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22 Sep
Suppressing Negative Thoughts May Be Good for Your Mental Health, Study Finds
New research finds suppressing negative thoughts and fears helps make them less vivid and reduces depression, anxiety, and worry.
10 Aug
How To Know If You Have High-Functioning Depression
High-functioning depression, a serious and often misunderstood condition, can be identified by a few common signs.
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Risk of Mental Illness Rises for Kids Treated in ICUs
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 24, 2024
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Youngsters so sick they’ve needed treatment in an ICU appear to bear the scars of that experience years later, a new study finds.
Children and teenagers treated in an intensive care unit have a significantly higher risk of developing a mental illness as they grow up, r...
Psychotherapy Via Texts Can Be Just as Effective
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- July 23, 2024
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Folks with depression who got therapy via text or voice messages fared just as well as those who got weekly video-based telemedicine sessions with a therapist, a new...
City vs. Country vs. Suburbs: Who's Happier?
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 23, 2024
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City dwellers are less likely to be healthy, happy and well-off than people living outside urban areas, a new study reports.
Instead, there’s a suburban “Goldilocks zone” between cities and rural areas where people are happiest, researchers report.
“Areas n...
Money Worries Keep Depressed Americans From Mental Health Care
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 22, 2024
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Medical debt is significantly more common among people with a mood disorder, and these money woes can keep them from getting the help they need, a new study says.
Among people with depression or anxiety, those with medical debt were twice as likely to delay or forego
Natural Medicine: Head Outside for Better Mental Health, Study Finds
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 22, 2024
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Spending time in nature can provide a boost for people with mental illness, a new review finds.
Even as little as 10 minutes spent in a...
Altered Mealtimes Linked to Depression, Anxiety in Shift Workers
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 18, 2024
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Folks need to have their meals at regular intervals or risk slipping into anxiety or depression, a new study of airline personnel has found.
Delaying breakfast or dinner appears to increase a person’s risk of developing a mood disorder, researchers report.
The st...
Telemedicine May Help Folks Battling Opioid Addiction Stick With Treatment
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 18, 2024
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Telemedicine could be a better way to get opioid addicts to seek out and stick with treatment, a new study suggests.
People referred to an addiction treatment clinic following a telemedicine evaluation were more likely to show up to their first appointment than those who...
Is Your Child With Type 1 Diabetes Facing 'Diabetes Distress'?
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 18, 2024
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Children born with type 1 diabetes are much more likely to develop certain mental health issues than those without the condition, a new study warns.
Kids w...
Two Years Later, 988 Crisis Line Has Answered 10 Million Requests
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- July 17, 2024
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Just two years after the launch of the nation's three-digit crisis hotline, more than 10 million calls, texts and chat messages have been fielded by counselors, U.S. health officials announced Tuesday.
What Is 'Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome' and Can It Be Treated?
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 17, 2024
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It's a little known health condition that can become a nightmare: Regular and sudden episodes of intense nausea and vomiting.
Now, ...
Brain Changes Seen in Kids With Conduct Disorder
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- July 17, 2024
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Defiance, tantrums, aggression: All signs of a condition called conduct disorder, which Mental Health America says affects up ...
Late Cancer Diagnosis Biggest Health Concern for Most, Poll Shows
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- July 15, 2024
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When it comes to health worries, cancer leads the way, a new poll shows.
The University of Cambridge poll included 2,000 adults who said their biggest concern is getting diagnosed with cancer when it's too late to treat it. Seven in 10 respondents have that fe...
Study Measures Mental Harms of Terrorism on Children With Autism
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- July 12, 2024
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The Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel has left children and parents with significant psychological scars, a new study shows.
But families with a child who has autism have been especially hard hit, according to researchers from the
Know a Narcissist? They May Become Less So as They Age
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- July 11, 2024
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Your schoolmate who acted like he was better than everyone else has probably shed some of that narcissistic behavior an adult.
New research shows people tend to be less narcissistic as they age. Still, those who were more narcissistic as kids tended to be narcissists as...
Survey Shows Loneliness Haunts Over 1 in 5 People
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- July 11, 2024
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Loneliness strikes more than a fifth of people worldwide, a new survey warns.
In the Gallup survey published Wednesday, 23% of people said they felt lonely "a lot of the previous day....
How Cannabis Use During Pregnancy May Harm a Baby's Brain
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 9, 2024
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Cannabis use during pregnancy might affect the way a child's brain develops after birth, a new study says.
Brain imaging of children exposed to cannabis in the womb has revealed patterns consistent with reductions in brain inflammation, researchers reported July 4 in the...
When Bills Become an Issue, Couples Stop Communicating
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- July 4, 2024
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If you and your partner fall silent when vexing money issues arise, new research suggests you are not alone.
