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FRIDAY, March 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Endless worry, irritability and insomnia are all symptoms of a possible anxiety disorder.Luckily, there are numerous anxiety medications that can help ease the condition.Joy Alonzo, a specialist in the pharmacotherapy of mental disorders at Texas A&M's College of Pharmacy, said recently, “If you understand the different types of medication, then you can become a better advocate for your anxiety treatment. Anxiety is one of the most under-treated mental illnesses, and we need to talk more about it.”So, what medications can bring relief from crippling anxiety?According to the Anxiety & Depression Association of America (ADAA), the most common classes of drugs for the treatment of anxiety include:Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors...

FRIDAY, March 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- When a loved one suffers a stroke, it can be a relief that they survived and are getting good care.But recovery can take time for the patient. Making sure they get the care they need can be a challenge for the spouse, grown child or other loved one who is providing that care at home.Fortunately, resources exist to help you through this difficult time while taking the best care of your loved one and yourself. Mary Harris' husband’s stroke “…changed the entire course and purpose of our lives,” she said in the American Stroke Association’s Life After Stroke guide. “But we go on. We have learned to adapt. While our lives are forever changed, we feel that the experience of stroke and recovery has enriched us as individuals and as a...

FRIDAY, March 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A medical device used to diagnose and treat pancreatic and bile duct disease is getting attention from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after pieces have fallen off and remained in patients’ bodies.Previously, the FDA had expressed concern about duodenoscopes because they can be difficult to clean and may spread bacteria such as E. coli from patient to patient. Duodenoscopes are flexible, lighted tubes with a camera that are threaded through the mouth down to the stomach and top of the small intestine (duodenum).However, when hospitals switched to disposable tips to cover the camera and reduce bacteria spread, this has now resulted in new problems. Those produced by Olympus Medical Systems have fallen off in patients’ mouths and...

FRIDAY, March 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- E. coli bacteria are an infamous cause of food poisoning, but a new study suggests those same microbes lurking in meat may be behind nearly half a million cases of urinary tract infections (UTIs).UTIs are very common, affecting more than half of all women at least once in their lives. And the vast majority of those infections are caused by E. coli bacteria.Although E. coli may be best known for spurring outbreaks of food poisoning, most strains of the bacteria are actually harmless. In fact, E. coli lives happily in the human gut, as part of the vast array of beneficial bacteria that make up the body's "microbiome."Sometimes, though, when that gut-dwelling E. coli is shed in your stool, it can migrate to your urinary tract and cause a...