Medscape (1/20) reports that new research suggests that middle-aged women may be at a greater risk of developing eating disorders (EDs) around the time of menopause. Investigators at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill conducted “a comprehensive search of articles published in PubMed on midlife EDs, as well as the hormonal etiology of EDs and other psychiatric disorders, including depression.” The findings were published online in Maturitas.

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MedPage Today (1/20, Lupkin) reports that research suggests that individuals “who continue to use cannabis after being diagnosed with psychosis may be more likely to relapse and have other adverse health outcomes than those who stop smoking pot.” Investigators found, “in a meta-analysis of observational data,” that “continued use of cannabis after onset of psychosis was associated with more relapses compared with both discontinued use…and never having used cannabis at all.”

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— “Quitting Pot Tied to Fewer Relapses in Psychosis Patients,” Sydney Lupkin, MedPage Today, January 20, 2016.

HealthDay (1/20, Preidt) reports that research published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggests “receiving general anesthesia for surgery after age 40 doesn’t appear to raise the risk for mild thinking and memory problems later in life.” Investigators “followed more than 1,700 people in Minnesota, aged 70 to 89, who had normal mental function when the study began.” Approximately “85 percent of the participants had at least one surgery requiring general anesthesia after age 40.”

HCP Live (1/20, Colwell) reports that during the “follow-up period, 31% of the participants developed” mild cognitive impairment (MCI). But, the research “showed no association between MCI incidence and having any anesthesia vs no anesthesia or between the number of exposures or the total cumulative duration of exposure.”

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— “Anesthesia After 40 Not Linked to Mental Decline Later, Study Finds,” Robert Preidt, HealthDay, January 20, 2016.

MedPage Today (1/19, Blum) reports that research suggests that children’s “AD/HD symptoms aren’t well controlled in the morning, even when they take their early-morning dose of stimulants, researchers reported” at the American Professional Society of AD/HD and Related Disorders meeting. Responses from a “survey of 201 parents and caregivers” indicated that “74% of children were easily distracted, 73% did not listen to caregivers, and 66% were unable to sustain attention to tasks during the early morning, even when they took their stimulants as directed, according to Floyd Sallee, MD, PhD.”

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— “Morning a Challenge for ADHD Symptom Control,” Karen Blum, MedPage Today, January 19, 2016.

Medscape (1/15, Melville) reports that people “with eating disorders have been found to be at increased risk for suicide attempts or death by suicide, even after adjustment for psychiatric comorbidities such as depression,” a study published online Jan. 13 in JAMA Psychiatry indicates. After analyzing data from “a Swedish national birth cohort of 2,268,786 individuals born between January 1979 and December 2001 who were followed from the age of six years,” researchers found that “the risk is notably increased when a close family member also has an eating disorder.”

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