FRIDAY, June 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A popular crisis support line for LGBTQ+ youth and young adults is shutting down July 17, federal officials confirmed this week. The “Press 3” option on the 988 National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which offers specialized support for LGBTQ+ callers, will no longerContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Caring for your emotional health might also help keep your memory sharp, a new study says. People with higher levels of well-being have a reduced risk of memory loss in middle age, according to a new study published June 19 in the journalContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Talk therapy can help stroke survivors who are in the throes of depression or anxiety, a new study says. About half of patients (49%) fully recovered from a post-stroke mood disorder after participating in talk psychotherapy, researchers reported recently in the journal NatureContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Magic mushrooms might be key to quelling depression among people battling cancer. A single dose of psilocybin provided sustained reductions in depression and anxiety among cancer patients diagnosed with major depression, according to small-scale study published June 16 in the journal Cancer. “OneContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — People caring for people with dementia might face future risk with their own brain aging due to lifestyle factors, a new study says. Nearly 3 in 5 dementia caregivers (59%) have at least one risk factor that increases their own chances of developingContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — People with severe depression who receive electroshock therapy are significantly less likely to commit suicide, a new evidence review says. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) lowered the risk of death by suicide 34% among patients with severe depression, according to findings published June 13 inContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new breakthrough can help people with schizophrenia keep up with their psychiatric meds, researchers said. A pill taken just once a week, gradually releasing medicine from within the stomach, can greatly simplify the drug schedule faced by schizophrenia patients, researchers reported JuneContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A person’s microbiome – the bacteria naturally living in the mouth and gut – might contribute to Parkinson’s disease, a new study says. Specific changes in these bacteria are associated with cognitive decline in Parkinson’s, researchers reported June 9 in the journal GutContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A “vicious circle” might exist between screen time and troubled children, a new evidence review says. Screen time — particularly on video games — appears to contribute to emotional turmoil among children, researchers say. Those troubled kids are then more likely to turnContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A hallmark of accelerated aging appears to be linked to an increased risk of dementia and stroke, a new study says. Shorter telomere length in a person’s white blood cells is associated with the two brain diseases, researchers reported June 11 in theContinue Reading