HEALTH & SCIENCE REPORT: Multiple Topics
Rob Longo
The following articles are from multiple resources:
SARS-CoV-2
1) Long COVID Trial Explores Anti-Inflammatory Treatment
2) COVID in Pregnancy Linked to Kids' Risk of Neurodevelopmental Disorders — Findings build on broader research linking maternal infection and neurodevelopmental outcomes
BRAIN
Combining two brain scans uncovers hidden clues to future teen anxiety
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-combining-brain-scans-uncovers-hidden.html
EEG Study Links “Hearing Voices” to Misperceived Inner Speech
1) Conscious breathing appears to synchronize brain and body activity
https://www.psypost.org/conscious-breathing-appears-to-synchronize-brain-and-body-activity/
2) Feeling Fatigued? That May Be the Brain’s Way of Protecting Your Body
3) The brain may not be a muscle, but it still needs exercise
4) Your brain isn’t just shrinking with age, it’s doing something much stranger
5) Deep Sleep Supports Memory via Brain Fluid Signals
6) Neuroscientists discover a repeating rhythm that guides brain network activity
7) Like radar, a brain wave sweeps a cortical region to read out information held in working memory
8) New study reveals how the brain learns to adapt to harmless threats
https://www.psypost.org/new-study-reveals-how-the-brain-learns-to-adapt-to-harmless-threats/
9) Neuroscientists can now predict what color you’re seeing. The secret is surprisingly black and white.
10) Scientists Just Discovered a Whole New Type of Connection Between Neurons
11) Sensory processing sensitivity and its relation to sensation seeking
12) Why does ALS take away body movement? The hidden burden that seals the fate of motor neurons
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-als-body-movement-hidden-burden.html
13) Rare brain cell may hold key to preventing schizophrenia symptoms
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-rare-brain-cell-key-schizophrenia.html
14) Creativity is good for the brain and might even slow down its aging: New study
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-creativity-good-brain-aging.html
15) Head trauma symptoms may linger longer for patients with certain risk factors
and
Factors Associated With Persistent Symptoms Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2840299
and
Distinct brain features in football players may tell who is at risk of long-term traumatic disease
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-distinct-brain-features-football-players.html
16) How our brain understands human actions
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-brain-human-actions.html
17) Bad Gums Tied to Big Brain Risks — Study links periodontal disease with cerebral small vessel disease, stroke
18) How Brain Cell Networks Stabilize Memories
19) Chronic traumatic encephalopathy caused by more than just head trauma, study finds
20) 'Split-brain' study finds just a few fibers enable communication between the two hemispheres
and
A severed brain reveals an astonishing power to reroute communication
https://www.psypost.org/a-severed-brain-reveals-an-astonishing-power-to-reroute-communication/
21) New electrical signature of Parkinson's disease identified
22) Rapid blood pressure fluctuations linked to early signs of brain degeneration in older adults
23) Veterans with epilepsy after traumatic brain injury may have higher mortality rates
24) Vulnerability to stress magnifies how a racing mind disrupts sleep
https://www.psypost.org/vulnerability-to-stress-magnifies-how-a-racing-mind-disrupts-sleep/
ALZHEIMER’S / DEMENTIA
1) Benzodiazepines, Antipsychotics Raise Mortality Risk for Some Dementia Patients — Starting treatment early in hospice tied to shorter survival for patients not imminently dying
2) Cannabidiol may ease Alzheimer’s-related brain inflammation and improve cognition
3) Associations of place-based social determinants of health with biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias
https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bsa3.70030
4) Up to 13% of Dementia Diagnoses May Actually Be a Treatable Condition
https://www.sciencealert.com/up-to-13-of-dementia-diagnoses-may-actually-be-a-treatable-condition
5) Role of brain inflammation in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's may depend on the behavior of microglia
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-role-brain-inflammation-alzheimer-parkinson.html
6) Music engagement is associated with substantially lower dementia risk in older adults
7) Serious Game App Enhances Mood in Dementia Patients: Pilot Study Insights
8) Dementia: New model of home care proves effective in practice
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-dementia-home-effective.html
