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In a survey of 1,191 adults during Shanghai's 2022 lockdown, depression was the most connected symptom in men, while anxiety and intrusive thoughts were most connected in women, whose sympto…
Read articleIn 2,766 urban US youth, playing high school team sports often was linked to fewer depression and anxiety symptoms at 15. At 22, lower depression appeared only in young men.
Read articleIn 2,349 dementia-free older adults in China, the highest quarter of estimated body fat had about half the rate of Alzheimer's-type MCI over about 2 years. The link is observational and not …
Read articleIn 53 South Korean women with memory decline, higher Alzheimer's blood markers were linked to a thinner cortex only in those with 7+ years of schooling.
Read articleAt a Florida neurology practice, 371 of 1,011 autistic patients who had genetic testing (36.7%) had an abnormal result. A seizure history and female sex were linked to higher odds; EEG and M…
Read articleIn a 2026 study of BTBR mice, a lab strain used to model autism, males and females showed different autism-like changes. Female BTBR mice formed fewer habits and engaged less with other mice…
Read articleIn an MRI study of 337 young people aged 8 to 18, autistic boys and autistic girls each showed their own cluster of brain structure differences compared with peers of the same sex.1 The boys…
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