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New study increases understanding of HIV drug’s negative effects on the brain
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New study increases understanding of HIV drug’s negative effects on the brain

News Release 17-Sep-2024 Findings pave the way toward mitigating some drugs’ toxic effects Peer-Reviewed PublicationUniversity of Maryland Baltimore County image: This is figure 4 from a paper in ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science that used a novel approach to show changes in lipid metabolism and protein expression as a result of treatment with the HIV...

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Many adolescents game a lot without negative effects on their wellbeing

A new study published by University of Oxford researchers in an open-access journal, JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, shows that although many school-age adolescents spend considerable time gaming, it does not hurt their well-being. The OxWell Student Survey is one of England’s largest school surveys of adolescent health and wellbeing. More than 12,000 secondary school-aged students (12-18 years) took part...

Study substantiates negative effects of two treatments—’scared straight’ and critical incident stress debriefing
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Study substantiates negative effects of two treatments—’scared straight’ and critical incident stress debriefing

by  University of Kansas Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The history of psychology is littered with unfortunate examples of treatments that caused more harm than benefit to patients. For instance, in the mid-20th century lobotomies were a common practice to treat mental illness, with poor results. More recently, so-called conversion therapy was targeted at the LGBTQ community...