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This study investigates the longitudinal evolution of healthcare consumersâ information-seeking behavior regarding mental health issues, specifically depression, across the pre-pandemic (2018), peak-pandemic (2022)…
Updated August 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. Do you know someone going to college this fall? As a college professor I look forward to seeing the excited and energetic faces at the start of the academic…
Posted August 7, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. “If you are always trying to be normal, you may never know how amazing you can be.” There is a great body of evidence in neuroscience indicating that our…
The Government’s plans to move mental health services into high streets have been branded “meaningless” by a union unless enough workers are recruited to deliver care.
Posted August 7, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. Having empathy for someone’s difficult past doesn’t mean you accept their current abusive behaviors. In a wound mate relationship, you are locked into a defeating…
Posted August 7, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. When I arrived at college as a freshman in 1984, I met Chloe. She had long curly hair, trailed patchouli wherever she went, and seemed to have an endless…
Spread the loveIt sounds like something straight out of a sci-fi thriller, doesn’t it? The idea of artificial intelligence, once a tool we meticulously crafted and controlled, suddenly developing a ...
Cayuga County will receive $132,000 from New York state to develop and carry out a local suicide-prevention plan focused on clinical care, schools and community support. The county is one of five ...
Updated August 7, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. Here are some celebrities who have emerged as elected leaders in the United States: Donald Trump, reality TV star/business person—President of the United States…
Major investment to boost mental health services in South West England, with new NHS community centres and emergency schemes offering faster, local crisis care.
Plans underway to introduce a new type of emergency care centred on mental health needs ...
A large study tracking thousands of adults over five years reveals that core personality traits, particularly extraversion and conscientiousness, strongly predict how often a person drinks alcohol.
Psychedelics like psilocybin (from magic mushrooms), LSD, DMT and mescaline profoundly alter how we perceive, feel and think. After decades of neglect, they are again the subject of serious scientific inquiry, largely…
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(MedPage Today) -- Wide variations in the numbers of type 1 diabetes patients and specialists throughout the U.S. may affect care availability as diagnostic and treatment modalities continue to advance, data from a…
The number of North Carolina high school students reporting mental health issues and alcohol and drug use have dropped to pre-pandemic levels, according to the latest biennial survey of student ...
Posted August 7, 2026 | Reviewed by Devon Frye Movies love exploring obsession. An obsessed protagonist can be one of the most engaging kinds of characters because they will not relent no matter what. Whether it is…
(MedPage Today) -- A 2-year-old girl whose parents sued a Texas hospital to prevent it from testing if she was brain-dead after she drowned in a hotel pool on Memorial Day has been removed from life support and died, her…
You finally get a free afternoon, yet instead of relaxing, you feel like you should be doing something productive. Psychology suggests this isn't simply a strong work ethic. Internalised productivity ...
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now the second largest ever, and shows no sign of slowing down. To help, researchers are trying to expand experimental vaccines and treatments
Cyclosporiasis has been getting all the headlines, but infections from raw milk have sickened more than 100 in Idaho this summer.
Researchers used MRI scans to observe how methylphenidate affects the brains of children with ADHD. In a placebo-controlled experiment, the medication reduced rapid shifts in brain network connections ...
Posted August 7, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. A neighbor of mine, a woman of a certain age and considerable wisdom, stopped me on the street recently with advice I have not been able to shake. "Bala," she…
Clinical psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Bendick in St. Petersburg emphasizes that improving overall health begins with establishing consistent daily habits rather than overwhelming life overhauls.
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(MedPage Today) -- Liposomal daunorubicin and cytarabine (Vyxeos) didn't hold up to standard daunorubicin/cytarabine induction therapy in children and young adults with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a…
Researchers at Duke University School of Medicine are investigating how to keep opioids' pain-relieving benefits while reducing their addictive potential. In a study published in Nature, they report a ...
A new study shows how exercise releases muscle-derived "exerkines" that protect dopamine neurons and counter sarcopenia in Parkinson's disease.
A new study introduces "apical hypercontextualisation," explaining how psychedelics target serotonin receptors on layer V pyramidal neurons to shift brain processing from raw sensory input toward associative context.
Researchers uses The Virtual Brain to show how regional acetylcholine receptor density shapes whole-brain activity and localized sleep waves.