Letters: Outrage at head of Ofsted's stress jibe at teachers

As the children of an incredibly hard-working secondary schoolteacher, we feel obliged to express our concern and outrage at Ofsted boss Michael Wilshaw 's statement that "teachers don't know the meaning of stress" ( Stressed out? , 11 May). Come and spend a day in the life of our family and you will see how untrue those comments are. Not only does our mother spend virtually all day, every ...

Are Post-Angioplasty Stress Tests Unnecessary?

TUESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- After patients undergo heart procedures to open blocked arteries, it may not be useful to give them treadmill stress tests with echocardiograms if they don't have symptoms such as chest pain or shortness of breath, a new study suggests.

Can Blood Pressure Meds Lessen PTSD Symptoms?

Researchers have discovered that a common class of blood pressure medications appears to reduce post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. The finding that ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) inhibitors or ARBs (angiotensin receptor blockers) could aid in the treatment or prevention of PTSD could profoundly impact treatment of the disorder. “These results are particularly exciting because ...

Blood pressure drugs linked with lower PTSD symptoms

Traumatized people who take a class of common blood pressure medications tend to have less severe post-traumatic stress symptoms, researchers have found. The finding suggests that ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) inhibitors or ARBs (angiotensin receptor blockers) could be valuable tools for treating or preventing post-traumatic stress disorder.

Mental Illness Is the Leading Cause of Hospitalization for Active-Duty Troops

The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments have spent almost $2 billion since 2001 to buy drugs to treat mental illness and post-traumatic stress disorder despite growing evidence some of those drugs exacerbate PTSD symptoms, a Nextgov investigation shows. In addition, military research released this week highlighted that Defense faces what one Army clinician called an epidemic of mental ...