by Cliff Peale, Miami University A respiratory simulation device, complete with an artificial nose made from a 3-D printer, is the subject of Miami University’s newest patent and a potential breakthrough in researching, diagnosing and treating breathing disorders. Lei Kerr, professor of chemical, paper and biomedical engineering, is the inventor on the patentalong with co-inventors...
Tag: <span>PTSD</span>
Brain’s ‘updating mechanisms’ may create false memories
by University of Technology, Sydney A study published in Current Biology reports on one of the first comprehensive characterizations of poorly formed memories, and may offer a framework to explore different therapeutic approaches to fear, memory and anxiety disorders. It may also have implications for accuracy of some witness testimony. Senior author Professor Bryce Vissel,...
Scientists trace path from PTSD to heart disease
Bethesda, MD – People with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) face a higher risk of heart disease at an earlier age than people without PTSD. A new study helps explain why. The research was scheduled to be presented at the American Physiological Society annual meeting in San Diego this month. Though the meeting, to be held...
MDMA for PTSD granted Expanded Access by FDA, patient treatments begin
By Rich Haridy Marking an impressive milestone in the development of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the treatment for Expanded Access, allowing certain patients access to the therapy before full market approval is granted. Ten treatment clinics in the United States are reported as ready to commence...
Study finds potential new treatment for preventing PTSD
by Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Research led by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation points to a groundbreaking discovery about a new potential treatment and prevention for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The research team, led by Dr. Fang Liu, Senior Scientist and Head of...
Rare sleep disorder common among veterans with PTSD
Findings may provide insight about development of neurodegenerative conditions like Parkinson’s disease OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY Military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or concussion suffer from a thrashing form of sleep behavior at a rate that is far higher than the general population, according to a new study by researchers at the VA Portland...
Expert discusses surprising findings linking PTSD treatment with lower diabetes risk
by Whitelaw Reid, University of Virginia University of Virginia professor and clinical psychologist Peter Tuerk and his colleagues at Saint Louis University School of Medicine and the National Center for PTSD were surprised at the size of their findings. Could people who improved their post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms really have lessened their risk for developing Type 2 diabetes about 50 percent, as...
People with PTSD could benefit from fear reducing medication
By Lauren Sharkey Fact checked by Paula Field Post-traumatic stress disorder has proved difficult to treat in the long term. Mixing psychological therapy with a novel drug could help. In June, researchers carried out a review to determine whether medication or psychological therapy was the best treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Due to a...
New medication may improve effects of psychological treatment for PTSD
A medication that boosts the body’s own cannabis-like substances, endocannabinoids, shows promise to help the brain un-learn fear memories when these are no longer meaningful. This according to an early-stage, experimental study on healthy volunteers at LiU. The new findings give hope that a new treatment can be developed for post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD. “We have used a medication that blocks the way...
Israel seeks to beat PTSD with ‘ecstasy’ therapy
by Jonah Mandel Nachum Pachenick says he lived a nightmare for nearly two decades after being sexually abused and developing post-traumatic stress disorder—until MDMA therapy came to his rescue. “It’s a life full of stress, pressure, nerves, anxiety, fatigue,” the 46-year-old Israeli said from his home in Sde Boaz, a wildcat settlement in the occupied...