HEALTH & SCIENCE REPORT: Multiple Topics

[Rob Longo]

The following articles are from multiple resources:

 

BRAIN

1) Dry EEG—From Laboratory to Living Room

https://edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/module/2834227?utm_source=postup_jn&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_alert-jamapsychiatry&utm_content=top_cme-tfl_&utm_term=2025

 

2) 40% of MRI signals do not correspond to actual brain activity, study suggests

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-mri-correspond-actual-brain.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

 

3) Our Brains on ChatGPT  What a recent MIT study really tells us, and what it doesn't

https://www.medpagetoday.com/popmedicine/popmedicine/119084?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2025-12-18&mh=b472702379519ab6c5a3eb368b1e37ec&zdee=gAAAAABm4vkSlHpatgJA9AhGC93ytnmIdH-i7GN6G83LoYaCXzzN3GR13pz08dfUAsGcfRwkA6zRU5qff2DB2Sn7gqSHqv0DW1XSfoM8sHdL5vtF6nsNhwI%3D&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%20Evening%20-%20Randomized%202025-12-18&utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_dual-gmail-definition

 

4) Stress Hormone Helps To Repair Brain Injury

Research shows how cells respond to brain injury by releasing corticotropin-releasing hormone, which helps to repair damage.

https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/stress-hormone-helps-to-repair-brain-injury-408037?utm_campaign=NEWSLETTER_TN_Neuroscience&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_ohb8LfWAyY-0MYedAA_j7vtcgjckZMkfY7vq3TQOMXGs2F_t3IlBmuJFepxSjiCPtGSIPhBeCFIyHRyoQ7GCjgHsSCA&_hsmi=394906636&utm_content=394906636&utm_source=hs_email

 

and

 

Stress hormone identified that helps repair the brain

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-stress-hormone-brain.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

 

5) Dopamine Keeps Training Your Brain After You Fall Asleep -

Dopamine becomes active during sleep after learning, strengthening motor skills for better performance the next day.

https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/dopamine-keeps-training-your-brain-after-you-fall-asleep-407825?utm_campaign=NEWSLETTER_TN_Neuroscience&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8zK_WrksD-2f9TbKiRJFag_CYfbX7QBZN8rR4sKcXAZMCpgD5FB8i-1ZHgj6ud75i0MOCePbp8P-lwZXpB2P8xyotbxg&_hsmi=394906636&utm_content=394906636&utm_source=hs_email

 

6) How Microplastics Trigger Inflammation in the Brain

https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/how-microplastics-trigger-inflammation-in-the-brain-407720?utm_campaign=NEWSLETTER_TN_Neuroscience&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8sV2cP637BrikNrUkGI_SLZbJDUxLZranc8tzgoQcC1pIWl3HZ_wHix2N0aYBW17pvYSneq2EEIwCLnDXbNCpQp3rFPg&_hsmi=394906636&utm_content=394906636&utm_source=hs_email

 

7) Not everyone reads the room the same: Some brains perform a complicated assessment—while others take a shortcut

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-room-brains-complicated-shortcut.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

 

8) Cerebellar signals drive associative learning by enhancing visual discrimination, finds study

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-cerebellar-associative-visual-discrimination.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette

 

9) How Brain Activity Changes Throughout the Day Reveals Clues to Fatigue -- Following which neurons within the brain were active at different times revealed clues to understanding fatigue

https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/how-brain-activity-changes-throughout-the-day-reveals-clues-to-fatigue-407762?utm_campaign=NEWSLETTER_TN_Neuroscience&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_IMBEj7pz8k9KhIy5lBgj5yAIo2SMnItzapYZ659H-MgaV4aXEJUpL3BeBk8PueqR1Cun7aUfCm6KCxpH5yhsyv2u_5Q&_hsmi=394906636&utm_content=394906636&utm_source=hs_email

 

10) Deep sleep reorganizes brain networks used for memory recall

https://www.psypost.org/deep-sleep-reorganizes-brain-networks-used-for-memory-recall/

 

11) How the brain dynamically reconfigures networks during speech processing

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-brain-dynamically-reconfigures-networks-speech.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

 

12) Short, light-intensity exercise can boost executive function and elevate mood in children

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-short-intensity-boost-function-elevate.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

 

13) PTSD in World Trade Center responders linked to measurable physical changes in brain structure

