For some new mothers, what should be a joyous time is anything but, due to postpartum depression. Credit: Emily Faith Morgan, University Communications The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday…
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College students with loans more likely to report bad health and skip medicine and care, study finds
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Students who took out loans to pay for college rated their overall health and mental health…
Taking kratom claimed her son’s life. now she and others are warning of the dangers
J.D. Butler was planning a future with his girlfriend at his favorite New York City restaurant when that future came to a sudden, crushing halt. “They were planning on when…
Extreme heat is particularly hard on older adults – an aging population and climate change are putting ever more people at risk
Scorching temperatures have put millions of Americans in danger this summer, with heat extremes stretching from coast to coast in the Southern U.S. Phoenix hit 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius)…
Extreme heat is particularly hard on older adults, and an aging population and climate change are putting ever more people at risk
Scorching temperatures have put millions of Americans in danger this summer, with heat extremes stretching from coast to coast in the Southern U.S. Phoenix hit 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius)…
Extreme heat is particularly hard on older adults – an aging population and climate change put ever more people at risk
Scorching temperatures have put millions of Americans in danger this summer, with heat extremes stretching from coast to coast in the Southern U.S. Phoenix hit 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius)…
New antibiotics on the way, but not quickly enough
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A report by University of Queensland researchers has warned a global crisis of antibiotic resistance is inevitable, despite promising developments in new antibiotics. The Center for…
Researchers use the antidepressant tianeptine to manage chronic pain
TIAN induces antiallodynic effects more rapidly than DMI. Credit: Neuropsychopharmacology (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41386-023-01645-w Neuropathic pain is a debilitating condition estimated to affect as much as 10% of the global population.…
New opioid use raises death risk 11-fold in those with dementia
Older adults who begin using opioid painkillers after a dementia diagnosis have a significantly greater risk of death—about 11-fold within the first two weeks, according to new research. The risk…
What they are, how they work, and why you need to know about them
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Last month, nearly 12,000 people gathered in Denver to talk about magic mushrooms (psilocybin), ecstasy (MDMA), ibogaine and ayahuasca, and to discuss the latest scientific research…
