Coroners in England and Wales may be given new powers to investigate stillbirths, so that each baby death is independently assessed. The government is consulting on the move to help bereaved parents gain answers on what went wrong and why and to help prevent more baby deaths. Nine babies are stillborn every day in the… Read More »
A team of researchers modeled the health and economic effects of healthy food prescriptions in Medicare and Medicaid. The study, published today in PLOS Medicine, finds that health insurance coverage to offset the cost of healthy food for Medicare and/or Medicaid participants would be highly cost effective after five years and improve health outcomes. “We… Read More »
Of the 16 million American adults who live with depression, as many as one-quarter gain little or no benefit from available treatments, whether drugs or talk therapy. They represent perhaps the greatest unmet need in psychiatry. On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration approved a prescription treatment intended to help them, a fast-acting drug derived… Read More »
New research could help to explain why some people report that they experience sensation in a missing limb, following amputation. Most people who have an amputation will experience phantom limb sensations, and new research helps explain why. Phantom limb is the sensation that the missing part remains attached. The vast majority of people with amputation… Read More »
Antidepressant could ‘improve old age for millions’ by slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s First human trails of drug trazodone’s effects on the diseases will start this year Results in mice suggest it could slow neurodegenerative conditions Researchers expect to confirm if it is an effective treatment within five years By Rosie Taylor for the Daily… Read More »