How psychotherapy changes the brain in panic disorder and social anxiety
A new investigation published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics disclosed important brain mechanisms for the action of psychotherapy in panic disorder.
New approach to drug discovery could lead to personalised treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders
Researchers have developed a method that could drastically accelerate the search for new drugs to treat mental health disorders such as schizophrenia.
Engaging in physical activity could reduce long-term mortality
Cognitive frailty is a heterogeneous clinical manifestation characterized by the simultaneous presence of both physical frailty and cognitive impairment, in the absence of dementia, and it seems to entail a greater death risk than physical frailty or cognitive impairment separately.
Artificial intelligence could select heart failure patients for expensive treatment
Artificial intelligence (AI) has shown promise to select heart failure patients for expensive treatments to prevent lethal arrhythmias, reports a study presented at ICNC 2019.1 The study is the first to use a machine learning algorithm to predict sudden death in heart failure patients.
The short-term supplementation of monacolin K: lipid and metabolic patterns
The short-term supplementation of monacolin K improves the lipid and metabolic patterns of hypertensive and hypercholesterolemic subjects at low cardiovascular risk. Mazza A 1, Schiavon L , Rigatelli G , Torin G , Montanaro F , Lenti S . Background – The clinical hypocholesterolemic effect of nutraceutical compounds (NCs) containing red yeast rice extracts providing a…
Laughing gas helps to unravel rapid function of antidepressant mechanisms
Ketamine is commonly used in emergency medicine as an anaesthetic drug. Later it was discovered to have rapid-acting antidepressant effects, but the mechanisms by which ketamine alleviates depression are still unknown.
Exercise may improve memory in heart failure patients
Two-thirds of patients with heart failure have cognitive problems, according to research presented today at EuroHeartCare 2019, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
Avoid smoky environments to protect your heart
Secondhand smoke linked to high blood pressure
Keeping fit is more than physical: it’s a state of mind
According to a new study differences in what motivates individuals and how they self-regulate behavior influence how they keep fit. The study appearing in the journal Heliyon, published by Elsevier, associates personal characteristics with whether people are likely to prefer solo or group exercise activities,…
Fingerprint of sleep habits as warning sign for heart disease
Chronic short sleep is associated with increased risk of clogged arteries, heart disease, and thus increased morbidity and mortality. New research in Experimental Physiology may have figured out why lack of sleep increases susceptibility to heart disease, and allowing doctors to identify the patients who…
Focus on Rare Diseases – The National Society for Phenylketonuria
Dr Michelle Muscat interviews Suzanne Ford, the Society Dietitian at The National Society for Phenylketonuria [NSPKU], in the UK