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Study reveals new test might detect Alzheimer's disease 3.5 years before c
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London has developed a blood-based test that can predict the risk of Alzheimer's disease up to 3.5 years before clinical diagnosis.
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PTSD could potentially be treated by blood pressure medicine: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to a study published in the journal 'Molecular Psychiatry', Clonidine, a drug commonly used to treat high blood pressure could help ward off PTSD.
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Restricted abortion access linked to increased suicide risk in young women
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In findings published in JAMA Psychiatry, Ran Barzilay of the Perelman School of Medicine and CHOP, Jonathan Zandberg of the Wharton School, and Rebecca Waller of Penn's Department of Psychology in the School of Arts & Sciences show that restricting abortion access is linked to increased
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Study reveals genetic risk for Dementia among people of African descent
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to a research published in the journal 'Molecular Psychiatry', scientists discovered many instances where gene variations may increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias among people of African ancestry.
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Patients with treatment-resistant depression are at higher risk of early d
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Patients with treatment-resistant depression have a 23 per cent higher risk of death than other depressed patients. They also have twice as much outpatient care and spend three times the number of days in inpatient care. These are findings of a new study published in JAMA Psychiatry by resea
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Study etches out mechanism of drug as ADHD medication
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to a recent study published in 'Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging', the most common ADHD medication drug, methylphenidate, is now better understood in terms of its mechanism.
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Study reveals difference in boys, girls brain with binge eating disorder
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Binge eating disorder is wired in the brain from an early age. Researchers revealed neurobiology of binge eating disorder and how it differs between the sexes.
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Researchers find difference in brains of boys, girls with binge eating dis
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Study revealed how binge eating disorder can have notable changes in brain structure between the sexes.
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Research finds poor health outcomes related to substance use disorders
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Individuals with a history of hospitalisation for substance use disorders had considerably worse results following the onset of a wide range of physical health illnesses, according to experts from the UK and Czechia.
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Study: Crossword puzzles show greater cognitive improvement than computer
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The study found the benefits of crossword puzzles in improving memory functioning in older adults.
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Strict parenting can genetically lead children to depression: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], October 22 (ANI): As a result of strict parenting, the way the body perceives the children's DNA might alter. Children who grow up with restrictions may have these modifications "hard-wired" into their DNA, increasing their biological risk of depression in adolescence and later
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Research: Strict parenting may genetically predispose child to depression
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], October 18 (ANI): The way the body interprets the children's DNA can change as a result of strict parenting. Children who experience their parents as harshly can really experience these changes becoming "hard-wired" into their DNA, which increases their biological risk for depre
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