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Intranasal oxytocin for autism promising – then came the data
Perhaps the most important take-away from the study is that even if it’s safe, intranasal oxytocin as it is currently used doesn’t work and...
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Many breast cancer patients use cannabis for symptom relief
Survey finds that physicians were not highly regarded as a source of information about cannabis use.
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Moms’ cannabis use in pregnancy tied to anxiety and hyperactivity in offspring
May have epigenetic immunomodulatory effects affecting neurodevelopment
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Coffee or tea? Drinking both tied to lower stroke, dementia risk
Drinking coffee or tea reduces the risk for stroke and dementia. But drinking both reduces stroke risk by 30% and dementia risk by 28%.
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Two-thirds of preschoolers correctly identified emotions of masked adults
Some are concerned about the affects of adults working in preschools wearing face masks on the ability of young children to learn to recognize...
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Pandemic stresses harder on physician moms than physician dads: Study
Study results suggest that the pandemic has increased gender disparity and added disproportionately to the burden of female physicians.
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Single infusion of ketamine rapidly reduces suicidal thoughts
“This study identifies a second new domain of improvement – namely rapid improvement in several cognitive functions,” said Dr. J. John Mann.
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Adding questions in primary care may help predict suicide risk
The researchers cited the urgency highlighted by statistics that show that, from 1999 to 2017, the U.S. suicide rate increased by more than 33%....
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Do adolescents develop CNS autoimmunity after COVID-19?
The researchers examined three pediatric patients who were infected with SARS-CoV-2 and, over a period of 5 months in 2020, were admitted to the...
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Telehealth safe, effective for a challenging psychiatric disorder
The study included 64 patients with borderline personality disorder who were treated for the first time in the Rhode Island Hospital partial...
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Brain rhythm predicts response to DBS for severe depression
“Patient by patient, the magnitude of the decrease in the left beta power could predict how well they were doing a week later.”