Low Level of Thyroid Hormone in Mom Increases Schizophrenia Risk for Baby
A child’s risk of schizophrenia later in life can depend in part on the level of thyroid hormone in the mother according to a new study undertaken by researchers from several schools and universities. Women who have low thyroxine levels during pregnancy have a higher …
Read More →Risk of Teen and Adult Violence and Impulsivity Increases Significantly with Childhood Hunger
University of Texas at Dallas researchers have determined that individuals who experienced frequent childhood hunger had a risk of more than double to exhibit violent or impulsive behavior as a teen and adult. There has been a lot of research on childhood hunger in the …
Read More →Study Shows Improvement in Overall Health When Interactive Rehab Used
According to a recent Kaiser Permanente San Francisco outpatient addiction treatment clinic patients who have access to interactive rehab tend to experience an improvement in overall health. The study involved 503 people who were assigned to receive standard care or standard care plus the LINKAGE …
Read More →Adequate Sleep Can be Compromised by Video Gaming According to Latest Research
University of North Texas Health Science Center researchers have found that video gaming can interfere with adequate sleep in a recent study. The study looked at how often the participants engaged in video gaming, when they went to bed on gaming nights, and when they …
Read More →Teens With Major Depressive Disorder Could be Harmed Instead of Helped With Antidepressants
Recently The Lancet published the most comprehensive study that has ever been conducted on whether antidepressants help or hurt teens with major depressive disorder, and the results show that almost all of the drugs in this class are not effective when used for children and …
Read More →Brain Imaging of Healthy Siblings and Siblings With Schizophrenia Could Provide Clues About This Mental Disorder
A new research study from Michigan State University using brain imaging of people with schizophrenia as well as their healthy siblings could help provide clues about this mental disorder. Schizophrenia is a disease which can be both devastating and debilitating, and the study examined two …
Read More →Fear of Gaining Weight May Not Drive Anorexia Nervosa According to New Study
Until now anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder which can cause life threatening complications, has been thought to include a fear of gaining weight but researchers say that may not actually be the case after the results of a recent study. The results of this study …
Read More →Study Shows Unexpected Habenula Activity in Patients with Depression
A new study shows that patients with depression have unexpected habenula activity, something that researchers did not expect when the study was designed and started. University College of London researchers used high-resolution functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to study habenula activity in the brains of …
Read More →Concerns About ADHD Drug Adzenys Surface
A new ADHD medication called Adzenys that has been approved by the USFDA for use in children is a chewable tablet that has an extended release amphetamine, and it is flavored and designed to disintegrate with oral use. There are so many things wrong with …
Read More →What Causes Eating Disorders? Can These Mental Disorders be Cured?
Eating disorders can be very dangerous mental disorders, and these conditions have caused many deaths. What causes them though, and can they be cured? There is no single factor that can be pointed to as a root cause for developing an eating disorder, but there …
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