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-ptsd-world-center-linked-physical.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette

 

14) Contraceptive Tied to Higher Brain Tumor Risk in Women

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/contraceptive-tied-higher-brain-tumor-risk-women-2025a1000o2s?ecd=mkm_ret_251216_mscpmrk_obgyn_womens-health_etid7958499&uac=528002PJ&impID=7958499

 

15) Dopamine neurons in the midbrain may be susceptible to a spiral of decline caused by energy shortages.

https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/aging-neurons-face-energy-crisis-linked-to-parkinsons-407752?utm_campaign=NEWSLETTER_TN_Neuroscience&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--yMUo8UiVDgJF0F2cqXRTvm0m5XIulG0N8MX1tjvYMKSiGoi9Ypv7VBqPb9067zNPs28tlEN231kWTkmkgTUcAvZoOyQ&_hsmi=394906636&utm_content=394906636&utm_source=hs_email

 

16) A built-in odometer: New study reveals how the brain measures distance

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-built-odometer-reveals-brain-distance.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#goog_rewarded

 

17) Brain on jazz: Musical improvisation moves beyond pure inspiration to dynamic reconfiguration

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-brain-jazz-musical-pure-dynamic.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

 

18) Learning to play music can improve older people's brain function, study suggests

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-play-music-older-people-brain.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

 

19) Stress-related brain signals drive risk of cardiovascular disease in people with depression and anxiety

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-stress-brain-cardiovascular-disease-people.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

 

and

 

Depression and Anxiety Associate With Adverse Cardiovascular Events via Neural, Autonomic, and Inflammatory Pathways

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.124.017706?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--cHBp7h-FndvSffd_JUm1b5kGLro_GYm8_Vyk-BlLwfYT7qsQ1ldosxPJ-ikj64f7nKyRoRKbWORQ6Ne08YiYxvUJmloHjjbGVs4ZU9gW1JWbET9M&_hsmi=394818667&utm_content=394818667&utm_source=hs_email

20) Neurons use physical signals, not electricity, to stabilize communication

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-neurons-physical-electricity-stabilize-communication.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette

 

21) Visual training can dramatically improve cognitive function after concussion

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-visual-cognitive-function-concussion.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette

 

22) Exposure to common air pollutants alters adolescent brain development, study finds

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-exposure-common-air-pollutants-adolescent.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette

 

23) Mitochondria may be missing link between mental health and brain function

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-mitochondria-link-mental-health-brain.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

 

24) Brief computer-assisted therapy alters brain connectivity in depression

https://www.psypost.org/brief-computer-assisted-therapy-alters-brain-connectivity-in-depression/

 

25) Not thinking about anything: Toward a brain signature of mind blanking

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-brain-signature-mind-blanking.html

 

26) Misophonia is linked to broader sensory processing sensitivities beyond sounds

https://www.psypost.org/misophonia-is-linked-to-broader-sensory-processing-sensitivities-beyond-sounds/

 

27) Recognizing Grief in Neurodivergent Minds

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2843133?guestAccessKey=e1914b20-69ec-42a1-b2ec-672c6e709acf

 

28) Signature neural patterns may help predict recovery from traumatic brain injury

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-signature-neural-patterns-recovery-traumatic.html

 

29) Gut bacteria may play role in bipolar depression by directly influencing brain connectivity

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-gut-bacteria-play-role-bipolar.html

 

30) Molecular difference in autistic brains may explain signaling imbalance

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-molecular-difference-autistic-brains-imbalance.html

 

31) Air Pollution Linked to Depression — U.S. study affirms association with fine particles that can get deep into the body and brain

https://www.medpagetoday.com/geriatrics/depression/119143?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2025-12-22&mh=b472702379519ab6c5a3eb368b1e37ec&zdee=gAAAAABm4vkSlHpatgJA9AhGC93ytnmIdH-i7GN6G83LoYaCXzzN3GR13pz08dfUAsGcfRwkA6zRU5qff2DB2Sn7gqSHqv0DW1XSfoM8sHdL5vtF6nsNhwI%3D&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%20Evening%20-%20Randomized%202025-12-22&utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_dual-gmail-definition

 

32) A specific neural pathway links the insula to the creation of new memories

https://www.psypost.org/a-specific-neural-pathway-links-the-insula-to-the-creation-of-new-memories/

 

33) No Level of Alcohol Use Is Safe for the Brain

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/no-level-alcohol-use-safe-brain-2025a1000q0q?ecd=mkm_ret_251229_mscpmrk_psych_best-of-the-year_etid7990541&uac=528002PJ&impID=7990541

 

34) Digital Technology: Friend or Foe to the Brain?

