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Kenneth Wells wins NAM's 2018 Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health

The National Academy of Medicine today announced Kenneth Wells is the recipient of the 2018 Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health, for his work developing quality and outcomes approaches to psychiatry and mental health, fostering a generation of clinical investigators and mental health system leaders, and championing partnered, participatory research to advance equity for under-resourced populations.

26 Sep 2018

Digital CBT can improve insomnia symptoms, daytime functioning and overall health

Treating insomnia with digital programs can improve insomnia symptoms, daytime functioning and overall health, a new study from the University of Oxford and Northwestern Medicine has found.

26 Sep 2018

VRK1 protein may enable cancer cells to colonize new areas of the body during metastasis

Sometimes negative results can point researchers in the right direction. In results published in PLOS ONE on September 4, 2018, scientists at the Medical University of South Carolina examined a protein called vaccinia-related kinase 1 that they hypothesized was important for metastasis. They found that, rather than causing cancer cells to migrate and invade, VRK1 over-expression had the opposite effect.

26 Sep 2018

Experts call for more neuroscience research focused on long-term recovery from addiction

September is addiction recovery month, and, in the midst of the current opioid epidemic, it's an apt moment for addiction research experts to map the future path forward for a long-term recovery strategy for substance abuse.

25 Sep 2018

Environmentally-induced gene activity influences IQ test performance

Is there a link between differences in IQ test performance and the activity of certain genes? Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have shown that modifications in the structure of a specific gene have a negative impact on individual test performance.

25 Sep 2018

Lancaster professor aims to understand how genes affect smoking cessation

The Canadian Institute of Health Research has awarded $929,475 to Professor Jo Knight of Lancaster Medical School, Lancaster Data Science Institute and the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.

25 Sep 2018

Alexion announces positive results from Phase 3 PREVENT study of Soliris in patients with NMOSD

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced positive topline results from the Phase 3 PREVENT study of Soliris in patients with anti-aquaporin-4 auto antibody-positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.

24 Sep 2018

Oxford VR raises £3.2m to boost innovation in VR for mental health problems

Oxford VR, a spinout company from the University of Oxford, has raised £3.2m with investors including Oxford Sciences Innovation, University of Oxford, Force Over Mass, RT Capital and GT Healthcare Capital Partners.

24 Sep 2018

LGBT community reports more number of poor mental health days than general population

The local LGBT community reports twice the number of poor mental health days as the general population of Richmond and Columbia Counties, and those who identified as transgender report twice that, according to a health needs assessment conducted by faculty and students at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University.

24 Sep 2018

Survey estimates caregiving costs for family members

"Informal care" is the term used in medicine to describe unpaid care provided by family and friends. It's an important lifeline for millions of older adults in the U.S. who need day-to-day help with shopping, cooking, cleaning, eating, taking medicine, looking after their own daily well-being, and many other activities essential to our health and quality of life as we age.

21 Sep 2018

Study explores connection between sexuality and cognitive status in older adults

The number of people who live at home with Alzheimer's Disease (AD), a brain disease that causes abnormal changes that kill brain cells, is expected to grow from 3.2 million today to more than 8 million in 2050.

21 Sep 2018

Regular bedtime and wake time important for heart, metabolic health even among adults

Sufficient sleep has been proven to help keep the body healthy and the mind sharp. But it's not just an issue of logging at least seven hours of Z's.

21 Sep 2018

Study: Neural signal that urges to eat overpowers the one that says to stop

Almost everyone knows the feeling. You're at a restaurant or a holiday meal, and your stomach is telling you it's full, so logically you know you should stop eating.

21 Sep 2018

Brain region for stress control is enlarged in people with depression, finds study

According to the World Health Organization, 322 million people worldwide were affected by depression in 2015--4.4 percent of the world's population.

20 Sep 2018

Cannabinoid drugs reduce perceived unpleasantness of painful stimuli and increase tolerance

Researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have determined that cannabinoid drugs do not appear to reduce the intensity of experimental pain, but, instead, may make pain feel less unpleasant and more tolerable.

19 Sep 2018

More doctor visits can lower risk of suicide attempts in fibromyalgia patients

Fibromyalgia patients who regularly visit their physicians are much less likely to attempt suicide than those who do not, according to a new Vanderbilt University Medical Center study published in Arthritis Care & Research.

19 Sep 2018

Arthritis common in individuals with varying degrees of depression, finds study

Arthritis is common in individuals with varying degrees of depression, according to a new International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry study.

19 Sep 2018

Novel clinical trial to examine cannabis as potential treatment for essential tremor

Researchers at University of California School of Medicine are preparing to launch a novel clinical trial to examine the safety, efficacy and pharmacological properties of cannabis as a potential treatment for adults with essential tremor.

18 Sep 2018

Computer avatars play role in diagnosis of dementia

Diagnosis of dementia was made via cognitive function tests such as Mini-Mental State Examination and medical imaging systems at hospitals, a fairly large system for the purpose.

14 Sep 2018

Breakthrough shows immune cells may play a role in schizophrenia

A type of immune cell called the “macrophages” are known to be one of the first soldiers of the body that can fight off infections and plays a role in maintaining immunity and in inflammation. According to latest research in schizophrenia, these macrophages can become altered and may cause changes in the brain leading to changes in the brain similar to schizophrenia.

14 Sep 2018

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Kenneth Wells wins NAM's 2018 Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health

Digital CBT can improve insomnia symptoms, daytime functioning and overall health

VRK1 protein may enable cancer cells to colonize new areas of the body during metastasis

Experts call for more neuroscience research focused on long-term recovery from addiction

Environmentally-induced gene activity influences IQ test performance

Lancaster professor aims to understand how genes affect smoking cessation

Alexion announces positive results from Phase 3 PREVENT study of Soliris in patients with NMOSD

Oxford VR raises £3.2m to boost innovation in VR for mental health problems

LGBT community reports more number of poor mental health days than general population

Survey estimates caregiving costs for family members

Study explores connection between sexuality and cognitive status in older adults

Regular bedtime and wake time important for heart, metabolic health even among adults

Study: Neural signal that urges to eat overpowers the one that says to stop

Brain region for stress control is enlarged in people with depression, finds study

Cannabinoid drugs reduce perceived unpleasantness of painful stimuli and increase tolerance

More doctor visits can lower risk of suicide attempts in fibromyalgia patients

Arthritis common in individuals with varying degrees of depression, finds study

Novel clinical trial to examine cannabis as potential treatment for essential tremor

Computer avatars play role in diagnosis of dementia

Breakthrough shows immune cells may play a role in schizophrenia

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