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Use of oral semaglutide results in substantial decreases in alcohol consumption, alcohol craving, alcohol-related problems, and cannabis use among individuals seeking treatment from alcohol use disorder (AUD), a study has shown.

In patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder who are scheduled to undergo electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), the presence of anxiety symptoms at baseline is associated with reduced ECT efficacy, as shown in a study.

The use of systemic hormone therapy in women helps improve mood symptoms in midlife, regardless of prior diagnosis of a mental health condition, antidepressant use, or menopause stage, according to a study.

More than half of the patients with a newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have experienced stressful life event in the year prior to their diagnosis, according to a study.

Financial toxicity (FT) exists and is not uncommon among adult cancer survivors, potentially contributing to further decline in quality of life (QoL), according to a Singapore study. Moreover, those of lower socioeconomic status are particularly at risk of FT.

Infants born to mothers with depressive symptoms have a higher risk of death within the first year of life compared with those born to mothers without depressive symptoms, according to a retrospective study.

In individuals with overweight or obesity, treatment with a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA) appears to reduce binge eating severity and associated behaviours, including loss of control eating and disinhibited eating, according to a meta-analysis.

Adherence to Mediterranean lifestyle, social participation, physical activity, sleep, and sociodemographic and health-related factors all contribute to life satisfaction and psychological distress, suggests a study.

Early discharge of very preterm infants with home nasogastric tube (NGT) feeding does not appear to increase psychological distress among parents both at discharge and at 3 months corrected age (CA), suggests a study.