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Exploring how stressful life events affect internalizing and externalizing symptoms of psychopathology in childhood

Exploring how stressful life events affect internalizing and externalizing symptoms of psychopathology in childhood

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Past psychology studies have consistently highlighted the link between adverse and traumatic life events and mental health problems. Better understanding the intricate relationship between stressful life events and the emergence of psychopathology in childhood could inform psychotherapeutic practice, potentially enabling the development of more effective interventions. Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital

Risk Score Predicts GI Bleeding Among Post-PCI Patients

PHILADELPHIA — Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) among patients on dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) remains risky in terms of morbidity and mortality, but the Predicting Bleeding Complications in Patients Undergoing Stent Implantation and Subsequent Dual Antiplatelet Therapy (PRECISE-DAPT) score could help predict that risk…

Emerging links between intimate partner violence and women’s cardiovascular disease risk

Emerging links between intimate partner violence and women’s cardiovascular disease risk

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a global gendered epidemic that inordinately impacts females. Worldwide, 25%–50% of women report abuse in a personal relationship and two out of three victims of IPV are female. Although both women and men experience abuse at the hands of their partners, women disproportionately experience more severe

Trial finds exercise during cancer treatment reduces cardiovascular risk

Trial finds exercise during cancer treatment reduces cardiovascular risk

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new randomized controlled trial out of the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute has found that combining structured exercise training with reductions in sitting time protects against heart damage and declines in cardiovascular fitness in adults receiving stem cell transplantation for blood cancers. The average blood cancer patient loses 15–24% of

Exercise Eases Postpartum Depression

TOPLINE: Postpartum exercise reduces the severity of depressive and anxiety symptoms. Initiating exercise within 12 weeks postpartum is linked to greater reductions in depressive symptoms. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis including 35 studies with a total of 4072 participants. The review included randomized controlled trials and nonrandomized interventions examining the impact of

Fluorescence-guided imaging technique could improve head and neck cancer surgery

Fluorescence-guided imaging technique could improve head and neck cancer surgery

Two-color fluorescence nerve and tumor visualization, with green color for the 700-nm LGW05-75 imaging channel (top) and red color for the 800-nm ABY-029 imaging channel (middle row), and with the 700- and 800-nm fluorescence images merged (bottom). Credit: Journal of Biomedical Optics (2024). DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.30.S1.S13707 Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) ranks as one

Expert explains cardiac amyloidosis

Expert explains cardiac amyloidosis

Cardiac amyloidosis is a rare condition defined by the abnormal production of proteins that bind together to form amyloid proteins. These amyloids can gather in different organs throughout the body, including the heart, liver and kidneys. When amyloids form in the heart, the condition is referred to as cardiac amyloidosis…

Will Psychedelics Break the Major Depression Logjam?

With tens of millions of euros in the offing, researchers across the European Union have eagerly taken up the gauntlet to find novel interventions for difficult-to-treat mental health and pain conditions. Their target is psychedelics, including classic compounds like psilocybin and atypical ones like ketamine and MDMA…