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Adults with multiple chronic conditions frequently use complementary and alternative medicine

Complementary Medicine Use Up With Chronic Conditions

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Adults with two or more conditions more likely to use complementary and alternative medicine
Women who regularly attend religious services may live longer than women who never attend services

Religious Service Attendance May Affect Mortality Among Women

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Regular service attendees were one-third less likely to die over 20-year period
Whole-body hyperthermia may ease depression symptoms for up to six weeks

Whole-Body Hyperthermia May Help Ease Depression Symptoms

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60 percent of patients responded to treatment, 40 percent met the criteria for remission
Repeated blows to the head can cause near point of convergence

Even Mild Football Head Injury Can Cause Visual Disturbance

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Study of college players raises concerns about repetitive non-concussive impacts
Patients with bipolar disorder taking lithium have lower rates of self-harm and unintentional injury compared to those taking other mood stabilizers

Fewer Self-Injury Events With Lithium for Bipolar Disorder

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Patients on one of the alternative mood stabilizers were 40 percent more likely to harm themselves
A new study suggests that excessive amounts of folate and vitamin B12 in a mother's body might increase an infant's risk of developing an autism spectrum disorder. The study findings are scheduled for presentation at the International Meeting for Autism Research

Too Much Folate in Pregnancy Tied to Increased Autism Risk

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Mothers with very high blood levels of folate at delivery twice as likely to have a child with autism
A new study suggests that excessive amounts of folate and vitamin B12 in a mother's body might increase an infant's risk of developing an autism spectrum disorder. The study findings are scheduled for presentation at the International Meeting for Autism Research

Too Much Folate in Pregnancy Tied to Raised Autism Risk

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Mothers with very high blood levels of folate at delivery twice as likely to have a child with autism
A regular meditation practice might benefit older adults beginning to experience memory deficits

Yoga, Meditation Show Memory, Mood Benefit in Seniors

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Yoga/meditation group showed improved memory, less depression and anxiety
Low doses of ketamine may quickly reduce suicidal thoughts in patients with treatment-resistant depression

Ketamine May Ease Suicidal Thoughts in Major Depression

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Small study found that the drug worked quickly in patients with treatment-resistant depression
Many caregivers of critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation in an intensive care unit report high levels of depressive symptoms

Depressive Symptoms for Many Caregivers of Critically Ill

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For most, but not all caregivers, depressive symptoms reduce at least partially with time