Attention deficit disorders
Parenting with ADHD: Seven practical tips for success
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often goes undiagnosed in adults—including parents—but it has a significant impact on family life.
Jan 3, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Living with a depressed loved one can take mental, financial toll
Reduced income, unemployment and mental health issues are more common among people who live with a loved one diagnosed with depression, new research shows.
Jan 2, 2024
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Addiction
Young people took up smoking during the pandemic—how tobacco has been used for stress relief for more than a century
In the UK and much of the west, smoking rates have consistently declined since the turn of the millennium. But during some of the most anxiety-ridden months of the COVID pandemic in early 2020, that rate of decline slowed ...
Dec 29, 2023
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Medications
Experimental drug that alters gut microbiome shows promise for long COVID relief
A randomized controlled trial in Hong Kong finds that the synbiotic drug SIM01 relieves multiple symptoms of long COVID, or post-acute COVID-19 syndrome (PACS).
Dec 29, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Palliative care is underused for patients with malignant urinary obstruction, say researchers
Less than half of patients with malignant ureteral obstruction (MUO)—a serious complication of advanced cancer, with a poor prognosis—receive palliative care (PC) for their condition, reports a paper in the January issue ...
Dec 21, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How exercise benefits people with Down's syndrome
Exercise is known to have many benefits when it comes to cognitive function—such as improving memory and concentration skills. Research shows this is true for people in many different age groups, and even in those with ...
Dec 21, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
For many who are suffering with prolonged grief, the holidays can be a time to reflect and find meaning in loss
The holiday season is meant to be filled with joy, connection and celebration of rituals. Many people, however, are starkly reminded of their grief this time of year and of whom—or what—they have lost.
Dec 21, 2023
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Digital training program improves quality of life for care residents with dementia—even during the COVID-19 pandemic
Quality of life for people with dementia living in residential and nursing home care substantially improved after staff took part in a digital training program that was specially adapted to COVID-19 restrictions. The training ...
Dec 20, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How does the inability to burp affect daily life?
The inability to burp—called retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction (R-CPD)—is caused by failure of the throat's cricopharyngeal muscle to relax to allow the outward passage of gas. An interview-based study in Neurogastroenterology ...
Dec 20, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Pandemic stress not over for asylum seekers and refugees, say study
An ACU study of asylum seekers and refugees in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic found that their experiences intensified domestic partner violence and financial stress.
Dec 19, 2023
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