From the American College of Physicians media release: An abbreviated version of the Confusion Assessment Method, or CAM, test is highly sensitive and specific for diagnosing delirium, according to a study being published in Annals…
From the The JAMA Network Journals media release: OCD and schizophrenia are distinct and infrequently overlapping disorders. But some studies have suggested higher rates of co-existing illness with the two disorders in patients. How the…
From the Washington State University media release: Smoking today’s concentrated pot might be risky business for women, according to new research from Washington State University. The study is the first to demonstrate sex differences in the…
From the University of Texas at Austin media release: Researchers have determined that African Americans and Caribbean blacks who experience discrimination of multiple types are at substantially greater risk for a variety of mental disorders…
From the University of Iowa media release: A new University of Iowa study further supports an inescapable message: caregivers have a profound influence — good or bad — on the emotional state of individuals with…
From the Henry Ford Health System media release: Pain can make it difficult for some patients to get a good night’s rest while recovering in the hospital following certain surgical procedures, often resulting in longer…
From the American Psychological Association media release: People living in more liberal countries are happier on average than those in less liberal countries, but individually, conservatives are happier than liberals no matter where they live,…
From the Elsevier Health Sciences media release: African American women and their female children have the highest obesity prevalence of any demographic group and are more likely to underestimate their body weight than white women.…
From the Michigan State University media release: Were Albert Einstein and Leonardo da Vinci born brilliant or did they acquire their intelligence through effort? No one knows for sure, but telling people the latter —…
From the Wayne State media release: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a complex autoimmune disease that affects 1 to 2 percent of adults, requires patients to not only cope with pain, disability, and joint disfigurements, but also…