by Joel Streed, Mayo Clinic Credit: Kampus Production from Pexels Imagine being dropped off in a country where you aren’t fluent in the local language Even when the native speakers speak slowly, you may understand only portions of what’s being said. This is similar to how someone with aphasia may feel every day. Aphasia is...
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Diagnosing essential tremor after death helps families learn risk
JUNE 19, 2024 by UT Southwestern Medical Center Changes in the brains of patients with essential tremor are centered on a group of neurons in the cerebellum known as Purkinje cells, the round and oval green objects in this image. Credit: Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology (2024). DOI: 10.1002/acn3.52068A statistical tool designed to analyze...
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How to Better Diagnose and Manage Rumination Syndrome
COMMENTARY David A. Johnson, MD DISCLOSURES | June 14, 2024 Rumination syndrome is a well-recognized functional disorder characterized by the regurgitation of food or liquid in the absence of retching or nausea. Evidence suggests that the prevalence of rumination syndrome is increasing. In a 2022 health survey study conducted across 26 countries — the largest...
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Researchers discover how high-fiber foods make people feel fuller
JUNE 20, 2024 by Samantha Rey, Imperial College London Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a study published in Science Translational Medicine, researchers at Imperial have found that a higher-fiber diet stimulates the release of a key appetite-reducing hormone, in the ileum, part of the small intestine. Peptide tyrosine tyrosine (PYY), which is known to reduce...
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Do you have a mental illness? Why some people answer ‘yes’, even if they haven’t been diagnosed
JUNE 20, 2024 by Jesse Tse and Nick Haslam, The Conversation Percentage of participants with broad (dark blue) or narrow (light blue) concepts of mental illness who self-diagnosed at different levels of distress. Credit: Jesse Tse and Nick HaslamMental illnesses such as depression and anxiety disorders have become more prevalent, especially among young people. Demand...
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New thesis calls compulsory care of people with borderline personality disorder into question
JUNE 19, 2024 by Karolinska Institutet Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainHow do caregivers reason when deciding to treat patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) under compulsory care? Is compulsory care ethically defensible? A new thesis by psychiatrist Antoinette Lundahl tries to answer these questions and concludes that there is much to indicate that compulsory care does...
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Family psychiatric history: Effects on siblings of children with autism
JUNE 19, 2024 by Yale University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainChildren who have an older sibling with autism spectrum disorder (autism) are at greater risk of developmental vulnerabilities if they also have other relatives with neurodevelopmental or psychiatric conditions, according to a new study from the Yale Child Study Center. Researchers found that the siblings of...
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Deadly strep bacteria is spreading in Japan
JUNE 19, 2024 by Robin Foster A deadly bacterial infection known as streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) is spreading across Japan, officials in that country report. In March, Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases issued its first warning that STSS cases were on the rise. As of June 2, Japan’s health ministry has reported 977...
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New, simple test detects rare fatal genetic heart condition
NEWS RELEASE 20-JUN-2024 Peer-Reviewed PublicationMCMASTER UNIVERSITY A team of international researchers has revealed a new, simple clinical test to detect Calcium Release Deficiency Syndrome (CRDS), a life-threatening genetic arrhythmia that causes dangerously fast heartbeats and can lead to severe complications such as sudden cardiac arrest and death. The new diagnostic method monitors for changes in...
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A New Psychotherapeutic ‘Gold Standard’ for Chronic Pain?
Alicia Ault June 19, 2024 A single course of treatment with emotional awareness and expression therapy (EAET) was associated with a significantly greater reduction in chronic pain severity than cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), the current psychotherapeutic gold standard, a new study suggested. Two thirds of the patients who received EAET reported at least a 30% reduction...