Eve Bender

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US Fentanyl Seizures Skyrocket

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: May 24, 2024

Seizures of fentanyl surpassed 115,000 in 2023, an increase of 1700% from 2017, study finds.

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Serious Mental Illness Tied to Multiple Physical Illnesses

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: May 16, 2024

Serious mental illness is associated with reduced life expectancy, and experts speculate that additional chronic illnesses — whether physical or ps...

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Does Racism in Black Americans Boost Alzheimer’s Risk?

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: May 15, 2024

Alzheimer’s disease is twice as prevalent in Black Americans as in Whites, at 18.6% and 10%, respectively, and the difference can’t be attributed s...

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CBT Tops Mindfulness Therapy for Prolonged Grief Disorder

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: May 15, 2024

Patients receiving grief-focused CBT had a better response than those receiving mindfulness-based cognitive therapy but both groups had a significa...

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COVID Vaccines and New-Onset Seizures: New Data

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: May 10, 2024

There was no statistically significant difference in risk for seizures among vaccinated individuals vs placebo recipients.

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Whites Not the Predominant Victims of ‘Deaths of Despair’ Need to Address Inequality

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: May 8, 2024

Native Americans had more than double the rate of both their Black and White counterparts in 2022.

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ADHD Tied to Risk for Lewy Body Disease, Dementia, MCI

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: May 7, 2024

Determining whether there is an association between ADHD and dementia could generate opportunities for prevention and early treatment.

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Proton Pump Inhibitors Tied to Migraine, Other Severe Headache Types

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: May 7, 2024

More research is needed to determine the extent to which associations between migraine and acid-suppression therapy are merely detecting comorbidit...

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New Genetic Variant May Guard Against Alzheimer’s in High-Risk Individuals

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: May 3, 2024

The variant occurs on the fibronectin 1 (FN1) gene, which expresses fibronectin, an adhesive glycoprotein that lines the blood vessels at ...

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Early Evidence Supports Ketogenic Diet for Mental Illness

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: April 19, 2024

New research indicates psychiatric illness may be linked to brain metabolism, and a keto diet may offer protection.

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Single Session Mindfulness Intervention Linked to Reduced Depression

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: April 2, 2024

Future research should evaluate this approach with larger samples and examine whether changes in symptoms are maintained over longer periods of tim...

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ADHD Meds Linked to Lower Suicide, Hospitalization Risk

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: April 1, 2024

Investigators found significantly lower risk for psychiatric hospitalization for patients taking most ADHD medications except for atomoxetine.

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Skin Test Accurately Detects Parkinson’s, Other Neurodegenerative Disorders

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: March 26, 2024

Skin punch biopsies were able to identify dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson’s with 95.5% accuracy, study finds.

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Severe Flu Confers Higher Risk for Neurologic Disorders Versus COVID

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: March 26, 2024

Participants hospitalized with COVID-19 versus influenza were significantly less likely to require care in the following year for migraine, epileps...

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Remote CBT as Effective as In-Person Therapy for Mental Illness

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: March 25, 2024

Remote CBT can potentially expand access to care as it is more convenient for patients and potentially more cost-effective.