Deteriorating Memory? Exercise More for Improved Blood Flow and Regain Memory At present, more than 5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s disease, and this number is believed to get triple by the year 2050. Therefore, there is an urgent need to find ways to slow down the progression of dementia. Keeping that in mind, UT […]
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Machine Learning Predicts Psychosis with 93% Accuracy
Identifying the signs and symptoms of psychosis is an extremely difficult task for doctors and care givers. Psychosis leads to a gradual decline in cognitive functioning. It is typically characterised with changes in communication patterns, thoughts and perceptions. However, these changes are extremely subtle and are hard to diagnose. Psychosis is an irreversible condition and […]
Burnout is Now Classified by the World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) has now classified burnout as a typical “syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed.” WHO added burnout to the international classification of diseases, on May 28, and gave it an ICD-11 code. Although WHO classifies burnout as an occupational phenomenon, not a medical […]
Brain Imaging’s Important Role in Understanding Suicide
Before Aaron Williams doused himself with gasoline, he wrote a note explaining that he always wanted to become a doctor and help people. Instead, this 16-year-old boy wrote in block letters, “I can’t even help myself.” He was hopeful that because of his action, the faculty of his high school would understand that children like […]