Jill Murphy, Associate Editor

Although long-term health issues from COVID-19 are a major public health concern, evidence on post-COVID-19 symptoms are still limited, specifically among children and adolescents.

Patients with anxiety disorders were found to be able to use mindfulness techniques to manage generalized anxiety, social anxiety, panic disorder, and fear of certain places or situations, including crowds and public transportation.

A feature of obesity and type 2 diabetes is vascular insulin, which contributes to vascular disease.

Data from a recent study show a clear need to further reduce the number of hours residents work each week on average to decrease the occurrence of depression.

The measures of children’s emotional and behavioral development were assessed by the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), and executive functioning was measured by the Behavior Inventory of Executive Functioning (BRIEF).

The researchers analyzed evidence from 11 studies conducted in 9 countries on 4 continents, which included approximately 13 million participants.

These effects were particularly pronounced among those who sign or who are profoundly deaf, whose feelings of disconnect from society had a significantly detrimental impact on their wellbeing.

The authors noted that health care professionals at community clinics and primary care practices specifically can help expand awareness and detection of high blood pressure by providing affordable treatment and management.

Previous studies have shown that 6% of Americans will develop PTSD in their lifetime, which can disrupt lives and lead to or worsen existing health issues, like depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and suicidal thoughts.

Depression tends to go unrecognized in more than half of patients presenting with symptoms in primary care, although data show that an approximate 60% of patients receive their depression care from the primary care setting.

Research showed that changes in impulsivity during early to mid-adolescence predicted changes in antisocial behavior and alcohol use.

The study authors found that regional differences in temperature accounted for many of the variances in nighttime temperature.

The investigators discovered that, as the age of the boys that were tested got older, they were less likely to hold the same stereotype of brilliance being a male trait as their parents.

Cognitive reserve, as the research team references it, is the buffer that occurs when people have strong thinking skills, even when their brains may already show signs of the underlying changes associated with cognitive impairment and dementia.

Although mindfulness meditation may be a new method of pain treatment and can be practiced anywhere, Zeidan hopes that training can be made even more accessible and integrated into standard outpatient procedures.

These findings strengthen the challenges of online meeting platforms and raise the issue of the psychological problems that may be occurring in people participating in online activities, such as anxiety and depression.

Based on the data, Guthmuller observed that ill health was the primary factor correlated with loneliness in older age.

The purpose of the study was to get a better glimpse of the perspective of nurses working in the United States on the frontlines during the COVID-19 pandemic’s first wave.

To assess one potential source of diminished ovarian reserve, the researchers looked to the potential role of stress in this process.

Pre-exposure prophylaxis can effectively reduce the risk of HIV transmission.

Zee added that the results indicate that a similar effect is also present when exposure to light occurs during nighttime sleep.

Navitoclax is an investigational, oral BCL-XL/BCL-2 inhibitor that is designed to activate programmed cell death in cancer cells.

Higher consumption of cooked or uncooked vegetables is unlikely to affect the risk of CVD.

Molnupiravir can help prevent more severe COVID-19 symptoms developing if it is used as early as possible after infection.

Using electronic primary health care records, the team looked at over a million people living in East London between 1990 and 2018 to explore early symptoms and risk factors for Parkinson’s.

Among the 81% of the remaining study group participants, the researchers found a larger hoarding severity, but not to a point that significantly impaired their lives versus the control group.

A new study from NIH highlights why health research into women’s experiences of sexual assault and workplace sexual harassment is critical.

Specifically, the study authors noted that input from non-medical professions and service users may be beneficial to support this process.

The study authors suggested that employers could take action to address work stress and factors that influence sleep.

Glynn added that other than tying high fatigability to an earlier death, the study demonstrates the value of the Pittsburgh Fatigability Scale, which was created in 2014.