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Psilocybin shows therapeutic potential for depression

24 Apr 2023

For cancer patients with depression, treatment with a single dose of psilocybin appears to yield rapid and meaningful improvements in depressive symptoms, as shown in a phase II study.

24 Apr 2023

Sleep disruption after COVID tied to dyspnoea, other post-acute sequelae

22 Apr 2023 by

Sleep disruption following hospital admission for COVID-19 is associated with dyspnoea, anxiety, and muscle weakness in the CircCOVID cohort sub-study presented at ECCMID 2023.

22 Apr 2023

Age, depression linked to pain intensity following ureteroscopy for urinary stones

20 Apr 2023

In patients undergoing ureteroscopy for urinary stones, pain intensity lessened but interference appears to persist, reports a study. Symptom intensity is associated with several patient factors, such as age and depression, rather than surgical factors.

20 Apr 2023

Biofeedback-virtual reality device beneficial in chronic migraine

18 Apr 2023

For individuals with chronic migraine, frequent use of a portable biofeedback-virtual reality device leads to a decreased frequency of acute analgesic drug use and an improvement in depression, as shown in a pilot study.

18 Apr 2023

Ketamine abuse may lead to LUTS, sexual dysfunction

17 Apr 2023

Excessive use of ketamine appears to result in lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and female sexual dysfunction (FSD), suggests a recent study.

17 Apr 2023

COVID-19 pandemic takes a toll on parents’ mental health

11 Apr 2023 by

In Singapore, the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown measures affected parents’ lives and family dynamics, leading to mental health decline, according to a survey.

11 Apr 2023

Neuroticism, well-being PGS predict mood, psychotic disorder onset

10 Apr 2023

Polygenic scores (PGS) for neuroticism and subjective well-being are significantly associated with the risk of major mood and psychotic disorders, regardless of family history, but the predictive power of PGS for psychiatric illness is limited when family history is known, reports a study.

10 Apr 2023

Stress-related disorders genetically linked to autoimmune disease

09 Apr 2023

Genetic associations, as well as familial coaggregation and common biological pathways, exist between stress-related disorders and autoimmune disease, a recent study has shown.

09 Apr 2023

Adapted digital cognitive behavioural therapy helps the sleepless get better night's sleep

06 Apr 2023

A smartphone-based Chinese culture-adapted digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (DCBT-I) appears beneficial, producing improvements in the severity of insomnia as compared with sleep education, according to a study.

06 Apr 2023

Cannabis use linked to arterial stiffness in men

03 Apr 2023

Use of cannabis is associated with arterial stiffness index (ASI), suggests a recent study, noting that this link may be considered in “accurate and appropriate” strategies to reduce cardiovascular risk among cannabis users.