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Childhood Adversity Robustly Linked to Adult Mental Illness

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: March 22, 2024

Each additional adverse event placed children at a 52% greater risk for a psychiatric disorder as an adult, with sexual abuse associated with the g...

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Can Treating Depression Mitigate CVD Risk?

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: March 19, 2024

Depression can increase risk for CV disease; determining patients at risk or with depression may improve health.

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Risk Factors for Headache in Youth Identified

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: March 15, 2024

“While medications are used to stop and sometimes prevent headaches, lifestyle changes also may offer an effective route to relief by preventing he...

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Epilepsy Linked to Higher COVID Hospitalization, Death Rates

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: March 15, 2024

Individuals with epilepsy had a 60% higher risk for hospitalization and a 33% higher risk of dying from COVID-19 than those without the disorder.

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Service Dogs Lead to Fewer Seizures in Treatment-Resistant Epilepsy

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: March 12, 2024

The dogs may ease participants’ stress, leading to a decrease in seizure frequency, although they note this relationship warrants more study.

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Air Pollution Tied to Greater Amyloid Burden in the Brain

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: March 8, 2024

Among those who agreed to donate their brains after death, increased pollution was linked to higher plaque levels, study finds.

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Scents May Improve Memory in Major Depression

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: February 27, 2024

Smell rather than words may aid in recalling memories for patients with major depression, says study.

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Playing Music Tied to Better Cognition in Later Life

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: February 16, 2024

Learning to play an instrument or singing in a group is linked to improved executive function, study finds.

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Number of State Psychiatric Hospital Beds Hits Historic Low

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: February 9, 2024

Based on a recent study, the number of psychiatric hospital beds is about 11 per 100,000 people.

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Healthy Lifestyle Linked to Better Cognition in Later Life

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: February 9, 2024

“The mechanistic link between lifestyle and cognition could be attributed in part to the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory capacities of each lifes...

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Total Abstinence Not the Only Treatment Goal in SUD

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: February 1, 2024

Even slight reductions in drug use can lessen depression and reduce cravings, a new analysis showed.

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Struggling to Stay Awake While Driving a Sign of OSA?

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: January 31, 2024

Strategies to stay awake included rolling down the window, drinking tea or coffee, or listening to music at a high volume.

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Migraine Associated With Increased Risk for IBD

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: January 31, 2024

Population-based study finds link between migraine and increased risk of IBD, Crohn’s, and UC.

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High Rate of Rehospitalization After First Ischemic Stroke

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: January 23, 2024

80% were rehospitalized, primarily because of subsequent primary cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diagnoses.

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Can Pet Ownership Ward Off Cognitive Decline?

Author:: Eve Bender

Publish date: January 23, 2024

Seniors who live alone show slower cognitive decline if they own a pet, study says.