After a childbirth that was traumatic (and/or medically complicated) women can develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which poses numerous risks for themselves and their children. Identifying and implementing treatments ...
Feb 22, 2024
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The vast majority of liver transplant centers in the United States use language on their websites that can be considered stigmatizing through their use of words like "alcoholism," "alcoholic" and "alcohol abuse," potentially ...
Feb 8, 2024
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By using advanced brain recording techniques, a new study led by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) demonstrates how neurons in the human brain work together to allow people to think about what words they ...
Feb 1, 2024
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High school students who reported using cannabis, alcohol, or nicotine were more likely to have thoughts about suicide, feel depressed or anxious, have unusual experiences, and exhibit inattention or hyperactivity, according ...
Jan 29, 2024
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The tau protein accumulates in abnormal shapes in the brains of individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the early steps of tau misfolding and aggregation are unknown.
Jan 22, 2024
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Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Kaiser Permanente have found that communities with high prevalence of adults who fail to exercise in their free-time, experience significantly higher rates of death ...
Jan 12, 2024
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Researchers from Mass General for Children (MGfC) and 13 other institutions have identified a strain of Bacteroides vulgatus that may protect the gut intestinal barrier against the break in tolerance that occurs when gluten ...
Jan 8, 2024
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New research indicates that the eating disorder anorexia nervosa is associated with being an early riser, unlike many other disorders that tend to be evening-based such as depression, binge eating disorder and schizophrenia.
Jan 4, 2024
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Preeclampsia and other hypertensive disorders of pregnancy—which are characterized by high blood pressure with or without organ dysfunction during the second half of pregnancy—carry considerable short- and long-term risks ...
Jan 3, 2024
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Children with the condition aplasia cutis congenita (ACC) are born with the absence of skin along the midline of the scalp. Depending on whether mutations are in the KCTD1 or KCTD15 genes, additional characteristics beyond ...
Jan 3, 2024
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