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Cognitive remediation delivers sustained improvement in schizophrenia

30 Jun 2024

People with schizophrenia may benefit from cognitive remediation which offers durable improvements in both cognition and psychosocial functioning, as shown in a study.

30 Jun 2024

Depressive symptoms common in hypogonadal men, TRT helps

27 Jun 2024

Depressive symptoms are likely to occur in middle-aged and older men with hypogonadism, but low-grade persistent depressive disorder (LG-PDD) is rare, according to a study.

27 Jun 2024

Anxiety and depression prevalent in primary care

21 Jun 2024 by

The presence of coexisting clinical depression and anxiety (DA) is not uncommon in the primary care setting, particularly among younger individuals, patients with diabetes, and women, a Singapore study has shown.

21 Jun 2024

One-fifth of people attempting suicide have no prior mental disorders

11 Jun 2024 by

One in five individuals who attempt suicide do not have a history of psychiatric disorders, a cross-sectional study has shown.

11 Jun 2024

Autism’s skewed gender ratio explained

11 Jun 2024 by

The skewed gender ratio in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be explained by differences in heritability in males and females, an international study has found.

11 Jun 2024

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

10 Jun 2024

New drug applications approved by US FDA as of 16-31 May 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.

10 Jun 2024

Increased practice of Chinese calligraphy strengthens brain network in older adults

07 Jun 2024 by

Increased practice of Chinese calligraphy strengthens brain network in older individuals who already practice the cognitive activity regularly and experienced subjective cognitive decline (SCD), a two-arm, parallel-design, assessor-blind, randomized controlled trial conducted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has found.

07 Jun 2024

FMT eases anxiety, sleep disturbance in postacute COVID-19 syndrome patients

05 Jun 2024 by

Patients with postacute COVID-19 syndrome (PACS) may benefit from faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) treatment, which helps reduce anxiety and improve sleep quality, suggests a study.

05 Jun 2024

Men with premature ejaculation cope by having repeated sex in a day

03 Jun 2024

Patients with premature ejaculation (PE) tend to engage in multiple turns of sexual intercourse within a single day in an attempt to compensate for their first unsatisfactory sexual encounter, suggests a study.

03 Jun 2024

Progesterone-to-estradiol ratio a promising treatment target in AUD

01 Jun 2024

In adults with alcohol use disorder (AUD), high progesterone-to-estradiol ratios appear protective against problematic alcohol consumption, as shown in a study. Additionally, women with AUD may derive benefits from treatments tailored to their menstrual cycle phase.