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Improving your Health | Participating subjects who ate one avocado a day for six months had significant increases in lutein levels, improved Short-Term Visual Memory and Sustained Attention scores as well as improved MPD, an indicator of improved cognitive function.
taking Antidepressants while pregnant not tied to intellectual disability in kids
Maternal Health Update | Pregnant women’s use of antidepressants does not increase their babies’ risk of intellectual disability,
In a new study, researchers analyzed data from a large sample of children and found those whose mothers took antidepressant medications while pregnant were no more likely to be diagnosed with intellectual disability than those who weren’t exposed to antidepressants in the womb.
“There has certainly been a lot of reports about associations between taking medication - particularly psychiatric medication - during pregnancy and various outcomes,” said Dr. Alexander Kolevzon, of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.
Kolevzon and colleagues write in JAMA Psychiatry that antidepressant use in pregnancy has been linked to shorter pregnancies and lower birth weights. Some studies have also tied the medications to an increased risk of autism.
Mental Health Studies | How Psychotic symptoms emerge
Mental Health Studies | A new study has identified a brain marker for vulnerability to psychosis in late adolescence.
Investigators discovered an exaggerated emotional response from the brain to non-threatening and non-emotional cues predicts the emergence of the first signs of psychotic symptoms.
The results are consistent with hypotheses about how psychosis develops.