry

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Nearly nine out of 10 physicians and researchers who helped develop a leading set of cancer care guidelines in the United States reported financial ties to the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, a University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center study found.

Of the 125 panelists who worked on setting the National Comprehensive Cancer Network’s guidelines for lung, breast, prostate and colorectal cancer, 108 received some form of industry funding. This could include general payments for food, lodging, or speaker fees as well as research funding, according to the study published in JAMA Oncology. The majority of those payments were within the limits set by the NCCN to prevent financial conflicts of interest, but eight guideline authors exceeded them.

While the study was not designed to explore whether the payments influenced the physician’s clinical practice or the recommendations made in the guidelines, the researchers say the finding of a high prevalence of financial relationships lays the foundation for future studies looking at that question.

“The prevalence of financial relationships was fairly high among physicians who authored these cancer treatment guidelines. Knowing this, it will be important to ask whether those relationships influence the recommendations that guideline authors make,” said Aaron Mitchell, MD, the study’s lead author and a clinical fellow in the UNC School of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology.

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Job dissatisfaction has negative health effects by age 40!

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Manyy people strive to have a fulfilling, rewarding job, but the reality does not always meet the expectation. New research shows the jobs you have in your 20s and 30s can affect your overall health in your 40s onward.
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People who were unhappy with their work early in their careers were more depressed, worried, and had more trouble sleeping.

According to a 2014 report, most Americans – around 52 percent – were unhappy with their job. Few would suspect, however, that this would have substantial health implications for later in their lives.

A new study conducted at the Ohio State University, by Jonathan Dirlam, a doctoral student in sociology, was set up to investigate the long-term health effects of job satisfaction, or lack of it, earlier in people’s careers.

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