People with borderline personality disorder may benefit from a new form of therapy that helps patients learn how to properly mentalize, or make emotional sense of their thoughts and feelings in relation to others.
People with Parkinson’s disease may get worse at a slower pace if they have high levels of a substance called urate in their blood. That’s the conclusion of a study of 800 people with mild Parkinson’s. People with high urate levels were only half as likely as others to get much worse in a two-year period. They lost fewer brain cells that produce a substance called dopamine. Therefore, they did not need medicine to replace it. Researchers are planning another study that will give patients a supplement called inosine. The body converts inosine to urate. USA Today wrote about the study April 16. It was in the journal Archives of Neurology.
Before the start of a migraine attack, I see balls or circles of transparent light. Is this a common symptom?
Is there a new, minimally invasive hip replacement procedure?
What are the consequences of stopping Toprol XL for an extended period of time?
Can nicotine be detected in the blood? For how long?
People who have been depressed may be more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease later, a study suggests. The study included 486 people, ages 60 to 90. They did not have any form of dementia when the study began. In the next 6 years, 33 developed Alzheimer’s disease. In the study group, 134 people had consulted a doctor because they felt depressed. They were 2.5 times as likely to develop Alzheimer’s as others in the study. Researchers said the cause is not clear. More research is needed. The study was published April 8 in the journal Neurology.
Is chelation an effective treatment for any after effects of Lyme disease?
ADHD has become the most common mental health issue in preschool children. Some study has been done on giving medication to preschoolers with ADHD, but training parents to change their responses to their child’s behavior is believed to be more effective.
An analysis of the lyrics of popular songs found that approximately 40% had some sort of reference to drug or alcohol use. Whether or not this has any effect on the behavior of teenagers is unclear.