New research has explored the link between sleep apnea and depression and suggests that the former may be one reason that depression treatments fail. Around 20–30% of people with depression and other mood disorders do not get the help they need from existing therapies. Depression is the “leading cause of disability worldwide.” For this…
Schizophrenia: Restoring brain circuitry to improve symptoms
Researchers pin down the faulty brain circuitry that drives negative symptom severity in schizophrenia and look at noninvasive methods of targeting and “repairing” this breakdown. Schizophrenia is a mental health condition with characteristic symptoms that include delusions and hallucinations. It also has numerous negative symptoms, such as flat affect (lack of emotional expression),…
Obesity associated with more rapid progression of disability in rheumatoid arthritis patients
In a study of adults with rheumatoid arthritis, those who were severely obese experienced more rapidly progressing disability than patients who were overweight. This was not explained by features of their arthritis, including the amount of inflammation in their joints. In the Arthritis Care & Research study, weight loss after enrollment was…