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/digital-technology-friend-or-foe-brain-2025a1000ac7?ecd=mkm_ret_251229_mscpmrk_psych_best-of-the-year_etid7990541&uac=528002PJ&impID=7990541

 

35) How an FDA cleared “brain protection” device built on shaky science made it to the NFL

https://www.bmj.com/content/391/bmj.r2028.full?ijkey=YlDPZOcaD7I.g&keytype=ref&nbd=7669a6aa04b03a9762bdf685583b6407b2de388f03ffcd1eb3541c4187730956&nbd_source=adestra&siteid=bmjjournals%253F&uaa_id=7669a6aa04b03a9762bdf685583b6407b2de388f03ffcd1eb3541c4187730956

 

36) No, your brain doesn't suddenly 'fully develop' at 25. Here's what the neuroscience actually shows

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-brain-doesnt-suddenly-fully-neuroscience.html

 

 

ALZHEIMER’S / DEMENTIA

1) Why a mild brain injury can trigger Alzheimer's

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-mild-brain-injury-trigger-alzheimer.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

 

2) Brain Fats May Play a Bigger Role in Alzheimer’s Than We Thought

https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/brain-fats-may-play-a-bigger-role-in-alzheimers-than-we-thought-407794?utm_campaign=NEWSLETTER_TN_Neuroscience&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--W1VTyrZAMe9QpGoOBhiTo9_j_1qL7ABW8nmDn-rIAtGkURxCI6kfv4CqS5Nh8YQhPLwJ0bn11jc4Mqkrv4fApA1mgbQ&_hsmi=394906636&utm_content=394906636&utm_source=hs_email

 

and

Could cheese protect your brain health? Study links high-fat cheese and cream to lower dementia risk

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-cheese-brain-health-links-high.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

 

3) Six Midlife Depressive Symptoms Tied to Dementia — Some of the most common symptoms seen in clinical practice were not associated with dementia risk

https://www.medpagetoday.com/geriatrics/dementia/119029?xid=nl_mpt_morningbreak2025-12-16&mh=b472702379519ab6c5a3eb368b1e37ec&zdee=gAAAAABm4vkSlHpatgJA9AhGC93ytnmIdH-i7GN6G83LoYaCXzzN3GR13pz08dfUAsGcfRwkA6zRU5qff2DB2Sn7gqSHqv0DW1XSfoM8sHdL5vtF6nsNhwI%3D&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBreak_121625&utm_term=NL_Gen_Int_Daily_News_Update_active

 

4) Small study finds microdoses of cannabis stalled cognitive decline in Alzheimer's patients

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-small-microdoses-cannabis-stalled-cognitive.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

 

and

 

Microdosing cannabis: a new hope for Alzheimer’s patients?

https://www.psypost.org/microdosing-cannabis-a-new-hope-for-alzheimers-patients/

 

5) Apathy in older age: why it might signal neurodegeneration

https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/148/12/4143/8367740

 

6) Alzheimer's disease can be reversed in animal models to achieve full neurological recovery

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-alzheimer-disease-reversed-animal-full.html

 

7) Listening to music immediately after learning improves memory in older adults and Alzheimer’s patients

https://www.psypost.org/listening-to-music-immediately-after-learning-improves-memory-in-older-adults-and-alzheimers-patients/

 

8) Lifelong diet quality predicts cognitive ability and dementia risk in older age

https://www.psypost.org/lifelong-diet-quality-predicts-cognitive-ability-and-dementia-risk-in-older-age/

 

 

GENERAL & MENTAL HEALTH

1) NIH specifies how grant reviewers should ensure alignment with Trump priorities - Guidance should move agency away from ‘arbitrary’ changes, outside experts say

https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/15/nih-specifies-how-grant-reviewers-should-ensure-alignment-with-trump-priorities/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-86p1MIN6i6a6yU7G2mnqPXkUitEf4kzGThAH_0eZhUwCls5Bodh2nEVGCM1MbRL_IRxAsgdmAVLSNVMAhjXUe6yyJsskOt8R_1z6UXyl_4N3Bg4JE&_hsmi=394612399&utm_content=394612399&utm_source=hs_email

