Summary: A meta-analysis suggests that high doses of psilocybin may alleviate depressive symptoms similarly to the SSRI drug escitalopram. While the effect size was small, psilocybin outperformed placebo in clinical…
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Childhood Inflammation Linked to Later Mental Health Risks
Summary: Children with persistent inflammation are at a higher risk of developing mental health disorders like psychosis and depression in early adulthood. A study found that elevated inflammation markers, particularly…
Neuroticism Alters How Personality Affects Self-Control
Summary: Personality traits like conscientiousness and extraversion are linked to higher self-control, while neuroticism can weaken this effect, especially in specific types of self-control like resisting temptation or initiating proactive…
Novel PET/CT technique accurately detects neuroblastoma in children with short scan time and no anesthesia
[18F]MFBG LAFOV PET/ULD CT (top) and [123I]MIBG scintigraphy with SPECT/LD CT images (bottom) of 7-wk-old girl with neuroblastoma. [18F]MFBG image shows intraspinal and bone marrow involvement not seen on [123I]MIBG…
Mesoamerican “Underworld” was swallowed by seismic landslide
The Mesoamerican site of Mitla was swallowed by a seismic landslide event, according to a new study by the Lyobaa Project. Mitla, known as Mictlán in Nahuatl, means the “place…
CDC and local experts anticipate new fall COVID vaccines in September
Credit: Maksim Goncharenok from Pexels As COVID-19 settles into a permanent presence in our lives, annual vaccinations are becoming the norm. Earlier this month, an official from the Centers for…
Most Americans comfortable with AI in health care
Harrison Jackson, MD, explains the ambient listening app that he uses in appointments to his patient at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. The app uses artificial intelligence to…
Memory can be strengthened by unrelated experiences, study finds
Homosynaptic long-term potentiation (LTP) stimulus minutes before, after, or 24 hr after a weak associative conditioning produces lasting memory. Credit: eLife (2023). DOI: 10.7554/eLife.91421 There is a legend that many…
Elite pre-Mongol burial uncovered in Mongolia
A Multi-institutional team of archaeologists have uncovered an elite burial belonging to a Khar Nuur steppe nomad from the pre-Mongol period in Dornod Province, Mongolia. The excavation involved researchers from the…
Blood sugar fluctuations after eating play an important role in anxiety and depression
The proverbial “sugar high” that follows the ingestion of a sweet treat is a familiar example of the potentially positive effects of food on mood. On the flip side, feeling…
