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Adult ADHD improved by home-based, noninvasive brain stimulation
Home-use tDCS devices, which avoid the need for daily office visits for stimulation sessions, have been validated in previous clinical samples.
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Positive phase 3 results for novel schizophrenia drug
The findings could “potentially usher in the first new class of medicine for these patients in more than 50 years.”
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Chronically low wages linked to subsequent memory decline
The findings could have implications for future public policy and research initiatives.
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COVID smell loss tops disease severity as a predictor of long-term cognitive impairment
Severity of anosmia, but not clinical status, significantly predicted cognitive impairment.
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Pharmacogenomic testing may curb drug interactions in severe depression
Some physicians have expressed scepticism about pharmacogenomic testing, but the study provides additional evidence of its usefulness.
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Growing evidence gardening cultivates mental health
The study results support carrying out large, well-designed, rigorously designed trials.
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Alcohol’s detrimental impact on the brain explained?
“We are finding harmful associations with iron within those low-risk alcohol intake guidelines.”
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Cognitive impairment may predict physical disability in MS
Clinicians should consider testing cognitive processing speed in patients with MS to identify those who are at increased risk for disease...
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Children with migraine at high risk of comorbid anxiety, depression
Compared with children who did not have migraine, those with migraine had almost twice the odds of an anxiety disorder.
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Promising new tool for better migraine management in primary care
The medical record “best-practice alert,” aims at reducing specialist referrals and MRI studies.
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COVID-19 tied to increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease
But the risk was no greater than that following any other respiratory infections such as influenza or community-acquired bacterial pneumonia.
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Pandemic stress tied to increased headache burden in teens
“Anxiety and depression are frequent comorbidities of headache and can act as a triggering factor for headache attacks but can also be a...
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Migraine-related stigma is common and underappreciated
Even those experiencing only a few headaches per month said they experienced negative attitudes from others about migraine.
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Disappointing results for investigational Alzheimer’s drug
“This broader approach coupled with advances in novel biomarkers is bringing us closer to the day when physicians will be able to zero in on the...
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Opioid use in the elderly a dementia risk factor?
Exposure to these drugs may be another modifiable risk factor for dementia.