Creatine Supplements May Help Treat Depression, Early Evidence Shows
A large review suggests that creatine could help alleviate symptoms of major depressive disorder (MDD). While the evidence is mixed, creatine has an excellent safety profile and could work as an add-on therapy to current depression treatments.
People who exercise regularly have 18 fewer bad mental health days per year than those who don't, outperforming a $25,000 salary increase. Yale and Oxford researchers confirmed this after studying 1.2 million Americans.
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Neurodivergent adolescents experience twice the emotional burden at school. Students with ADHD are upset by boredom, restrictions, and not being heard. Autistic students by social mistreatment, interruptions, and sensory overload. The problem is the environment, not the student.
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A systematic review found that higher lifelong exposure to cannabis and the younger someone was when they started smoking weed—or ingesting marijuana via edibles—was associated with cannabis-induced alterations to cerebellum structure and function, with deficits in memory and decision making
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A Study found that brain and blood cells in young adults with depression overproduce ATP at rest but struggle under stress, suggesting a mitochondrial energy deficit underlies the illness.
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Even low-level drinking may have negative consequences for brain health over a person’s lifespan. The findings suggest that the total amount of alcohol consumed over a lifetime, especially as a person ages, tends to be linked to reduced blood flow and thinner tissue in certain areas of the brain
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