Experts warn health care providers to slow down in allowing smart pill in...
Enthusiasm for an emerging digital health tool, the smart pill, is on the rise but researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have published a paper in the American Journal of Bioethics that...
View ArticleChange in short-term beliefs related to dopamine function, study shows
For the first time, scientists have been able to image brain activity when people change their short-term beliefs, and to relate this brain activity to dopamine function in humans.
View ArticleDementia and guns: When should doctors broach the topic?
Some patients refuse to answer. Many doctors don’t ask. As the number of Americans with dementia rises, health professionals are grappling with when and how to pose the question: “Do you have guns at...
View ArticleStudy of infrequent cannabis users compares adverse effects of vaping and...
In a small study of infrequent cannabis users, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have shown that, compared with smoking cannabis, vaping it increased the rate of short-term anxiety, paranoia, memory...
View ArticleStudy reveals increase in potency and price of cannabis across Europe
Cannabis resin and herbal cannabis have significantly increased in potency and in price, according to the first study to investigate changes in cannabis across Europe.
View ArticleAssociation between tobacco use and paranoia is largely due to shared genetic...
Paranoia is associated with regular tobacco smoking in adolescents after accounting for other factors like cannabis use, sleep disturbances and stressful life events, reports a study recently published...
View ArticleEpisodes of psychosis linked to air pollution
A new study on teenagers living in England and Wales has found that psychotic experiences are becoming increasingly common due to exposure to pollution.
View ArticleResearch opens up new avenues for understanding the causes of schizophrenia
Schizophrenia causes hallucinations and memory or cognition problems inter alia. This psychiatric illness affects 0.5% of the general population, and it may be related to genetic abnormalities of...
View ArticleScientists discover new drug target for chemically induced Parkinson's disease
More than three decades ago, scientists discovered that a chemical found in a synthetic opioid, MPTP, induced the onset of a form of Parkinson's disease.
View ArticleMeth in the morning, heroin at night: Inside the seesaw struggle of dual...
In the 25 years since she snorted her first line of meth at a club in San Francisco, Kim has redefined "normal" so many times. At first, she said, it seemed like meth brought her back to her true self...
View ArticleStudy shows how cannabidiol blocks the psychiatric side-effects of THC
Researchers at Western University have shown for the first time the molecular mechanisms at work that cause cannabidiol, or CBD, to block the psychiatric side-effects caused by tetrahydrocannabinol,...
View ArticleCannabis: CBD vs THC causes lower psychiatric side-effects
A study has revealed how cannabidiol works against tetrahydrocannabinol to prevent psychiatric side effects.
View ArticleDeficit schizophrenics are physically different from other people
The study, published in Schizophrenia Bulletin on August 19, 2019, points out some differences in mouth structure in people with one form of schizophrenia called deficit schizophrenia, compared with...
View ArticleTaking the cops out of mental health-related 911 rescues
Every day that Janet van der Laak drives between car dealerships in her sales job, she keeps size 12 shoes, some clothes and a packed lunch — a PB&J sandwich, fruit and a granola bar — beside her...
View ArticleDementia patients being admitted to hospital for emergencies up by 35 percent
Dementia, a neurodegenerative and debilitating illness can take a toll on the life of older adults. In a recent report, the number of patients with dementia being rushed to emergency rooms rose by a...
View ArticleIndia responds aggressively to COVID-19
As the world is gripped with COVID-19 infection and fears of transmission, Southeast Asian nation India, being China’s neighbor and the second most populous nation (with 1.3 billion population) in the...
View ArticleStudy sheds light on common adverse reactions to cannabis
Coughing fits, anxiety and paranoia are three of the most common adverse reactions to cannabis, according to a recent study by Washington State University researchers.
View ArticlePotential harms associated with some drugs used for treating COVID-19 patients
Chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin are being used to treat and prevent COVID-19 despite weak evidence for effectiveness, and physicians and patients should be aware of the drugs'...
View Article‘I wasn’t eating’: Senior twin sisters battle pandemic anxiety together
Ethel Sylvester dialed 911, trembling with fear. The 92-year-old felt hot. She thought turning off her thermostat could fix the problem. That didn't help.
View ArticleIn hard-hit areas, COVID’s ripple effects strain mental health care systems
In late March, Marcell's girlfriend took him to the emergency room at Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital, about 11 miles south of Detroit.
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