1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (981+ words) Digestive problems including constipation, diarrhea, stomach pain, and IBS are more common in people diagnosed with ADHD. An ADHD appointment covers attention, impulses, and how school or work is going. Digestion rarely comes up. But constipation, diarrhea, stomach pain, and…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1013+ words) Psychiatrists given the same cases agreed on a diagnosis only 55% of the time, revealing striking differences in how symptoms are interpreted. A psychiatric diagnosis can shape treatment, communication among doctors, and expectations about a person’s condition. For that system to…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1037+ words) Nature-based social prescribing eased loneliness in a Barcelona trial, but only the loneliest participants needed the nine-week group. In parts of Europe, a doctor can now hand a lonely patient a referral to a gardening club or a walking group…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1237+ words) Oregon psilocybin services enrolled 346 adults for three months, and their depression, anxiety and PTSD scores fell steeply and stayed down. In Oregon, any adult 21 or older can book a supervised psilocybin session at a licensed service center. The client pays…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (951+ words) Young adults who feel emotionally supported on social media have fewer anxiety symptoms. This effect ran twice as strong in women. A survey of 2,403 Americans aged 18 to 30 found that those who felt emotionally supported on social media reported fewer anxiety…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1126+ words) Two groups of brainstem cells build sleep drive in mice, and damping them cut sleep by nearly 70% without the usual damage. Push through a long enough day and the urge to sleep stops being a choice. That pressure builds the…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1132+ words) Five weeks of emotion training reduced distress in college students, with the clearest change coming from where they directed their attention. When something goes wrong, plenty of people try to talk themselves into a better view of it. College students…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1153+ words) How long people sleep at age 50 is linked to how many working years they have left, with one group leaving the workforce much sooner. Plenty of people reach 50 and start counting the years until they can stop working. Their sleep…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (1052+ words) Higher progesterone was linked to less distinct brain signals during emotion control and to lower mood in women. Progesterone and estradiol change across the menstrual cycle and are linked with mood. How they relate to emotional control in the brain…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (958+ words) Education, lifelong mental activity, and emotional skills may support cognitive abilities and influence how the brain changes with aging. Mental abilities can change with age, but not everyone experiences the same changes. Some older adults remain strong across many mental…...