FDA designates LSD-based drug as possible breakthrough treatment for anxiety
A psychedelic medicine biotech company announced Thursday its LSD-based drug has won U.S. Food and Drug Administration breakthrough treatment status for treating generalized anxiety disorder with lasting relief. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Self-perceived stigma in Parkinson's Disease in an online sample: comparison with in-person sample, role of anxiety, and relative utility of four measures of stigma perception - Logan BA, Neargarder S, Kinger SB, Larum AK, Salazar RD, Cronin-Golomb A.
OBJECTIVE: Persons with Parkinson's disease (PwPD) experience motor and non-motor symptoms that may elicit stigmatization. We investigated whether online assessment would replicate in-person findings of younger age and depression as predictors of stigma pe... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 7, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Mental health outcomes and suicidality in hospitalized transgender adolescents: a propensity score-matched cross-sectional analysis of the National Inpatient Sample 2016-2018 - Trivedi C, Rizvi A, Mansuri Z, Jain S.
Transgender adolescents have unique mental health needs. This demographic has increased rates of mood disorders, anxiety, and depression compared to their cisgender peers. Large-scale studies focused on mental health outcomes, including suicidality, in the... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 7, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Depression, anxiety, and suicidal behaviors in a large-scale national survey of student athletes versus non-athlete college students: risk and protective factors - Woodson O, Rungta R, Bassi Smith N, Meuret AE.
This study investigates the prevalence and risk factors of internalizing disorders and suicidal behaviors in student-athletes and their non-athlete peers. PARTICIPANTS: The sample consisted of 223,226 college students (69,404 student-athletes [3... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 7, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Are YOU suffering from 'AIR hunger'? Functional neurologist lifts the lid on the very surprising symptom of anxiety - and reveals how you can manage it
Tommy Pang, a chiropractor specializing in functional neurology, has more than 200,000 followers on TikTok, where he shares brain exercises to regulate the nervous system. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tragic actress' emotional mother reveals how her daughter died from a blood clot three weeks after her 30th birthday after her symptoms were dismissed as 'anxiety' by 'physician associates'
The parents of Emily Chesterton are now warning of the dangers patients face from the expansion of a government scheme for more physician associates or PAs. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Are YOU suffering from 'AIR hunger'? Neurologist lifts the lid on the very surprising symptom of anxiety - and reveals how you can manage it
Tommy Pang, a chiropractor specializing in functional neurology, has more than 200,000 followers on TikTok, where he shares brain exercises to regulate the nervous system. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FDA Rejects Schizophrenia Drug; Psilocybin for Anxiety; Solitary Confinement Lawsuit
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA rejected the investigational drug roluperidone for the treatment of negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia and called for at least one more positive study, according to developer Minerva Neurosciences.
Six... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 6, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
How These MDs Conquered Imposter Syndrome How These MDs Conquered Imposter Syndrome
That nagging internal voice saying, " you ' re not good enough " can be a constant source of anxiety and is pervasive in medicine. Here ' s how other doctors have overcome it.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Source Type: news
Some Women Escape the Mental Health Effects of Menopause: Study
WEDNESDAY, March 6, 2024 -- Menopause is thought to trigger mood changes among women, with changes in female hormone levels contributing to anxiety, depression and stress.
However, a new study says some women are at more risk than others for... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 6, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
PET lung scan times could be cut by half
This study indicates that an early 30-minute dynamic FDG-PET acquisition appears to be sufficient to provide quantitative images with good-quality and accurate Ki values for the assessment of lung lesions,” the group concluded. The full article can be found here. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 6, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Subspecialties Nuclear Radiology Source Type: news
Intervention effect of narrative therapy on non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents with depressive disorder: a prospective randomized controlled study - Zhang YY, Li XJ, Li MY, Gao XP, Huang LZ.
OBJECTIVES: To study the intervention effect of narrative therapy on non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), as well as anxiety and depression symptoms in adolescents with depressive disorder. METHODS: Sixty adolescents with depressive disorder and NSSI w... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 6, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Asian stocks dip as China weighs, rate anxiety builds before Powell
Investing.com-- Most Asian stocks fell on Wednesday with an underwhelming economic outlook from China providing little support, while overnight losses in Wall Street spilled over as markets grew skittish before more signals on U.S. rates. Regional markets were also hit with an extended bout of…#beijing #hongkongs #broaderasian #southkoreas #southkorean #appleinc #iphone #ks #sonycorp #apple (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Psychologist reveals " simple " new way to reduce anxiety
Counting butterflies could actually help to reduce anxiety, a new study has found. Researchers from wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation and the University of Derby in the United Kingdom found that the activity could actually reduce anxiety by 10 percent. The discovery was made after…#universityofderby #unitedkingdom #carlybutler #natureconnectedness #richardfox #habitat #butler (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
ECR: Patient feedback key to making MRI exams comfortable
Patient feedback about their experiences with MRI exams is an invaluable resource for making the procedure more comfortable, according to a presentation delivered at the recent ECR meeting in Vienna.
Many patients express anxiety around MR imaging, said presenter and doctoral candidate Isabel Nieto Alvarez of Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nurember in Germany told session attendees. In fact, when it comes to MRI exams, 25% to 30% of patients report "moderate to advanced fear," 1.5% to 6.5% ask for an early stop to the examination, and 36% are dissatisfied with the communication between them and imaging staff,...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 5, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Practice Management MRI Source Type: news
