What Is Dissociative Amnesia? What Doctors Want You to Know Denise Mann, MS
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Dissociative amnesia: A loss of memory
Imagine looking in the mirror and not recognizing the person staring back. Or imagine not being able to recall basic information about your life and lifestyle, like where you live or your partner s name.
Sound like something out of a suspense novel or thriller? What s known as dissociative amnesia is more than just a plot twist. At its most extreme, the condition can rob you of all your memories. (Here are potential causes of memory problems that aren t Alzheimer s.)
UCSD and VA researchers find possible genetic links for susceptibility to PTSD
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By analyzing the genomes of more than 250,000 military veterans, a team of scientists led by researchers at UC San Diego and the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System has identified 18 specific positions on chromosomes, known as loci, that appear to be associated with post-traumatic stress disorder.
The findings validate the underlying biology of PTSD and its relationship to anxiety and depressive disorders and provide potential new targets for treatment, the authors wrote in the Jan. 28 online edition of Nature Genetics.
PTSD is a serious mental disorder that can occur after exposure to extreme, life-threatening stress. It is estimated that half to more than three-quarters of Americans experience traumatic events during a lifetime, but most do not develop PTSD. According to the researchers, lifetime prevalence for PTSD is about 7 percent, but it is much higher among
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The only pattern in so-called long COVID is there is no pattern, as it appears to affect even those who experienced more mild disease, specialists told clinicians on a CDC call on Thursday. Long COVID is nebulous, particularly because it can overlap with other complications of COVID-19 illness, such as hospitalization complications and post-intensive care syndrome, or even multisystem inflammatory disorder, said Alfonso Hernandez-Romieu, MD, of the CDC.
And there is no standardized definition of the condition, either. Persistent severe fatigue, headache, brain fog, and mild cognitive impairment are some of the most commonly presenting symptoms, and patients tend to present more than 4 weeks after illness. However, Hernandez-Romieu noted that these symptoms can be independent of disease severity, and can be newly occurring or recurring symptoms.
Early on in the coronavirus pandemic, many predicted a “baby boom” would result, thanks to all the idle hours couples were forced to spend at home. So far, though, the research suggests the opposite may be true: We’re in the early days of a “baby bust.” According to reporting by the NBCLX news outlet, several states and a few hospital systems that keep track of births saw significant drops in birth rates in December, compared with the same month.