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Shortened PTSD therapy still effective in active duty military personnel
A 2-week version of prolonged exposure therapy for PTSD in active duty military personnel delivered similar results to an 8-week course of...
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Mood changes reported in cases of methotrexate use for dermatologic disease
Neurotoxicity is a rare side effect of methotrexate use, as seen in two children treated for dermatologic disease.
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Antiseizure medication tied to improved deficits in schizophrenia
Perampanel, typically prescribed to stop epileptic seizures, appears to regulate glutamatergic neurotransmission in schizophrenia.
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Young e-cigarette users graduating to the real thing
Use of noncigarette forms of tobacco can be tantalizing.
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Hormone therapy may reduce depressive symptoms in early menopause
Women in the placebo arm were more than twice as likely to score at least 16 on the Center for Epidemiologic Studies–Depression Scale.
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APA guideline backs naltrexone, acamprosate for alcohol use disorder
Best evidence points to those two drugs for AUD patients with moderate to severe illness.
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Mutations on LRRK2 gene modify risks for both Crohn’s and Parkinson’s
Allelic variants of the gene had either pathogenic or protective effects.
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Idalopirdine falls short in three phase 3 Alzheimer’s trials
Simultaneously, Axovant Life Sciences pulls plug on intepirdine, another 5-HT6 receptor drug, after failures in both AD and Lewy body dementia.
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Low caffeine in blood could be marker of early Parkinson’s
Levels of caffeine and its metabolites have potential as a diagnostic screen for early Parkinson’s disease.
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Folic acid and multivitamin supplements associated with reduced autism risk
Lower ASD risk is found in children whose mothers started taking supplements 2 years before pregnancy.
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U.S. autism rates edge up from 2014-2016
Increase in ASD prevalence rates are not statistically significant, epidemiologists report.