Non-Hispanic Blacks Have Highest Rate of Mental Health Emergency Visits
THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Rates of mental health-related emergency department visits are highest among non-Hispanic Black adults, according to research published online March 1 in the National Health Statistics Reports, a publicatio…
Learn MoreSmoking Plus Mental Illness Can Send Caffeine Intake Soaring
THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — One group of Americans drinks more caffeinated beverages than all others. That’s people who smoke cigarettes and also have serious mental illness, including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, according to n…
Learn MoreAn Alzheimer’s Drug Might Ease Hair-Pulling Disorder
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay Now) — A long-established Alzheimer’s drug can help people with a disorder that causes them to compulsively pull at their hair or pick at their skin, a new clinical trial has concluded.Memantine considerably improved…
Learn MoreOne in Three U.S. Adults Do Not Receive Rehabilitation Therapy After Stroke
FRIDAY, Feb. 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Use of rehabilitative therapy during the first year poststroke is low in the United States, according to a study published online Feb. 3 in Stroke.Brittany M. Young, M.D., Ph.D., from the University of Califor…
Learn MoreSpinal Cord Stimulation Gives Big Boost to Arm Function After Stroke
MONDAY, Feb. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It’s a brutal reality that confronts many recovering stroke patients: After six months or so of rehab, any arm and hand movement not yet restored is unlikely to return.But new cutting-edge research aims to use…
Learn MoreSocioeconomic Position at Age 30 Predicts Later Mental Health Diagnosis
THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Poor socioeconomic position (SEP) at age 30 years is associated with a higher risk for a subsequent mental disorder diagnosis, according to a study published online Feb. 6 in the Journal of Epidemiology & Com…
Learn MoreAmericans Getting More Comfortable Talking Over Mental Health With Doctors
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Primary care doctors are no longer just in the physical health business: Americans are increasingly turning to them for mental health care, too, a new study finds.Looking at Americans’ primary care visits be…
Learn MoremRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Not Tied to Increases in Guillain-Barré Syndrome
MONDAY, Feb. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Ad26.COV2.S (Janssen) vaccination is associated with an increased risk for Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), but no similar increased risk was seen for mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, according to a study published online…
Learn MoreHigh-Dose Exercise No Better Than Low-Dose Exercise for Knee Osteoarthritis
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with knee osteoarthritis, high-dose exercise therapy is not superior to low-dose exercise therapy for most outcomes, according to a study published online Jan. 24 in the Annals of Internal Medi…
Learn MorePrognostic Model Identifies Cerebral Palsy in Infants
THURSDAY, Jan. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A prognostic model using 12 clinical variables improves prediction of cerebral palsy (CP) compared with clinical presentation with encephalopathy, according to a study published online Jan. 17 in JAMA Pediat…
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