3. Study Challenges Link Between Panic Attacks, PTSD - US News and World Report
Findings suggest many factors contribute to stress disorder, not just fear during trauma

4. Panic Disorder Linked to Higher Risk of Heart Disease - US News and World Report
Researchers not sure whether one causes the other, or one is mistaken for the other

5. Preparing the public for a major disaster like pandemic flu without inciting panic is tricky. But...
Panic. For instance, public officials often presume that people will panic when told of impending disaster. So they overdo their efforts to reassure them, which paradoxically prompts people to panic. During the disastrous 1918 flu pandemic, which ki...

6. With dire storages across the country, health officials tried to quell panic and reassure the pub...
Ralph Loschiavo had some real bad luck recently. The 78-year-old retired stonemason was in line at 8:30 a.m. at his local Eckerd's drugstore for a flu clinic. "But they stopped giving shots eight people in front of me." The next day Loschiavo was tu...

7. Panic disorder  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Panic disorder is an anxiety disorder that causes repeated, unexpected attacks of intense fear. These attacks may last from minutes to hours. See also: Generalized anxiety disorder• Reviewer: Christos Ballas, MD. Attending Psychiatrist, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

8. Panic disorder with agoraphobia  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Panic disorder with agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder in which there are repeated attacks of intense fear and anxiety, and a fear of being in places where escape might be difficult, or where help might not be available in case of a panic attack.• Reviewer: Christos Ballas, MD, Attending Psychiatrist, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.