Mental Disorders

BD’s Polygenic Genetic Architecture

A genome-wide study of bipolar disorder (BD) revealed an extensive polygenic genetic architecture of the disease, implicate brain calcium channels…

7 years ago

Warnings Added to Common Sleep Pills

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requiring a Boxed Warning, the most prominent warning, to be added to certain…

7 years ago

Complex Genetic Roots of Depression

A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of depression identified 102 independent variants, 269 genes, and 15 genesets associated with depression,…

7 years ago

Blood Neurofilament Light Chain, a Biomarker of Neurodegeneration

A cohort study revealed that blood neurofilament light chain (NfL) changes predict disease progression and brain neurodegeneration more than a…

7 years ago

Hypnotherapy Relieved IBS

A multicenter randomized controlled trial in the Netherlands showed that both individual and group hypnotherapy were effective in irritable bowel…

7 years ago

Prolonged Functional Connections in Autism

An US cohort study showed that prolonged temporal synchrony of functional brain connections is reproducibly observed in autism. The study…

7 years ago

Cannabis Use May Cause Cognitive Impairments

A longitudinal randomized controlled trial in Canada revealed that concurrent and lasting effects of adolescent cannabis use can be observed…

7 years ago

Midlife Orthostatic Hypotension Linked to Dementia and Stroke

An US prospective cohort study revealed that orthostatic hypotension (OH) in midlife was independently associated with incident dementia and ischemic…

8 years ago

Late-life BP Linked to CVD and AD

A US prospective clinical-pathologic study revealed that late in life both higher average and faster decline in blood pressure (BP)…

8 years ago

Mid-life SBP Linked to Dementia

An ongoing study in the UK revealed that systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥130 mmHg at age 50 is associated with increased…

8 years ago

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