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Posted July 27, 2026 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk There is a widely told story about a visitor who goes to the circus and asks the elephant trainer why the animal can be controlled by just a stake in the ground and a…
There is now widespread evidence that years of heading, tackling and collisions in football and rugby could increase the risk of dementia and other neurological diseases.
Posted July 27, 2026 | Reviewed by Devon Frye We’ve all heard them. Queer. F*g. D*ke. These LGBTQ slurs are disturbingly common in everyday vernacular. They are fixtures in society. But what motivates people to use LGBTQ…
MapLight announced topline findings from its mid-stage ZEPHYR trial of ML-007C-MA, an oral medicine tested in about 307 adults hospitalized for a sudden worsening of schizophrenia symptoms, on Monday.
(MedPage Today) -- A previously healthy 52-year-old woman entered the emergency department with a 4-month history of headaches and visual hallucinations. For the past month, her speech was incoherent. When she reached…
Posted July 27, 2026 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk Misogyny is often imagined as obvious hostility toward women: harassment, violence, discrimination, or openly declaring that women are less capable than men. But misogyny…
We have an important Medical Monday conversation to share. As of July 1st, there’s a new law on the books in Maryland that is of significant importance to expectant mothers and women who are planning ...
A neuroimaging study provides evidence that structural brain differences in autistic individuals align with the distribution of serotonin receptors. This underlying neurochemistry suggests a biological link to the social…
Human-specific duplicates of the SRGAP2 gene slow microglial maturation to four to eight years.
The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a new report assessing progress in implementing the Global Health Sector Strategies (GHSS) on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) for…
Gary Siders Jr., the father accused in Ohio's shocking ‘House of Horrors’ child neglect case, has requested a mental competency evaluation.
My first science experiment was in sixth grade for our county's science fair. Over three months, I tested how my grandfather's blood sugar responded to green leafy vegetables versus brown rice at dinnertime. My mom would…
Posted July 27, 2026 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk Although we know it’s a myth, as we age, many of us continue to search for the proverbial fountain of youth so that we can turn back the clock, or age more slowly. What…
Posted July 27, 2026 | Reviewed by Abigail Fagan Maybe you shouldn't throw away that old iPod. A recent Harvard Gazette article on the "tech-lash" caught my attention. It was built around an interview with the analyst…
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill Friday that officially recognizes gambling disorder as an addiction in Illinois. The legislation, Senate Bill 2749, updates the state’s existing Substance Use ...
Five million dollars in California state funding was awarded to a Redding non-profit for a project to help rural behavioral health groups better communicate with each other.
A global panel of experts conducted a Delphi study to identify essential knowledge about the role of circadian rhythms in treating bipolar disorder. The consensus report highlights how disruptions to ...
Posted July 27, 2026 | Reviewed by Devon Frye You're mid-sentence in one language when a word from another shows up instead. Or you reach for a word in your first language and find it in your second one first. Or you…
When a woman who is breastfeeding develops an infection or a flare of a chronic condition, she faces a decision that sounds simple but rarely is: Should she take the medication to treat her condition?
Pennsylvania is investing $10 million from the state budget to enhance the 9-8-8 suicide and mental health crisis lifeline.
An 18-year sibling-design study in Psychiatry Research finds that childhood ADHD more than doubles adult depression risk and impairs cognition into adulthood. With 45% of diagnosed individuals still ...
Tavares Richards, a Holistic Wellness Specialist at Valley Health, joined Holly Baratta to tell us about July being mental health awareness month for BIPOC and the available health resources at Valley ...
Pennsylvania plans a significant boost in mental health support with Governor Shapiro’s proposed budget, emphasizing crisis intervention and expanding access.
Artificial intelligence is transforming how we gather information and communicate with one another.It’s also changing how some people seek out mental health care. But what happens when this ...
Prenatal alcohol exposure—a contributor to adverse pregnancy outcomes and the leading preventable cause of neurodevelopmental disability worldwide—has increased in the United States over the past decade. The new paper by…
Microglia are the most common immune cells in the brain, where they defend against intruders and engulf damaged neurons. Now, scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute have discovered for the first time that, just…
About a third of children with multiple food allergies gained the ability to safely eat full servings of foods that trigger their allergies in a new Stanford Medicine-led clinical trial. The results were published in…
Childhood obesity affects 1 in 5 children in the U.S., yet most families have limited access to specialized weight-management programs for children. Now, a large clinical trial led by researchers at Washington University…
After TBI, soluble TNF sparks Alzheimer-like damage; XPro1595 blocks it in mice, preserving memory and reducing pain—hinting prevention.
ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) is a form of neurodivergence that’s thought to impact around 700,000 children ...
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