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Women and men with bipolar disorder may have different immune markers

Men and women react differently to compounds associated with immune system response to bipolar disorder, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

11 Jul 2017

Rural waivered physicians face significant barriers to providing treatment for opioid use disorder

More than half of rural counties in the United States lack a physician trained and waivered by the Drug Enforcement Agency to treat opioid use disorder using Buprenorphine Maintenance Treatment.

11 Jul 2017

New program gives free legal help to families for health-related issues

Chicago families with kids who have complicated medical conditions now have easier access to legal help, thanks to a new partnership between the University of Illinois at Chicago and Legal Council for Health Justice.

11 Jul 2017

BetterYou magnesium flakes shown to ease restless legs syndrome

An Essex mum of three suffering from restless legs syndrome (RLS) can finally share a bed with her husband again thanks to a natural Magnesium Flake remedy, which featured on the ‘Secrets of Sleep’ (More4, 5 July).

From BetterYou Ltd 10 Jul 2017

Care farming helps improve veterans' mental and social well-being, study shows

Care farming—using working farms and agricultural landscapes to promote mental and physical health—helped improve veterans' well-being in a recent study.

10 Jul 2017

Cancer diagnosis now more common than marriage, says MacMillan Cancer Support

A new report from MacMillan Cancer Support has revealed that cancer diagnosis is now one of the most common events in people’s lives, with new cases being more common each year in the UK than marriage.

10 Jul 2017

Senate GOP bill aims to add psych beds; squeeze on Medicaid signals their undoing

A little-discussed provision in the Senate health care bill is designed to boost the number of hospital beds for psychiatric care, providing a long-sought victory for mental health advocates.

10 Jul 2017

Neuroscientists discover how prenatal alcohol exposure increases risk for drug addiction later in life

One of the many negative consequences, when fetuses are exposed to alcohol in the womb, is an increased risk for drug addiction later in life.

10 Jul 2017

Psychosocial factors play major role in well-being of older people, study says

"Ageing itself is not inevitably associated with a decline in mood and quality of life," says Prof. Karl-Heinz Ladwig, summarizing the results.

7 Jul 2017

Study reveals high use of medications for mental illness in Norwegian nursing homes

For the first time ever, researchers have looked at the long-term use of psychiatric medication in Norwegian nursing homes.

7 Jul 2017

IBS scientists control memory by modulating synchronized brain waves during deep sleep

Have you ever tried to recall something just before going to sleep and then wake up with the memory fresh in your mind? While we absorb so much information during the day consciously or unconsciously, it is during shut eye that a lot of facts are dispatched to be filed away or fall into oblivion.

6 Jul 2017

Managing stress, improving pain coping strategies may minimize need for opioids after surgery

Helping patients to better manage stress and improve coping strategies related to pain may minimize the need for opioids following ankle fracture surgery, according to new research appearing in the July 2017 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

6 Jul 2017

Loss of smell linked to weight loss in mice despite same food intake, study reveals

Experiments conducted at the University of California, Berkeley, suggest that the odor of food has a direct link with how the body processes the calories. The new study conducted on mice published in the first week of July in the journal Cell Metabolism implicates that the ability to detect the smell of food is related to whether the calories are burnt rather than stored.

6 Jul 2017

Parents of ill children worry about return of ‘lifetime limits’ in GOP health bill

The health care legislation under discussion in the Senate could allow states to remove some of the Affordable Care Act’s consumer protections — including the prohibition that keeps insurers from limiting how much they’ll pay for medically needy, expensive patients.

6 Jul 2017

Dmrta2 gene mutation can lead to abnormal brain development in unborn babies

Researchers from Cardiff University and Université Libre de Bruxelles have identified how the function of a key gene significantly impacts nerve stem cell growth, and how it can lead to abnormal brain development in unborn babies if the system goes awry.

6 Jul 2017

Sense of smell may play key role in how the body deals with calories

Our sense of smell is key to the enjoyment of food, so it may be no surprise that in experiments at the University of California, Berkeley, obese mice who lost their sense of smell also lost weight.

5 Jul 2017

Pre-existing illness delays bowel cancer diagnosis

The researchers from the University of Exeter analysed clinical data from over 4,500 patients across the UK who were later diagnosed with bowel cancer.

5 Jul 2017

People with chronic tic disorder have higher suicide risk than general population

People with Tourette's disorder or chronic tic disorder are over four times more likely to die by suicide than the general population, according to a new study in Biological Psychiatry.

5 Jul 2017

Comprehensive surgical options could benefit osteoporosis patients with medication-related jaw necrosis

Osteoporosis patients who suffer drug side effects that result in painful exposed bone in the jaw could benefit if they are treated with one of the more comprehensive surgical options that could lower the risk of relapse and repeat surgery, according to a study published in the July issue of the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

5 Jul 2017

New study shows link between marijuana use and psychotic-like experiences

Going from an occasional user of marijuana to a weekly or daily user increases an adolescent's risk of having recurrent psychotic-like experiences by 159%, according to a new Canadian study published today in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

5 Jul 2017

Mental Health News and Research

Latest Mental Health News and Research

Women and men with bipolar disorder may have different immune markers

Rural waivered physicians face significant barriers to providing treatment for opioid use disorder

New program gives free legal help to families for health-related issues

BetterYou magnesium flakes shown to ease restless legs syndrome

Care farming helps improve veterans' mental and social well-being, study shows

Cancer diagnosis now more common than marriage, says MacMillan Cancer Support

Senate GOP bill aims to add psych beds; squeeze on Medicaid signals their undoing

Neuroscientists discover how prenatal alcohol exposure increases risk for drug addiction later in life

Psychosocial factors play major role in well-being of older people, study says

Study reveals high use of medications for mental illness in Norwegian nursing homes

IBS scientists control memory by modulating synchronized brain waves during deep sleep

Managing stress, improving pain coping strategies may minimize need for opioids after surgery

Loss of smell linked to weight loss in mice despite same food intake, study reveals

Parents of ill children worry about return of ‘lifetime limits’ in GOP health bill

Dmrta2 gene mutation can lead to abnormal brain development in unborn babies

Sense of smell may play key role in how the body deals with calories

Pre-existing illness delays bowel cancer diagnosis

People with chronic tic disorder have higher suicide risk than general population

Comprehensive surgical options could benefit osteoporosis patients with medication-related jaw necrosis

New study shows link between marijuana use and psychotic-like experiences

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