 

2) Improving the Health of Adults with Neurodevelopmental Disorders

https://www.academia.edu/45673231/Improving_the_Health_of_Adults_with_Neurodevelopmental_Disorders?auto=download&email_work_card=download-paper

 

3) Music training may delay age-related hearing decline by a decade

https://www.psypost.org/music-training-may-delay-age-related-hearing-decline-by-a-decade/

 

4) Diagnosis of Insomnia - Diagnostic Criteria for Chronic Insomnia Disorder According to International Classification of Sleep Disorders Third Edition

https://reference.medscape.com/cc2/p10/updated-european-insomnia-guideline-diagnosis-and-treatment-2024a1000ga9?ecd=WNL_drugguide_251216_MSCPREF_neuro_etid7957108&uac=528002PJ&impID=7957108#1

 

5) Social Media ‘Detox’ May Boost Mental Health in Young Adults

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/social-media-detox-may-boost-mental-health-young-adults-2025a1000yrx?ecd=mkm_ret_251220_mscpmrk_psych_addiction_etid7968671&uac=528002PJ&impID=7968671

 

6) Device Screens Predict Craving in Problematic Internet Use

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/device-screens-predict-craving-problematic-internet-use-2025a1000wux?ecd=mkm_ret_251220_mscpmrk_psych_addiction_etid7968671&uac=528002PJ&impID=7968671

 

7) Scientists find the biological footprint of social anxiety may reside partially in the gut

https://www.psypost.org/scientists-find-the-biological-footprint-of-social-anxiety-may-reside-partially-in-the-gut/

 

8) How the global fish trade is spreading 'forever chemicals' around the world

https://phys.org/news/2025-12-global-fish-chemicals-world.html

 

9) Benzodiazepines Linked With Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

— Second trimester may be particularly vulnerable to adverse effects

https://www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/pregnancy/119141

 

10) Can Step Count Data Reveal Mental Health Insights in Students?

https://ntkdigital.ntk-institute.org/article/leveraging-low-cost-app-based-step-count-data-to-assess-depression-and-anxiety-in-university-students-a-cross-sectional-mobile-health-study

 

11) Nanoplastics Have Diet-Dependent Impacts on Digestive System Health - Exposure to low doses of nanoplastics can alter gut barrier integrity, gut microbiota composition and liver function.

https://www.technologynetworks.com/applied-sciences/news/nanoplastics-have-diet-dependent-impacts-on-digestive-system-health-408173?utm_campaign=NEWSLETTER_TN_Breaking%20Science%20News&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8qlSxrMJj8aUhqGWTobbkFN0XskUZJswipP4kb37xMC0llD5_gK_1apioDRDejrGUhltVVFZBv5aDpIU-8140ifqqNBA&_hsmi=395575731&utm_content=395575731&utm_source=hs_email

 

12) American food safety could be headed for a breakdown - Food safety experts warn that federal cuts will leave people more vulnerable to foodborne illness

https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/american-food-safety-funding-cuts-foodnet/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_-vqoQbMQnBu1Fdyh7y9I8N7I9940tsVvT-cutq_FcaJFwnWhRTir4gscBcRMKmzKcc6up-a93s45b3bVxVnq9aRBzomwHPfF9OrDZ-HIXTVSeptg&_hsmi=395375684&utm_content=395375684&utm_source=hs_email

 

13) Autumn clock change linked to reduction in certain health conditions in England

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-autumn-clock-linked-reduction-health.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

 

14) Stress intensifies pain and makes it harder to regulate emotions in cases of depression and fibromyalgia

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-stress-pain-harder-emotions-cases.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

 

15) How the Trump administration is recasting government’s role in regulating health technology - Agencies that used to set up and enforce guardrails now want to drive adoption of new, risky technologies

https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/23/trump-health-tech-ai-regulation/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--R-293tDp8YBqZM0YRxzr1tXVrXaiW7nrZgN1A9ZPWkAPdq3xL27Wyp_H1eNFtmmkIqJOslwNZbCZhMfVHPM2Mc8AioXY-QHOrsxw8hpyEEel7RgI&_hsmi=395702425&utm_content=395702425&utm_source=hs_email

 

16) Common ADHD medications function differently than scientists previously thought

https://www.psypost.org/common-adhd-medications-function-differently-than-scientists-previously-thought/

