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Pets can ease anxiety, depressive symptoms in women

12 Aug 2024

Women with strong attachment to pets, especially dogs, are at lower risk of anxiety and depressive symptoms, according to a cross-sectional study.

12 Aug 2024

Short-term screen detox boosts mental health of children, teens

09 Aug 2024

Within families, reducing leisure-time screen media use over 2 weeks can yield positive benefits for the mental health of children and adolescents, according to a secondary analysis of a cluster randomized clinical trial.

09 Aug 2024

Gut microbiota may unlock new diagnostic and treatment strategies for autism

07 Aug 2024 by

Gut microbiota biomarkers show >90 percent sensitivity and specificity in diagnosing autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Gut microbiome modulation with a novel synbiotic formula, SCM06, may alleviate anxiety symptoms in children with ASD, according to researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).

07 Aug 2024

Original New Drug Application Approvals by US FDA (16-31 July 2024)

06 Aug 2024

New drug applications approved by US FDA as of 16-31 July 2024 which includes New Molecular Entities (NMEs) and new biologics. It does not include Tentative Approvals. Supplemental approvals may have occurred since the original approval date.

06 Aug 2024

Early fruit consumption may ward off late-life blues

03 Aug 2024 by

Increased fruit consumption among middle-aged men and women has been linked to reduced likelihood of depressive symptoms in old age in a large Singapore study.

03 Aug 2024

FDA approves 2 new treatments for Alzheimer's disease in 1 month

02 Aug 2024 by

Two new compounds that are set to introduce advancements in the treatment landscape for Alzheimer's disease were approved by the US FDA within 1 month

02 Aug 2024

Nearly half of dementia cases preventable by tackling 14 risk factors

01 Aug 2024 by

Nearly half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by addressing 14 modifiable risk factors starting from childhood, including two new risk factors – high LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) level and untreated vision loss – according to a report of the 2024 Lancet Commission on dementia.

01 Aug 2024

Adults with schizophrenia get long-term benefits with paliperidone palmitate

27 Jul 2024 by

More than 90 percent of adult patients with schizophrenia who continued to receive the long-acting injectable (LAI) antipsychotic paliperidone palmitate for another 2 years after completing a 1-year treatment course remained relapse-free, with no new safety signals emerging, according to an open-label extension (OLE) study.

27 Jul 2024

ADHD, depression up risk of orgasmic disorder in women

26 Jul 2024

Women with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), with severe depression, and who engage in penetrative sex are at increased risk of female orgasmic disorder (FOD), suggests a study.

26 Jul 2024

Do antidepressants induce mania in patients with bipolar depression?

25 Jul 2024

Use of antidepressants does not contribute to the risk of mania, as shown in a study. There is also no association observed between antidepressants and recurrence of bipolar depression.