WEDNESDAY, June 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Troubled children and teenagers are languishing hours in chaotic hospital emergency rooms, waiting for a psychiatric bed to open, a new study says. About 1 in 3 kids who go to an emergency room (ER) amid a mental health crisis wait at leastContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — People with Down syndrome have a much higher risk of stroke than people without the genetic disorder, a new study says. Down syndrome patients have a 5.14 times higher risk of a stroke caused by a brain bleed, and more than 4 timesContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Narcissists may seem self-assured, but new research shows they often feel excluded — and their behavior may be making things worse. Hallmarks of narcissm include an inflated sense of one’s importance, a hunger for admiration and negative response to criticism. The new researchContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The societal stress and stigma of being LGBTQ+ can increase a person’s risk of mental health problems, a new study suggests. People in sexual and gender minorities are more likely than heterosexuals to suffer from problems like anxiety, depression, PTSD, bipolar disorder, ADHD,Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnoses have increased among adults in recent years, while remaining stable among teenagers. ADHD diagnoses among adults increased by 15% between 2020 and 2023, after declining by nearly 11% from 2016 to 2020, researchers reported in a new study publishedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Kids with autism who speak more than one language tend to have fewer symptoms from their disorder. Being multilingual not only enhances their general cognitive abilities, but also helps them better control their daily thoughts and actions, researchers reported in a study publishedContinue Reading
MONDAY Dec. 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The number of homeless individuals in the U.S. increased by 18% between January 2023 and January 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The HUD’s 2024 Annual Homelessness Assessment found that some 770,000 people were experiencing homelessness onContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A synthetic form of the active ingredient in cannabis helps reduce agitation in people with Alzheimer’s, new research shows. Synthetic THC (dronabinol) also gave patients’ caregivers a boost, according to findings presented Thursday at a meeting of the International Psychogeriatrics Association in BuenosContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Scientists have documented the first case of Down syndrome in Neanderthals, a finding which also supports the notion that these cousins of modern man were capable of providing care and support to a vulnerable member of their group. “The results have significant implicationsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — America’s mental health woes essentially serve as an annual economic downturn for the nation, a new study says. Mental illness costs the U.S. economy $282 billion every year, equivalent to the average economic recession, researchers report. That estimate amounts to about 1.7% ofContinue Reading