A team from Cornell University found that the more stressed people were about their finances, the less likely they were to discuss those concerns with their roman...
Unsafe Neighborhoods Could Drive Up Smoking Rates
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- July 4, 2024
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It may sound far-fetched, but new research suggests that living in dangerous neighborhoods could trigger an unintended health harm: higher smoking rates among residents.
"High levels of neighborhood threat shape perceptions of powerlessness among residents, amplifying a ...
Gratitude May Bring Longer Life
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 3, 2024
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People who are grateful for what they have tend to live longer, a new study reports.
Older women who scored highest on a questionnaire measuring gratitude had a 9% lower risk of premature death from any cause, compared to those with the least gratitude, according to find...
Use of 'Benzo' Sedatives Like Valium, Xanax Won't Raise Dementia Risk: Study
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 2, 2024
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Benzodiazepines do not appear to increase dementia risk, but could have subtle long-term effects on brain structure, a new study reports.
Researchers found no link between use of the sedative drug and a higher risk of dementia in a group of more than 5,400 adults in the ...
Magic Mushroom's Psilocybin Is America's Most Popular Hallucinogen
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- June 27, 2024
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As psilocybin mushrooms become the most popular psychedelic in the United States, some states have started to ease regulations on its recreational use.
Now, a new report warns that the federal government will have to decide whether to follow suit.
RAND, a nonprofi...
Anxiety Tied to Doubling of Parkinson's Risk
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- June 26, 2024
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Anxiety could be an early warning sign of Parkinson's disease, a new study finds.
People with anxiety have at least double the risk of developing Parkinson's compared to th...
Slow-Release Ketamine Pill Eases Depression: Study
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- June 25, 2024
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A new slow-release pill form of ketamine can quell hard-to-treat depression without producing psychedelic side effects normally associated with the drug, early research ...
Rates of Distress, Depression Have Doubled Among Transgender Americans Since 2014
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- June 24, 2024
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The rate of self-reported mental distress and depression among American adults who identify as transgender or gender-diverse (TGD) has more than doubled between 2014 and 2022, an analysis of federal health data reveals.
During that time, "a record number of enacted laws ...
What Makes for Resilient People? The Brain & the Gut Hold Clues
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- June 21, 2024
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Can you trust your gut?
UCLA researchers have shown that people who rank high in resilience -- meaning they accept change positively and follow their instincts -- have the bacteria living in their bellies in part to thank for it.
Their new study looked at the...
High Rates of Loneliness Seen Among Bisexual and Transgender People
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- June 20, 2024
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Transgender and bisexual adults have rates of loneliness that are much higher than that of cisgender and heterosexual people, new data shows.
Federal health data on U.S. adults from 2022 finds the highest rates of self-reported loneliness among people who identify as bis...
Cyberbullying Common in the World of Online Gaming
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- June 20, 2024
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Cyberbullying and sexual harassment are rampant in the world of professional video gaming and online gaming, a new study reports.
Nearly 96% of 145 video game players from 14 countries said they had been targeted online in the previous year.
"It's not just an isola...
More Americans Worry About Climate Change's Effect on Mental Health, Poll Finds
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- June 19, 2024
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As summers get hotter and hurricane seasons less predictable, more Americans now say that climate change affects their mental health, a new poll finds.
In ...
Too Often, Overdose Survivors Miss Out on Vital Treatments: Study
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- June 19, 2024
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Most seniors who survive a drug overdose often miss out on treatments that could help save them from a subsequent OD, a new study shows.
Almost 24,000 Medicaid beneficiaries died from a follow-up overdose out of 137,000 who survived an OD in 2020, researchers say. That's...
Surgeon General Calls for Warning Labels on Social Media Sites
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- June 17, 2024
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The U.S. Surgeon General announced Monday that he will push for warning labels on all social media platforms, stating that they may harm teens' mental health.
"The mental health crisis among young people is an emergency -- and social media has emerged as an important con...
There May Be 6 Types of Depression, and Brain Scans Can Sort Them Out
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- June 17, 2024
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Depression can be sorted into six distinct types using brain scans, a revelation that could improve treatment for many suffering the debilitating mood disorder.
Researchers analyzed brain scans to identify six different biological types of
Getting Your Exercise in Nature May Bring Added Benefits
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- June 17, 2024
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Exercising in natural surroundings -- a jog through a park, a bicycle ride along a trail -- could be more beneficial than working out indoors, a new review suggests.<...
Help for Women Battling ADHD & Opioid Addiction in Pregnancy
- June 17, 2024
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Opioid overdoses in pregnant women are at an all-time high in the United States, and researchers think they've figured out one way to counter this phenomenon.
Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is strongly tied to substance use disorders, which means some wo...
ADHD Patients Could Face Disrupted Access to Meds Following Fraud Case
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- June 14, 2024
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The two top officers of a telehealth company that began to distribute ADHD drugs widely during the pandemic have been charged with health care fraud, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday.
The arrests will likely worsen ongoing shortages of Adderall ...
Poll Finds Many Young Workers Feeling Stressed, Isolated
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- June 14, 2024
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Many younger workers feel stressed, isolated and unappreciated at their jobs, a new survey has found.
The 2022 Work in America survey, conducted by the American Psychological Association (APA), fou...
Even Temporary Loneliness Can Harm Physical Health
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- June 14, 2024
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You don't consider yourself a lonely person generally, but sometimes have days where feelings of loneliness set in.
If you're one of those people, even that transient loss of connection with others could be impacting your physical health, a new study finds.
"A lo...
New Form of Psychotherapy Might Help Ease Chronic Pain
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- June 14, 2024
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A new form of psychotherapy appears to work even better at treating chronic pain in older adults than gold-standard cog...
Could Moms of Low-Birth-Weight Babies Face Higher Dementia Risk Later?
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- June 13, 2024
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Women who deliver low-birth-weight babies could be more likely to have memory and thinking problems later in life, a new study warns.
As seniors, these women had brain test scores that indicated one to two years of additional aging in their memory and thinking skills, co...
Nearly 1 in 4 People With Bipolar Disorder Achieve Complete Mental Health
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- June 13, 2024
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Bipolar disorder doesn't have to be a lifelong challenge, a new study says.
Nearly 1 in 4 people with bipolar disorder wind up achieving complete
There's Another 'Magic' Mushroom Being Sold in Gummies -- But It Can Kill
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- June 12, 2024
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Growing public fascination with "magic"psilocybin mushrooms as a trendy treatment for depression had led to increased interest in another type of psychedelic mushroom, a new study reports.
Unfortunately, this second sort of shroom -- known as Amanita muscaria --...
Failure's 'Benefits' Might Be Overrated
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- June 11, 2024
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Winston Churchill once said, "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm."
It's one of countless platitudes claiming that failure leads to success.
But there's strong evidence that such a notion is wrongheaded and can lead to terri...
FDA Panel Says No to MDMA as Treatment for PTSD
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- June 5, 2024
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A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Tuesday voted against recommending the psychedelic MDMA for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
In a 10-1 vote, the panel determined the evidence amassed so far fails to show the controversial drug...
Service Dogs Work Wonders for Veterans With PTSD: Study
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- June 5, 2024
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Military veterans often struggle with their mental health once their service ends, but the first clinical trial of its kind has found that having a service dog helps lower the risk of PTSD for these former soldiers.
Veterans paired with a service dog had 66% lower odds o...
U.S. Maternal Death Rate Remains Much Higher Than Other Affluent Nations
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- June 4, 2024
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Maternal mortality rates in the United States continue to exceed those in other wealthy nations, with most women dying during pregnancy and childbirth in ways that were preventable, a new report shows.
In 2022, U.S. women had a death rate from complications of pregnancy ...
Better Sleep Might Bring Less Loneliness
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- June 3, 2024
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People who feel lonely and socially isolated might benefit from more sleep, especially if they're a young adult, a new study suggests.
Better sleep is associated...
Sleep Apnea Treatment Can Give Couples' Bond a Boost
- June 3, 2024
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Strapping a mask to your face can make for a happier marriage, a new study suggests.
Relationships with partners flourish if a person with sleep apnea starts using a continuous positive air pressure (
Night Owls Could Be Upping Their Mental Health Risks
- May 31, 2024
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People who regularly stay up until the wee hours of the morning could be harming their mental health, a new study finds.
Regardless of whether people were morning larks or a night owls, they tended to have higher rates of mental and behavioral disorders if they stayed u...
Amsterdam's 'Psychiatric Ambulance' Could Be Advance For Those in Mental Health Crisis
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 31, 2024
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Ambulances meant for people having a mental health crisis could help folks get the care they need with less confrontation and friction, a new...
PTSD, Anxiety Is Rising Among College Students
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- May 30, 2024
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America's college students seem to be more stressed than ever, with a new report finding a sharp rise in cases of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and acute stress disorder (ASD) on c...
Suicide Rates Among Cancer Patients Are Falling
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- May 30, 2024
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Even as suicide rates have risen among Americans generally, one group appears to be bucking that trend: People diagnosed with cancer.
Experts are crediting improved access to counseling and other "psychosocial care" with easing the emotional toll of cancer and keeping m...