Jul 27, 2020

Although often undiagnosed and untreated, prolonged grief and its conversion to complicated grief (CG) can lead to functional impairment. Given the impact of CG on mortality and quality of life in eld...

Jul 27, 2020

Psychostimulant drugs addiction is a chronic public health problem and individuals remain susceptible to relapses increasing public expenses even after withdrawal and treatment. Our research group has...

Jul 27, 2020

Addiction to prescription opioid, such as oxycodone, has affected millions of adolescents and young adults. Kappa opioid receptor (KOP-r) agonist can counterbalance the euphoria effects of mu opioid a...

Jul 27, 2020

There is limited knowledge on the adverse outcomes in newborns after maternal methamphetamine (MA) use during pregnancy.To compare neonatal outcomes in newborns exposed to MA with the newborns of opio...

Jul 27, 2020

Huntington's disease (HD) is an incurable neurodegenerative disorder caused by a trinucleotide (CAG) repeat expansion in the huntingtin gene (HTT). The R6/2 transgenic mouse model of HD expresses exon...

Jul 27, 2020

To investigate reproducibility and reaction time of oropharyngeal swallowing in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and atypical parkinsonisms (APs).We enrolled 19 patients with PD, 30 with APs, an...

Jul 27, 2020

Maladaptive aggression, as present in conduct disorder (CD) and, to a lesser extent, oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), has been associated with structural alterations in various brain regions, such...

Jul 27, 2020

Multiple Biomarkers have recently been shown to be elevated in COVID-19, a respiratory infection with multi-organ dysfunction; however, information regarding the prognostic value of cardiac biomarker...

Jul 27, 2020

Optimal patient education prior to colonoscopy improves adherence to instructions for bowel preparation and leads to cleaner colons. We developed computer based education (CBE) supported by video and ...

Jul 27, 2020

The Menopause Strategies: Finding Lasting Answers for Symptoms and Health network conducted three randomized clinical trials (RCTs) testing six interventions treating vasomotor symptoms (VMS), and als...

Jul 27, 2020

Studies suggest that concussions may be related to increased risk of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and Alzheimer's Disease. Most neuroimaging studies show effect...

Jul 27, 2020

Aging is one of the key contributing factors for chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) and other chronic inflammatory lung diseases. Cigarette smoke is a major etiological risk factor that has...

Jul 23, 2020

Bipolar disorder is one of the most common serious mental illnesses, affecting approximately 60 million people worldwide. Characterised by extreme alterations in mood, cognition, and behaviour, bipola...

Jul 23, 2020

Although chronic mania has been investigated, with several case reports and systematic retrospective cohort studies in the literature, it not a widely recognized entity. No specific definition for chr...

Jul 23, 2020

Although chronic mania has been investigated, with several case reports and systematic retrospective cohort studies in the literature, it not a widely recognized entity. No specific definition for chr...

Jul 23, 2020

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is a genetic disorder caused by a trinucleotide (CGG) expansion mutation in the Fmr1 gene located on the X chromosome. It is characterized by hyperactivity, increased anxiety,...

Jul 23, 2020

The severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has impacted all patient populations including pregnant mothers. There is an incomplete understanding of SARS-CoV-2 pathogenes...

Jul 23, 2020

Codeine and tramadol are commonly used analgesics in surgery. In 2013, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a contraindication to the use of codeine in tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy patient...

Jul 23, 2020

Postoperative pain management is challenging in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study assesses the safety and efficacy of transversus abdominis plane (TAP) blocks as an adjunct for post...

Jul 23, 2020

Mitragynine is the most abundant psychoactive alkaloid derived from the leaves of (kratom), a tropical plant indigenous to regions of Southeast Asia. Mitragynine displays a moderate affinity to opioi...