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In 2 cohorts of adults over 60, having both insomnia and anxiety was linked to double the odds of cognitive impairment and a 54% higher rate of new dementia. Either condition alone was not.
Read articleIn a UK registry study of 130 autistic adults on prescribed cannabis, self-rated anxiety and sleep improved most in the first months and partly faded by 18 months as THC doses rose; there wa…
Read articleHeart surgery patients who slept poorly around their operation had lower heart rate variability before surgery and on each of the next 3 days, according to a 2026 study of 95 adults in China…
Read articleBabies born to mothers with an anxiety diagnosis weighed a little less at birth, and babies exposed to tobacco in the womb weighed much less, in a 2026 analysis of nearly 30,000 US mothers.1…
Read articleA 2025 survey of 686 Dutch university students linked violent pornography use to self-reported sexual aggression risk, especially when pornography was perceived as realistic or when peer rap…
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