Cart is empty In a study published in Molecular Psychiatry, Mark Frye, M.D., a Mayo Clinic researcher and collaborators, investigated the risk of treatment-emergent mania in bipolar disorder when treated with antidepressants.
RNA modification ‘pivotal’ for protein linked to neurodegeneration in ALS
Nearly 100% of cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—the progressive, fatal neurodegenerative disease known as ALS or Lou Gherig’s disease—involve the buildup of a protein called TDP-43.
Study shows effectiveness of cannabis on mental illness may depend on severity of symptoms
A small team of mental health care researchers from St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton and McMaster University, both in Canada, has found evidence that suggests the effectiveness of cannabis for treating mental illnesses such as depression and insomnia may depend on the severity of symptoms. In their study, published in the journal Comprehensive Psychiatry, the group analyzed data from a group of Strainprint mobile app users.
Examining the impact of cultural myths on pain management in Black people
To honor Black History Month in 2023, I decided to spend some time familiarizing myself with the negative impact of cultural myths about Black people on the health care support our systems provide to Black people. I wanted to consider how the medical system treats Black people and white people as groups and how that might be related to cultural myths. To make sure I based my thinking on well-established evidence, I restricted my study to published, peer-reviewed medical or scientific high-impact journals.
Studies reveal biosafety effects of moderate and high static magnetic fields
In three recent studies, Chinese researchers have delayed natural aging in healthy mice by continuous exposure to quasi-homogeneous static magnetic fields (SMFs) of moderate intensity, mitigated kidney damage induced by the chemotherapeutic drug cisplatin in mice, and investigated the harmful effects of high-gradient SMF exposure on mice with severe type 1 diabetes. Two studies have been published in the journal Antioxidants and one in Zoological Research.
Evidence-based treatments for obstetric hemorrhage save lives and lower hospital costs, shows study
Measures used at California hospitals to stop excessive bleeding in childbirth are saving an average of almost $18 per birth, for statewide annual health care savings of $9 million, according to new research by scientists at Stanford Medicine and the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative.
Plugging immune cell leakage from tumors could improve skin cancer treatment
The number of specialized immune cells available for fighting skin cancer doubled when a new treatment blocked their escape from melanoma tumors, experiments in mice and human cells show.
Study finds common artificial sweetener linked to higher rates of heart attack and stroke
New Cleveland Clinic research showed that erythritol, a popular artificial sweetener, is associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke. Findings were published today in Nature Medicine.
For-profit hospices deliver lower quality care than nonprofit hospices, finds study
Patients receiving care from for-profit hospices have substantially worse care experiences than patients who receive care from not-for-profit hospices, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
Benefit of baricitinib for treatment of patients with moderately to severely active SLE is unclear
The work of a clinician-scientist often feels like two steps forward, one step back. Just ask Professor Eric Morand, Head of the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash University.