BY SARAH POLUS COVID-19 has been linked to a greater risk of developing mental health disorders, a new study from Britain’s Oxford University states. The report published in The Lancet peer-reviewed medical journal found that 20 percent of COVID-19 survivors, or 1 in 5, will receive a first-time mental health diagnosis within 90 days of infection. Among the...
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Phoenix-based company believes it has discovered major breakthrough in Alzheimer’s treatment
By Linda Williams | Published 8 hours ago | Special Reports | FOX 10 Phoenix PHOENIX – Alzheimer’s disease robs millions of people of their memory and their lives, and even after years of research, there’s still no cure. A Phoenix-based company thinks it may have discovered a treatment that stops, even reverses the process....
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In shocking reversal, Biogen to submit experimental Alzheimer’s drug for approval
By MATTHEW HERPER @matthewherper OCTOBER 22, 2019 In a shocking reversal, Biogen (BIIB) on Tuesday said that it would resurrect an Alzheimer’s drug that the company previously said had failed and will ask the Food and Drug Administration to approve it. The company said a “new analysis of larger dataset” showed that the drug, aducanumab,...
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Otago scientists’ discovery leads to greater understanding of Alzheimer’s disease
UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO Otago scientists have made an important discovery in understanding the role a particular protein plays to impair memory in Alzheimer’s disease, which could lead to more effective treatment in future. Professor Cliff Abraham and Dr Anurag Singh from the Department of Psychology have identified that a protein in the brain – tumor...
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Study links unhealthy diet to mental illness in California adults
A study has found that poor mental health is linked with poor diet quality — regardless of personal characteristics such as gender age, education, age, marital status and income level. The study, published Feb. 16 in the International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, revealed that California adults who consumed more unhealthy food were also...
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Study links unhealthy diet to mental illness in California adults
A study has found that poor mental health is linked with poor diet quality — regardless of personal characteristics such as gender age, education, age, marital status and income level. IMAGE: RESEARCHERS FIND JUNK FOOD IS ASSOCIATED WITH BOTH MODERATE AND SEVERE PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS view more CREDIT: LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY HEALTH The study, published Feb....
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Mental Illness Body Tracker Accurately Diagnoses PTSD
Mental illness can be notoriously difficult to diagnose in many cases, since symptoms may be invisible to physicians and those that are can be misleading. Objective methods that don’t rely on a direct observation would help to improve diagnosis. Researchers at Draper, the famous engineering firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts, have developed a system consisting of...
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This Genetic Discovery Could Change the Way We Treat Mental Illness
IN BRIEF An international team of scientists studied the genes of 35,000 people – measuring the brain function of these participants through tests of learning, memory, and other cognitive function components. They were able to discover new genetic variations related to cognitive ability which provide new clues into how the brain works at the molecular...