OrganiGram Holdings (OGI) is a Canadian-based medical cannabis company that sells to both individuals and physicians. The company also operates healing centers that focus on treating post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic pain, as well as...
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(MedPage Today) -- Veterans with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who had concurrent post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression or anxiety were at increased risk for early discontinuation of treatment, a large U.S. study found.
After adjustment...
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Posttraumatic stress disorder is associated with up to a twofold increased risk of dementia, new research shows. Medscape Medical News
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A former YouTube content moderator is suing the Google-owned company for failing to properly protect her and her co-workers from the mental harms caused by reviewing hours and hours of graphic footage every...
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Timed with the release of his new book “Rage,” to be published next week, famed journalist Bob Woodward has released recordings of Donald Trump admitting that the coronavirus pandemic will be extremely lethal and could potentially...
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Gabrielle Union is covering Women’s Health’s October issue. She discusses her PTSD and speaks out for those struggling with their mental health at this difficult time. Gabrielle says that she was diagnosed with PTSD when she was 19 after...
Gabrielle Union is speaking out about how she’s handling her mental health during the pandemic.
The 47-year-old actress spoke to Women’s Health magazine and revealed that her PTSD has been elevated in the past year due to the...
People who did not have a large heart rate response to a stress task surprised researchers later -- after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic -- when they showed more symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder related to the crisis than others who...
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(MedPage Today) -- Nightmares that occurred twice a week or more were linked with cardiovascular disease in relatively young military veterans, even after controlling for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a cross-sectional study...
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An excerpt from This Is Your Brain on Food: An Indispensable Guide to the Surprising Foods that Fight Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, and More. Suzy was a bright and hardworking student. However, even though she was conscientious and generally...
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A group of Silicon Valley and Wall Street executives have donated $30 million towards an initiative to research the therapeutic applications of MDMA, a psychedelic drug as an ingredient in ecstasy.
The research aims to seek approval from the...
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A new study has found links between experiences of chronic stress, elevated levels of a stress hormone that increases appetite, and a greater risk of developing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The research comes from Mount Sinai Hospital and...
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The endogenous regulation of a specific gene is associated with a reduced risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder following a terrifying experience. In particular, traumatic memories of the experience are less severe.
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TUESDAY, Aug. 4, 2020 -- World Trade Center (WTC) responders with cognitive impairment have reductions in cortical thickness (CTX), while posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or mild cognitive impairment (MCI) can be identified among WTC...
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TUESDAY, July 28, 2020 -- First responders to the 9/11 terrorist attacks appear to be at increased risk for Alzheimer's disease and dementia, new research suggests.
The prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mild thinking...
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MONDAY, July 27, 2020 -- Talk therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) doesn't appear to increase addiction treatment patients' risk of relapse, a small new study says.
Roughly a quarter of people with drug or alcohol use disorders also...
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Psilocybin, the best-known psychoactive compound found in psychedelic mushrooms, has been implicated as a potential way to treat depression, anxiety, end-of-life fears, and possibly PTSD. A new study has found evidence that this compound may also be...
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Science has shown that service dogs can benefit some veterans with PTSD. But the exact role service dogs play in the day-to-day lives of veterans – and the helpfulness of the tasks they perform – is less known. A recent study led by...
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A majority of college students of color show symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder after watching social media videos of unarmed Black men being killed by police, a Rutgers study finds.
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10-15% of people visiting emergency rooms eventually develop symptoms of long-lasting PTSD.Early treatment is available but there's been no way to tell who needs it.Using clinical data already being collected, machine learning can identify who's at...