Antidepressant Prescriptions for Young Females Dramatically Increased During COVID Pandemic
A study recently published in the journal Pediatrics found that antidepressant use in young people 12-25 years old rose 64 percent during the COVID-19 pandemic and the vast portion of this increase was seen in females. After March 2020, the rate of antidepressant prescriptions written monthly for adolescent girls 12-17 years old rose 130 percent, […]
Pancreatic Cancer Increasing More in Young Women Than Men in the U.S. and U.K.
Data from Cancer Research U.K. (CRUK) showed that, since the 1990s, the rates of pancreatic cancer have significantly risen by up to 200 percent in women under the age of 25. Oncologists said that they do not have an explanation for why there is a significant surge in the rates among young women, with no […]
Laxative Drug MiraLAX Side Effect Reports Include Brain Dysfunction in Children
In 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awarded a grant of nearly $325,000 to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to study the side effects of the osmotive laxative MiraLAX in children. The call for this investigation came after thousands of parents filed MiraLAX related adverse reaction reports and the advocacy group the […]
One in Four New Jersey Teens With Autism May Be Undiagnosed
A 2023 study published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders found that despite advances in screening and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), one in 55 teenagers met the criteria for ASD; however, one in four 16-year-olds on the autism spectrum had not received a formal diagnosis.1 Walter Zahorodny, PhD, an associate professor […]
Massachusetts Unprepared to Care for Thousands of Autistic Young Adults
Thousands of autistic children in Massachusetts are reportedly now transitioning into adulthood, and those, who have been diagnosed with severe forms of neurological dysfunction, will experience even more challenges as they get older. Parents, health professionals and child health advocacy groups have warned for years that there will eventually be a growing demand for lifetime […]
Evidence of Alarming Growth in Cognitive Impairment Among Adults
According to research conducted in Netherlands by the Network for Health Research in Disasters (GOR Network), a significant number of adults are increasingly grappling with unexplained memory and concentration problems. The findings show an alarming 24 percent spike in doctor visits related to cognitive impairment issues among people 25 years and older during the first […]