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Brain differences in premature babies who later develop autism
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 21 15
Extremely premature babies run a much higher risk of developing autism in later childhood, and even during the neonate period differences are seen in…
Hallucinations linked to differences in brain structure
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Nov 17 15
People diagnosed with schizophrenia who are prone to hallucinations are likely to have structural differences in a key region of the brain compared to…
Men with Alzheimer’s gene at risk of brain bleeding, study finds
• Brain • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Nov 11 15
A common genetic variation, ApoE4, linked to Alzheimer’s disease greatly raises the likelihood of tiny brain bleeds in some men, scientists have found.
Such…
Mental disorders as risk factors for chronic pain in teenagers
• Children's Health • • Pain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Oct 08 15
One in four young people have experienced chronic pain and a mental disorder. According to a new report in the Journal of Pain, the…
Childhood kidney stones associated with atherosclerosis, study shows
• Children's Health • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Urine Problems • Sep 21 15
A recent study published in the Journal of Pediatrics is the first to examine and identify a link between kidney stones in children and…
Maternal Lupus Linked With Kid’s Autism
• Dermatology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Sep 15 15
Children born to mothers with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have more than double the risk of being diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, Canadian…
Do antipsychotic medications affect cortical thinning?
• Brain • • Drug Abuse • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Sep 03 15
People diagnosed with schizophrenia critically rely upon treatment with antipsychotic medications to manage their symptoms and help them function at home and in the…
Researchers use brain scans to predict response to antipsychotic medications
• Brain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 28 15
Investigators at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have discovered that brain scans can be used to predict patients’ response to antipsychotic drug…
Study links physical activity to greater mental flexibility in older adults
• Aging and Gerontology • • Physical activity -exercise • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 24 15
One day soon, doctors may determine how physically active you are simply by imaging your brain. Physically fit people tend to have larger brain…
Scientists adopt new strategy to find Huntington’s disease therapies
• Brain • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 07 15
Scientists searched the chromosomes of more than 4,000 Huntington’s disease patients and found that DNA repair genes may determine when the neurological symptoms begin.…
Specific cardiovascular risk factors may predict Alzheimer’s disease
• Brain • • Heart • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 28 15
Specific cardiovascular risk factors, such as alcohol consumption, smoking, obesity and diabetes, are associated with smaller regional brain volumes that may be early indicators…
New insights into the circuitry of PTSD and mild traumatic brain injury
• Brain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Trauma & Injuries • Jul 23 15
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) can have devastating consequences. Both are associated with high rates of disability and suicide,…
MRI studies point to brain connectivity changes in autism spectrum disorders
• Children's Health • • Brain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 14 15
Studies using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques are beginning to reveal differences in brain connectivity—the ways that different parts of the brain are connected…
Study links Prozac, Paxil use with birth defects
• Drug Abuse • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 12 15
A sweeping government study of thousands of women has found links between the older antidepressants Prozac and Paxil and birth defects, but has cleared…
Preemies at high risk of autism don’t show typical signs of disorder in early infancy
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 02 15
Premature babies are at an increased risk for developing autism spectrum disorder. But a small study indicates that preemies who avoid eye contact in…
Interactions between cortical and subcortical regions important in hypersensitivity in ASD
• Brain • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jun 11 15
The increased interaction between cortical and subcortical brain regions highlights the central role of hypersensitivity and other sensory symptoms in defining Autism Spectrum Disorder…
Early intensive intervention improves outcomes for children with autism spectrum disorder
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jun 10 15
Early intensive intervention improves outcomes for children with autism spectrum disorder
A recent study published in the July 2015 issue of the…
Is dietary supplementation appropriate for children with autism spectrum disorder?
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jun 04 15
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are often picky eaters, which can lead parents to suspect that their children might not be getting adequate…
Cultural Differences May Affect Psychiatric Diagnosis
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Public Health • May 31 15
A new survey of psychiatrists in the United States and India has shown differences in how each group weighs symptoms in the diagnosis of…
Family genetics study reveals new clues to autism risk
• Children's Health • • Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • May 12 15
A study of 2,377 children with autism, their parents and siblings has revealed novel insights into the genetics of the condition.
The findings were…
Competitive high-school sports linked to gambling
• Psychiatry / Psychology • May 11 15
The soft signs of compulsive gambling - high energy levels, unreasonable expectations, extreme competitiveness, distorted optimism and above-average IQs - are often the very…
Moving to a depressed neighborhood linked to weight gain
• Obesity • • Psychiatry / Psychology • May 08 15
Certain regions in the United States are characterized by a higher prevalence of obesity, which suggests that a person’s socioeconomic, physical, and social environments…
Green tea extract and exercise hinder progress of Alzheimer’s disease in mice
• Brain • • Food & Nutrition • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • May 05 15
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Alzheimer’s disease (AD) may affect as many as 5.5 million Americans. Scientists currently are seeking treatments…
Kids of severely obese moms have higher risk of ADHD
• Obesity • • Psychiatry / Psychology • May 01 15
Six-year-olds whose mothers were severely obese before pregnancy are more likely to have developmental or emotional problems than kids of healthy-weight moms, according to…
A minority of women seek health care after military sexual assault
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Public Health • • Sexual Health • Apr 28 15
Despite growing public awareness of sexual assault of women during their military service and increased efforts by the Department of Defense to deter sexual…