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Explore the latestAbout 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…
Read articleIn a 2026 study of 48 male rats with fear-conditioned anxiety, 10 days of schisandrin B at 10 or 20 mg/kg increased time in the open arms of an elevated plus maze, similar to diazepam, but n…
Read articleIn a 29-person randomized trial, 2 weeks of motor cortex rTMS lowered nerve pain after spinal cord injury more than sham. Depression and anxiety fell in the active group but did not beat sha…
Read articleAt a Korean hospital, nearly 1 in 4 women screened positive for depression after birth, and a similar share for anxiety, but only 7 of 66 women referred to psychiatry attended a first visit …
Read articleIn an eye-tracking study of 103 Norwegian students, higher neuroticism was linked to faster first looks at fearful and sad faces. Anxiety symptoms sped up looks at all emotional faces, and d…
Read articleIn a Spanish cohort of 3,085 adults aged 65 and older followed up to 23 years, depressive symptoms were linked to a 1.76-times higher risk of Alzheimer's-coded death, and 2.23 times in women…
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