By Tyler Nix, Kathryn Funk, Jeffrey S. Reznick, and Erin Zellers A wealth of medical history awaits your exploration in the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) free and full-text digital archive of journals PubMed Central (PMC)! Known to most of its users as a free, full-text archive of recent biomedical [...]
Michael E. Thase, Charles B. Nemeroff and Philip T. Ninan round out the group.
A recent study published in Biological Psychiatry brings scientific thoroughness to mindfulness meditation and for the first time shows that, unlike a placebo, it can change the brains of ordinary people and potentially improve their health. The benefits of mindfulness meditation, increasingly popular in recent years, are supposed to be many: reduced [...]
Last week, CNN published a piece about the tech industry's secret struggle with suicide and mental illness, relaying several stories of silent sufferers whose endings were tragic. And, unfortunately, suffering seems only barely in the minority: One study found that nearly half of all Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and execs had [...]
A combination of aerobic exercise and focused-attention meditation performed twice weekly significantly improves symptoms of major depressive disorder (MDD) after just 8 weeks, new research shows. "[We found that] combining these two important behaviors into people's lives might be particularly beneficial," lead author Brandon Alderman, PhD, assistant professor in the [...]
The US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation on Screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder Michael Silverstein, MD, MPH; Jenny Radesky, MD In this issue of JAMA, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) presents final recommendations for screening children aged 18 to 30 months for autism spectrum disorder (ASD).1 Autism spectrum disorder can be responsible [...]
A new study shows that people with sleep apnea show significant changes in the levels of two important brain chemicals. This could be the reason so many people with sleep apnea — a disorder in which a person’s breathing is frequently interrupted during sleep, as many as 30 times an hour [...]
In a study published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine, Authors provide the strongest evidence to date that a more educated population and better cardiovascular health are contributing to a decline in new dementia cases over time, or at least helping more people stave off dementia for longer. [...]
Early Intervention for Psychotic Disorders: Building Population Health Systems This Viewpoint proposes a conceptual framework for population health systems that would enable early intervention services for patients with new-onset psychotic disorders. Treatment works; the earlier, the better. The intuition that, if applied early in the course of illness, available treatments for [...]
By Catherine Lombard, Cheryce Harrison, Samantha Kozica, Sophia Zoungas, Sanjeeva Ranasinha, and Helena Teede Abstract Background Obesity is reaching epidemic proportions in both developed and developing countries. Even modest weight gain increases the risk for chronic illness, yet evidence-based interventions to prevent weight gain are rare. This trial will determine if a simple low-intensity intervention [...]