When young adults pass the age limit for paying patient co-payments, or out-of-pocket prices, their medical consultations in primary care decrease by 7 percent, a […]
Frog in your throat? Stress might be to blame for vocal issues: Relationship between stress and voice disorders such as muscle tension dysphonia
Glossophobia, or the fear of public speaking, often comes up in lists of greatest fears. Such anxiety can often impact voice control leading to stammering […]
Apathy: The forgotten symptom of dementia
Apathy is the most common neuropsychiatric symptom of dementia, with a bigger impact on function than memory loss — yet it is under-researched and often […]
Facebook posts better at predicting diabetes, mental health than demographic info
Language in Facebook posts may help identify conditions such as diabetes, anxiety, depression and psychosis in patients, according to a study from Penn Medicine and […]
Early weight-loss surgery may improve type 2 diabetes, blood pressure outcomes: Study followed teens, adults with long-term obesity 5 years after gastric bypass
Despite similar weight loss, teens who had gastric bypass surgery were significantly more likely to have remission of both type 2 diabetes and high blood […]
People fail to recognize male postnatal depression: New research shows significant gender differences
A new study shows that people are almost twice as likely to correctly identify signs of postnatal depression in women than in men. The research, […]
Growing up in poverty increases diagnoses of psychosis-spectrum mental illnesses: Study followed families for three decades
Growing up in impoverished urban neighborhoods more than doubles your chances over the average person of developing a psychosis-spectrum disorder by the time you reach […]
Mindfulness found to improve mental health of students
Mental health amongst university students could be improved by introducing mindfulness training. These are the findings from the first UK study, published in Education Research […]
Data show no evidence that teens’ social media use predicts depression over time
Longitudinal data from adolescents and young adults show no evidence that social media use predicts later depressive symptoms, according to research published in Clinical Psychological […]
Bioethicists call for oversight of consumer ‘neurotechnologies’ with unproven benefits: Penn bioethicist proposes a working group to study and monitor poorly regulated products, predicted to top $3 billion by 2020
The marketing of direct-to-consumer “neurotechnologies” can be enticing: apps that diagnose a mental state, and brain devices that improve cognition or “read” one’s emotional state. […]
Discovery of the first common genetic risk factors for ADHD: Important step in understanding biological underpinnings of ADHD
A global team of researchers has found the first common genetic risk factors associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a complex condition affecting around […]
For older adults, does eating enough protein help delay disability?
To live successfully and independently, older adults need to be able to manage two different levels of life skills: basic daily care and basic housekeeping […]
Traumatic brain injuries can lead to long-term neurological and psychiatric disorders
Traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children, and rates of injury have increased over the past decade. According to […]