Michael Sinclair RELAX Trial Tests Early Digital Support for Anxiety Around Childbirth A digital training program added to usual maternity care reduced anxiety scores in a new randomized trial of pregnant adults. The RELAX study, published on November 4 in JAMA Network Open, offers evid... Mind Research News
Michael Sinclair Frozen-Shoulder Pilot Tests App-Guided Home Rehabilitation A small randomized study has tested whether an app-guided rehabilitation program can improve recovery measures for people with frozen shoulder. Published on October 27 in npj Digital Medicine, the pil... Body Research News
Michael Sinclair NIH Plans a Workshop on Nutrition During GLP-1 Treatment The National Institutes of Health's Office of Dietary Supplements has announced a workshop on nutrition and dietary supplements during GLP-1 medication treatment. Its November 4 digest sets the meetin... Nutrition Research News
Michael Sinclair Mindfulness Training Changes Brain Responses During Opioid Treatment A structured mindfulness-based therapy changed how participants responded to drug-related cues in a new opioid-use-disorder trial. The October 28 report in JAMA Psychiatry studied Mindfulness-Oriented... Mind Research News
Michael Sinclair Mobile Clinics Link HIV Prevention and Addiction Care in a New Trial Bringing HIV prevention and addiction care to a mobile clinic produced a promising survival finding in a new United States trial, even though it did not significantly improve the study’s main treatmen... Body Research News
Michael Sinclair Pumpkin Seed Trial Finds No Clear Triglyceride Edge Over Control A four-week trial of pumpkin seeds and pumpkin seed oil did not establish a clear triglyceride benefit over its control group. The October 28 report in the Irish Journal of Medical Science found that ... Nutrition Research News
Michael Sinclair Music-Anxiety Trial Tests a Combined Training Program A trial of a combined training program for undergraduate musicians reports lower performance-anxiety scores after twelve weeks. The program brought together physiological monitoring, biofeedback, brea... Mind Research News
Michael Sinclair ICU Oral-Care Trial Finds No Added Pneumonia Benefit From Chlorhexidine A hospital trial reports that adding chlorhexidine to an otherwise similar oral-care routine did not reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia or twenty-eight-day mortality. The finding adds to a clinica... Body Research News
Michael Sinclair New ADAPT Protocol Will Test a Gut-Targeted Diet for Adults With ADHD A newly published study protocol sets out how researchers will test a microbiota-targeted diet in adults with and without ADHD. The proposed diet emphasizes fibre and fermented foods, and the main que... Nutrition Research News
Michael Sinclair First Parenthood and Remote Work Show Uneven Mental-Health Patterns A new UK study finds that the transition to first parenthood is followed by different mental-distress patterns among employed women and men. Working from home did not consistently separate better from... Mind Research News
Michael Sinclair Ear Acupressure Trial Finds Limited Relief for Chemotherapy Neuropathy A randomized trial published October 30 reports that ear-point acupressure produced a short-lived improvement in chemotherapy-related nerve symptoms compared with usual care. More consistent improveme... Body Research News
Michael Sinclair Peanut Trial Measures a Brain Insulin Response in Older Adults A small peanut-feeding trial has reported a change in how a region of the brain responded to insulin in older adults. The finding is interesting because it examines a possible biological pathway, not ... Nutrition Research News