9) New Evidence Ties Dementia Risk to Brain's Waste Clearance System — Glymphatic system markers predicted dementia over 5 years
GENERAL & MENTAL HEALTH
1) Microplastics and Human Health
2) GI Disorders Linked With Sleep Problems
3) Exploring the effect of bedroom ventilation on sleep quality
4) Adverse and positive childhood experience levels in US haven't changed much, study finds
5) Veterans' mental health forged beyond the battlefield, researchers find
6) Soft Drinks’ Effect on the Gut Tied to Increased Risk for Major Depression
7) Depression May Raise Risk for Inflammatory Conditions
and
Depression may lead to cognitive decline via social isolation
https://www.psypost.org/depression-may-lead-to-cognitive-decline-via-social-isolation/
8) Autism Study Identifies Air Pollution Link — Other factors may be in play, however
9) Psilocybin therapy linked to lasting depression remission five years later
https://www.psypost.org/psilocybin-therapy-linked-to-lasting-depression-remission-five-years-later/
and
Your guide to psychedelic-assisted therapy
10) Reducing use of sleep drugs could improve quality of life and longevity in older adults
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-drugs-quality-life-longevity-older.html
11) Insufficient sunlight exposure linked to higher rates of suicide
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-insufficient-sunlight-exposure-linked-higher.html
12) Antidepressant Fluoxetine Found To Rewire the Brain’s Energy System, Boosting Plasticity
13) Feeling Stressed? A Hormone Called FGF21 May Be the Reason Why
14) What to know about tinnitus and other hearing problems
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-tinnitus-problems.html
15) New study shows AI chatbots systematically violate mental health ethics standards
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-ai-chatbots-systematically-violate-mental.html
16) Here's what happens to your body when clocks 'fall back' an hour
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-body-clocks-fall-hour.html
and
An Indigenous approach shows how changing the clocks for daylight saving time runs counter to human nature
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-indigenous-approach-clocks-daylight-counter.html
and
Body clocks matter for heart health
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-body-clocks-heart-health.html
and
Clock changes disrupt sleep, health and well-being
17) Scientists had to change more than 700 grant titles to receive NIH funding. Health disparities researchers fear what’s next: Wording changes can alter projects and the questions scientists address
https://www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/nih-banned-words-analysis-grant-title-changes/
18) HHS Employees Now Being Measured By Loyalty To Trump's Policies
In annual performance reviews, federal workers will be assessed on whether they “clearly and demonstrably support implementation” of Trump’s agenda.
19) New Hand Hygiene Guidelines From WHO and UNICEF
YOUTH
1) Prenatal exposure to common “forever chemicals” linked to changes in children’s brain structure
2) Lower IQ in youth predicts higher alcoholism risk in adulthood
https://www.psypost.org/lower-iq-in-youth-predicts-higher-alcoholism-risk-in-adulthood/
3) An invisible threat to newborns’ brains may be hiding in the air we breathe
https://www.psypost.org/an-invisible-threat-to-newborns-brains-may-be-hiding-in-the-air-we-breathe/
4) Social media usage linked to lower cognitive performance in preteens
and
Social media alcohol marketing: Teens exposed face 75% higher odds of recent drinking, study finds
5) Rise in youth mortality fueled by mental illness, drugs, violence and other preventable causes
6) College students who experienced family dysfunction as children sometimes turn to alcohol to cope
7) Cannabis use in adolescents is associated with more frequent psychotic-like experiences
and
Early cannabis use linked to health problems
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-early-cannabis-linked-health-problems.html
8) Poor sleep in youth linked to early signs of biological stress
9) Preschoolers’ screen time and reduced opportunities for quality interaction: Associations with language development and parent-child closeness
10) 'Wait with me until it's over': What teens want you to know about dissociation
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-teens-dissociation.html
11) A religious upbringing in childhood is linked to poorer mental and cognitive health in later life
and
Spiritual experiences in adolescence linked to adult loneliness and civic engagement
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-spiritual-adolescence-linked-adult-loneliness.html
12) Trauma exposure, traumatic stress common in adolescents
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