 

17) Sleep variability linked with sleep apnea and hypertension

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-variability-linked-apnea-hypertension.html

 

18) Loneliness and Social Isolation Leave a Mark on the Blood

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/loneliness-and-social-isolation-leave-mark-blood-2025a10000cf?ecd=mkm_ret_251229_mscpmrk_psych_best-of-the-year_etid7990541&uac=528002PJ&impID=7990541

 

19) Ethics and Social Medicine Education Under Political Pressure

Teaching Through Uncertainty

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2843476?guestAccessKey=23a0ff26-e9ec-46d0-a2e1-3a97459037b1

 

20) Sleep Apnea Risk Linked to Mental Health — Large Canadian study shows link with depression, mood disorders

https://www.medpagetoday.com/pulmonology/sleepdisorders/119202?mh=b472702379519ab6c5a3eb368b1e37ec&xid=nl_mpt_morningbreak2025-12-30&zdee=gAAAAABm4vkSlHpatgJA9AhGC93ytnmIdH-i7GN6G83LoYaCXzzN3GR13pz08dfUAsGcfRwkA6zRU5qff2DB2Sn7gqSHqv0DW1XSfoM8sHdL5vtF6nsNhwI%3D

 

and

 

High risk of sleep apnea linked to poorer mental health in adults over 45

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-high-apnea-linked-poorer-mental.html

 

21) The health benefits of swearing

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-health-benefits.html

 

22) Young adults experience high loneliness despite having large friend networks

https://www.psypost.org/young-adults-experience-high-loneliness-despite-having-large-friend-networks/

 

23) New research reveals the powerful psychological impact of song lyrics

https://www.psypost.org/new-research-reveals-the-powerful-psychological-impact-of-song-lyrics/

 

 

SARS-CoV-2

1) Decoding long COVID: Investigators reveal why the body keeps fighting the war

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-decoding-covid-reveal-body-war.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

 

2) Who is more likely to get long COVID? New study uncovers genetic drivers behind the disease

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-covid-uncovers-genetic-drivers-disease.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

 

3) Resistance Training Improves Long COVID Outcomes

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2842087?guestAccessKey=94814a57-5a64-4ce9-b95e-b8c47988eac2

 

 

YOUTH

1) Behavioral health spending spikes to 40% of all children's health expenditures, nearly doubling in a decade

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-behavioral-health-spikes-children-expenditures.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#goog_rewarded

 

2) Study: Social media fuels teen eating disorders

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-social-media-fuels-teen-disorders.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

 

3) Large meta-analysis links TikTok and Instagram Reels to poorer cognitive and mental health

https://www.psypost.org/large-meta-analysis-links-tiktok-and-instagram-reels-to-poorer-cognitive-and-mental-health/

 

4) Short, light-intensity exercise can boost executive function and elevate mood in children

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-short-intensity-boost-function-elevate.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

 

5) Formal schooling boosts executive functions beyond natural maturation

https://www.psypost.org/formal-schooling-boosts-executive-functions-beyond-natural-maturation/

 

6) Childhood maltreatment leaves genetic scars tied to lifelong mental health risks

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-childhood-maltreatment-genetic-scars-lifelong.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

 

7) For teens, any cannabis use may have impact on emotional health and academic performance

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-teens-cannabis-impact-emotional-health.html

 

8) Childhood maltreatment linked to difficulty updating beliefs about strangers

https://www.psypost.org/childhood-maltreatment-linked-to-difficulty-updating-beliefs-about-strangers/

 

9) Adverse childhood experiences linked to increased ADHD symptoms in college students

https://www.psypost.org/adverse-childhood-experiences-linked-to-increased-adhd-symptoms-in-college-students/

 

10) Infants who display greater curiosity tend to develop higher cognitive abilities in childhood

https://www.psypost.org/infants-who-display-greater-curiosity-tend-to-develop-higher-cognitive-abilities-in-childhood/

 

11) Social media, not gaming, tied to rising attention problems in teens, new study finds

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-social-media-gaming-attention-problems.html

 

12) Too much screen time too soon? Study links infant screen exposure to brain changes and teen anxiety

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-screen-links-infant-exposure-brain.html

 

 

