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Explore the latestIn a survey of 246 Saudi women on adjuvant breast cancer treatment, 54% screened positive for depression and 50% for anxiety; chemotherapy was linked to scores about 9.5 points higher.
Read articleIn interviews, 24 Chinese parents of autistic children said short-video apps like Douyin taught them practical skills and gave them hope, but also fed confusion, comparison, urgency and sale…
Read articleIn interviews, 17 parents of autistic children in Spain described a long road to diagnosis, shock and sadness sometimes mixed with relief, little guidance afterward, family life reorganized …
Read articleIn 17,972 US adults followed for up to 22 years, starting to volunteer was linked to slower cognitive decline associated with the APOE e4 Alzheimer's gene variant, with the clearest link at …
Read articleIn 2,596 Chinese women aged 45 to 59, a score combining blood sugar, triglycerides and frailty was linked to depressive symptoms and, more weakly, to cognitive impairment at a single visit.
Read articleAbout 7 in 1,000 Tsimane and Moseten adults aged 60+ developed dementia each year, and about 2% had it at any time. People with dementia died far sooner, which helps keep it rare.
Read articleA 2026 study of 3,419 Arabic-speaking women with a history of sexual violence found that more severe PTSD symptoms were linked to feeling less supported, and trauma-related shame explained m…
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