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Individuals with asthma may benefit from a behavioural intervention to increase their physical activity (PA), which may lead to improvements in quality of life and sleep, as well as a reduction in asthma and anxiety symptoms, suggest the results of a recent study.

Among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), those with clinically active RA, cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease (CVD), hypertension, depression, and anxiety are at greater risk of dementia, reveals a study. Among CVD events, ischaemic stroke and heart failure are significantly associated with an increased dementia risk.

A smartphone-based self-management intervention may reduce relapse risk and manic symptom severity for patients with bipolar disorder in asymptomatic recovery, a randomized clinical trial has shown. 

Physical activity interventions are beneficial to children’s mental health, with a recent study suggesting that working out helps reduce depressive symptoms in both children and adolescents.

Men who are receiving treatment with 5α-reductase inhibitors (5-ARIs) are at increased risk of dementia in the immediate period after initiating treatment, a study has shown. Of note, both finasteride and dutasteride are associated with depression, but neither of them is linked to suicide.

Treatment with osmotic-release oral system methylphenidate falls short of reducing symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in young adult prisoners, as shown in a study.