THC CBD PSYCHEDELICS

1) Trump Order Aims to Expedite Marijuana Rescheduling, Launches Medicare CBD Program — Pilot program would cover hemp-derived CBD products for seniors with a prescription

https://www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/washington-watch/119098?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2025-12-18&mh=b472702379519ab6c5a3eb368b1e37ec&zdee=gAAAAABm4vkSlHpatgJA9AhGC93ytnmIdH-i7GN6G83LoYaCXzzN3GR13pz08dfUAsGcfRwkA6zRU5qff2DB2Sn7gqSHqv0DW1XSfoM8sHdL5vtF6nsNhwI%3D&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%20Evening%20-%20Randomized%202025-12-18&utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_dual-gmail-definition

 

2) Cannabis derivatives could provide new ovarian cancer treatments

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-cannabis-derivatives-ovarian-cancer-treatments.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

 

3) Cannabis use in chronic pain linked to more deep sleep but less REM sleep

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-cannabis-chronic-pain-linked-deep.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

 

4) Naturalistic study reveals nuanced cognitive effects of cannabis on frequent older users

https://www.psypost.org/naturalistic-study-reveals-nuanced-cognitive-effects-of-cannabis-on-frequent-older-users/

 

5) Non-intoxicating cannabis compound may reverse opioid-induced brain changes

https://www.psypost.org/non-intoxicating-cannabis-compound-may-reverse-opioid-induced-brain-changes/

 

6) Psilocybin shows greater potential than cannabinoids for obsessive-compulsive disorder treatment

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-psilocybin-greater-potential-cannabinoids-obsessive.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette

 

7) Single moderate dose of psilocybin linked to temporary reduction in OCD symptoms

https://www.psypost.org/single-moderate-dose-of-psilocybin-linked-to-temporary-reduction-in-ocd-symptoms/

 

8) Small study finds microdoses of cannabis stalled cognitive decline in Alzheimer's patients

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-small-microdoses-cannabis-stalled-cognitive.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

 

and

 

Microdosing cannabis: a new hope for Alzheimer’s patients?

https://www.psypost.org/microdosing-cannabis-a-new-hope-for-alzheimers-patients/

 

9) Psilocybin shows promise for rapid reduction of cancer-related depression

https://www.psypost.org/psilocybin-shows-promise-for-rapid-reduction-of-cancer-related-depression/

 

 

AI

1) Our Brains on ChatGPT  What a recent MIT study really tells us, and what it doesn't

https://www.medpagetoday.com/popmedicine/popmedicine/119084?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2025-12-18&mh=b472702379519ab6c5a3eb368b1e37ec&zdee=gAAAAABm4vkSlHpatgJA9AhGC93ytnmIdH-i7GN6G83LoYaCXzzN3GR13pz08dfUAsGcfRwkA6zRU5qff2DB2Sn7gqSHqv0DW1XSfoM8sHdL5vtF6nsNhwI%3D&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%20Evening%20-%20Randomized%202025-12-18&utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_dual-gmail-definition

 

2) AI translation is replacing interpreters in family medicine—here's why that's troubling

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-ai-family-medicine.html

 

3) Even top AI models can be tricked into risky clinical guidance

https://ntk-institute.org/article/even-top-ai-models-can-be-tricked-into-risky-clinical-guidance

 

4) Even top AI models can be tricked into risky clinical guidance

https://dgnews.docguide.com/article/even-top-ai-models-can-be-tricked-into-risky-clinical-guidance

 

5) 'You're Not Crazy': AI Linked to Medical Professional's Delusional Spiral — Young woman developed psychosis after trying to reach dead brother via ChatGPT

https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/generalpsychiatry/119158?mh=b472702379519ab6c5a3eb368b1e37ec&xid=nl_mpt_morningbreak2025-12-29&zdee=gAAAAABm4vkSlHpatgJA9AhGC93ytnmIdH-i7GN6G83LoYaCXzzN3GR13pz08dfUAsGcfRwkA6zRU5qff2DB2Sn7gqSHqv0DW1XSfoM8sHdL5vtF6nsNhwI%3D

 

6) It’s Too Easy to Make AI Chatbots Lie About Health Information, Study Finds

https://www.medscape.com/s/viewarticle/its-too-easy-make-ai-chatbots-lie-about-health-information-2025a1000hke?ecd=wnl_sci_tech_251231_MSCPEDIT_etid8000754&uac=528002PJ&impID=8000754

 

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