Depression in older adults undergoing hip fracture repair associated with delirium after surgery
According to Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers, the same depressive symptoms may also signal Alzheimer’s disease in some elderly patients.
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Newswise Screening for even mild depressive symptoms before hip fracture repair may be helpful in predicting which patients are at higher risk of developing delirium after emergency surgery, according to results of a new study by researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine. The researchers say their findings also add to evidence that symptoms of depression and postoperative delirium may be an early indicator of Alzheimer’s disease, although those findings were not conclusive.
May 3, 2021Updated 6:55 p.m. ET
In an important step toward medical approval, MDMA, the illegal drug popularly known as Ecstasy or Molly, was shown to bring relief to those suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder when paired with talk therapy.
Of the 90 people who took part in the new study, which is expected to be published later this month in Nature Medicine, those who received MDMA during therapy experienced a significantly greater reduction in the severity of their symptoms compared with those who received therapy and an inactive placebo. Two months after treatment, 67 percent of participants in the MDMA group no longer qualified for a diagnosis of PTSD, compared with 32 percent in the placebo group.
MindMaze Expands Global Reach of Digital Neurotherapeutics Portfolio with Four New Partnerships
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/
MindMaze Healthcare, a global pioneer in the multibillion-dollar digital neurotherapeutics market, today announced four new partnership agreements that bring MindMaze s digital neurotherapeutics to patients in Latin America, Middle East, Spain and Switzerland through agreements with Surgicorp, Alkholi, Guttmann Barcelona and Swiss Rehabilitation. With these agreements, MindMaze further expands its novel, protocolized, evidence-based interventions that are the future of brain repair worldwide.
MindMaze Healthcare is at the forefront of enhancing patient outcomes through its innovative digital neurotherapeutics (DTx) solutions that combine cutting-edge neuroscience with highly engaging,
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