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Mixed Reality Feasible for Reducing Anxiety in Blood Donors
TUESDAY, Feb. 6, 2024 – Mixed reality (MR) is feasible and safe and may reduce anxiety among blood donors, according to a study published online Jan. 29 in Transfusion. Suchitra Pandey, M.D., from ...
Black Americans Lose Sleep After High-Profile Police Killings
MONDAY, Feb. 5, 2024 – Police killings of unarmed Black people are robbing the Black community of a precious commodity – sleep. Black adults across the United States suffer from sleep problems after ...
High School Kids Who Use Weed, Alcohol Face Higher Risks for Suicidal Thoughts
MONDAY, Jan. 29, 2024 – High school students who smoke, drink or use weed are more likely to be emotionally troubled and have suicidal thoughts, a new study finds. Teens who turn to nicotine,...
Women's Anxiety Rose in States Affected by Fall of Roe v. Wade
THURSDAY, Jan. 25, 2024 – Women are suffering more anxiety and depression in states that banned abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a new study shows. The court’s Dobbs decision ...
Looking for a Good Therapist? Experts Offer Guidance
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 24, 2024 – If you decide to see a therapist, finding one who’s right for you presents one of the biggest early hurdles. “The field of psychology, psychiatry and psychotherapy has adv...
Cutting Social Isolation, Loneliness May Lower Mortality in People With Obesity
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 24, 2024 – Improving social isolation and loneliness may attenuate excess obesity-related mortality risk, according to a study published online Jan. 22 in JAMA Network Open. Jian ...
Treating Loneliness in the Obese May Lower Risk of Early Death
TUESDAY, Jan. 23, 2024 – Loneliness can be a killer, but it can be particularly deadly for obese people, who are markedly more likely to experience social isolation. Luckily, a new study shows that...
Depression Can Strike Patients With Heart Failure, But Two Therapies Help
MONDAY, Jan. 22, 2024 – Depression affects half of the 6 million Americans who struggle with debilitating heart failure. Now, research shows that two leading modes of treatment – antidepressants ...
Depression Can Strike Patients With Heart Failure, But Two Therapies Help
MONDAY, Jan. 22, 2024 – Depression affects half of the 6 million Americans who struggle with debilitating heart failure. Now, research shows that two leading modes of treatment – antidepressants ...
Psychotherapy, Meds Effective to Treat Depression in Patients With Heart Failure
FRIDAY, Jan. 19, 2024 – For individuals with heart failure and depression, behavioral activation psychotherapy (BA) and antidepressant medication management (MEDS) reduce depressive symptoms,...
Quick Withdrawal From Antidepressants Can Take Emotional, Cognitive Toll
FRIDAY, Jan. 19, 2024 – People coming off antidepressants often struggle with emotional and social turmoil, especially if they quit their meds cold turkey, a new study reports. Challenges reported...
Perinatal Depression Increases Risk for Death
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 17, 2024 – Women with clinically diagnosed perinatal depression have an increased risk for death, especially during the first year after diagnosis and because of suicide, according...
Individual Variation in Depressive Symptoms Tied to Subsequent Weight Gain
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 17, 2024 -- Individuals with overweight or obesity are more vulnerable to short-term weight gain following individual increases in depressive symptoms, according to a study published ...
MRI-Guided Brain Zaps Ease Severe Depression for 6 Months
TUESDAY, Jan. 16, 2024 – Magnetic zaps to the brain can significantly help people with severe depression, if the procedure is guided using MRI brain scans, a new clinical trial has concluded. On...
FDA Finds No Link to Suicide With Drugs Like Wegovy, Ozempic
FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2024 – Drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic, which have become a wildly popular way to lose weight or battle diabetes, show no link to suicidal thoughts or actions, the U.S. Food and Drug...
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