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Poll: More than half of people over 50 are a critical source of health help for older loved ones

More than half of people over 50 say they've helped at least one person over 65 take care of their health, personal hygiene, home or finances in the past two years, a new University of Michigan poll finds.

3 Nov 2022

Parental discord linked to children's genetic risk for alcohol problems

Parents can transmit a genetic risk for alcohol problems to their children not only directly, but also indirectly via genetically influenced aspects of the home environment, such as marital discord or divorce, according to a Rutgers researcher.

3 Nov 2022

Inflammation increases the expression of risk gene in first-episode schizophrenia patients

Schizophrenia patients have fewer connections between nerve cells. This is believed to be caused by genetic risk variants leading to an excessive elimination of nerve cell connections by the immune cells of the brain.

3 Nov 2022

Study findings highlight the importance of preventing early traumatic events

Suffering psychological trauma during childhood significantly increases the risk of developing a mental disorder in adulthood. Specifically, as much as three times, according to a recent study led by researchers at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, published in the journal European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. The study analyses the fourteen reviews and meta-analyses published to date in specialized journals on this issue, and is the first to take into account the full range of existing mental disorders.

3 Nov 2022

Study analyzes the impact of children’s mental health on the national workforce

As the American economy has undergone rapid and dramatic change, so too has America's workforce. Trending terms, such as "the great resignation" and "quiet quitting," have been coined as we seek to better understand workplace challenges across the country. There have been many contributing factors reported to be driving these issues, but new research shows that the pediatric mental health crisis is a significant and surprising contributor among working parents in America's workforce.

3 Nov 2022

Obesity management likely to improve the clinical outcome of MS

Carrying far too much weight when diagnosed with MS (multiple sclerosis) is linked to higher current and subsequent levels of disability within a relatively short period of time, finds research published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.

2 Nov 2022

Study highlights the importance of poverty in criminal conviction

A significant reduction in childhood poverty could cut criminal convictions by almost a quarter, according to a study conducted in Brazil. An article on the study is published in Scientific Reports. The researchers used an innovative approach involving an analysis of 22 risk factors that affect human development and interviews with 1,905 children at two points – a first interview to form a baseline (mean age 10.3) and a follow-up interview seven years later (mean age 17.8).

2 Nov 2022

Study provides more nuanced insights into RNA modifications by A-to-I editing during brain development

Mount Sinai researchers have cataloged thousands of sites in the brain where RNA is modified throughout the human lifespan in a process known as adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I) editing, offering important new avenues for understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms of brain development and how they factor into both health and disease.

1 Nov 2022

Social and economic inequality associated with differences in children's brain connections

Growing up in a socioeconomically disadvantaged household may have lasting effects on children's brain development, a large new study suggests.

1 Nov 2022

Researchers unravel how the brain chemical dopamine relates to schizophrenia

Researchers at the Lieber Institute for Brain Development (LIBD) believe they have solved a riddle that has challenged scientists for more than 70 years: how the brain chemical dopamine relates to schizophrenia, the often-devastating brain disorder characterized by delusional thinking, hallucinations and other forms of psychosis.

1 Nov 2022

Sleep Research Society's new position statement advocates the elimination of daylight saving time

With the annual change from daylight saving time to standard time approaching on Sunday, Nov. 6, a new position statement from the Sleep Research Society is advocating for the elimination of daylight saving time and the adoption of permanent standard time.

1 Nov 2022

People who had COVID-19 are more vulnerable to developing neurological symptoms

Research led by The University of Queensland has found COVID-19 activates the same inflammatory response in the brain as Parkinson's disease.

1 Nov 2022

Study calls for stronger awareness and control of vascular risk factors leading to stroke

Researchers at the Stroke Research and Prevention Group (HKU Stroke), Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) found that the incidence of 'young stroke' (strokes occurring in individuals aged 18 to 55 years) has increased by 30% in Hong Kong from 2001 to 2021, thus called for better control of vascular risk factors, in particular hypertension.

31 Oct 2022

Seeing or hearing birds linked with an improvement in mental wellbeing

New research from King's College London has found that seeing or hearing birds is associated with an improvement in mental wellbeing that can last up to eight hours.

27 Oct 2022

Multiple outpatient visits are key to success opioid-use disorder treatment

People with opioid-use disorder who enter treatment are at risk for relapse, overdose or death if they engage in less than two outpatient visits in their first month of care, according to a study coauthored by Rutgers researchers.

26 Oct 2022

Early temperamental and neurocognitive risk factors may play a role in future anxiety, depression

A recent imaging study led by a scientist at The University of Texas at Dallas has identified early risk factors linked to children's temperament and a neural process that could foretell whether an individual might develop depression and anxiety in adolescence and early adulthood.

26 Oct 2022

Researchers report white matter differences in post-treatment Lyme disease patients

In a study using specialized imaging techniques, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report distinctive changes in the "white matter" and other brain tissue physiology of those with post-treatment Lyme disease, a condition affecting 10% to 20% of the nearly half a million Americans who contract Lyme disease annually.

26 Oct 2022

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Poll: More than half of people over 50 are a critical source of health help for older loved ones

Parental discord linked to children's genetic risk for alcohol problems

Inflammation increases the expression of risk gene in first-episode schizophrenia patients

Study findings highlight the importance of preventing early traumatic events

Study analyzes the impact of children’s mental health on the national workforce

Obesity management likely to improve the clinical outcome of MS

Study highlights the importance of poverty in criminal conviction

Study provides more nuanced insights into RNA modifications by A-to-I editing during brain development

Social and economic inequality associated with differences in children's brain connections

Researchers unravel how the brain chemical dopamine relates to schizophrenia

Sleep Research Society's new position statement advocates the elimination of daylight saving time

People who had COVID-19 are more vulnerable to developing neurological symptoms

Study calls for stronger awareness and control of vascular risk factors leading to stroke

Seeing or hearing birds linked with an improvement in mental wellbeing

Multiple outpatient visits are key to success opioid-use disorder treatment

Early temperamental and neurocognitive risk factors may play a role in future anxiety, depression

Researchers report white matter differences in post-treatment Lyme disease patients

Study tracks individuals' risk or resilience to mental health disruptions during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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