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This study measured health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Danish patients with ME/CFS using the EQ-5D-3L tool and found their scores were much lower than the general population and lower than 20 other conditions. The average (unadjusted) EQ-5D-3L score for the ME/CFS group was 0.47, while the population average was…
This was a single-blinded, randomized trial of 290 premenopausal women with unexplained fatigue and low iron who received one 1000 mg IV dose of ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) or saline placebo. By Day 56, more women given FCM had reduced fatigue and larger improvements in some quality-of-life and cognitive scores, and…
Attention‑deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common, long‑term condition that begins in childhood. The main symptoms are trouble paying attention, having too much activity, and acting without thinking. These symptoms can cause problems at home, at school or work, and in relationships. About 8.4% of children and 2.5% of adults are…
Researchers analyzed the top 100 TikTok videos tagged #ADHD and asked 843 college students about their TikTok use and views of those videos. Two clinical psychologists rated the top 100 videos and found that fewer than half of the claims about ADHD symptoms matched the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of…
This 2018 study asked whether adults with ADHD can notice their bodily signals (interoceptive awareness). The researchers compared 24 adults with ADHD to 23 adults without ADHD. They used a heartbeat perception task (an objective test) and a questionnaire (a subjective test). Both groups performed similarly on both measures. The…
This Japanese study looked at 2,231 outpatients with bipolar disorder and found that 29.1% had a manic or hypomanic episode within one year. Lower functioning (lower GAF score), rapid cycling, a coexisting personality disorder, bipolar I diagnosis, substance abuse, and being in a manic or mixed mood at the start…
Researchers played three 3‑minute sound recordings to 68 university students: a natural dawn chorus of birds, that same recording with added traffic noise recorded at a 20 mi/h road, and the recording with traffic from a 40 mi/h road. Participants reported the lowest anxiety and stress and the most positive…
This large Australian real-world study followed 2,353 adults who were newly prescribed medicinal cannabis oil and found that patient-reported quality of life, fatigue, sleep, pain (in people with chronic pain), and mood (in people with anxiety or depression) showed statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements that were maintained up to…
