A new Keck Medicine of USC study found that alcohol use among U.S. adults has fallen for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, though rates remain higher than pre-pandemic levels.

University of Texas at Dallas assistant professor of psychology Dr. Katherine Damme has received a two-year grant for more than $500,000 from the National Institute of Mental Health to investigate the role estrogen plays in delaying the onset of psychotic disorders that often affect men earlier in life than women, and how that role ties in with the effect that estrogen levels in late childhood through early adulthood have on brain development.

GLP-1 drugs have revolutionized obesity treatment, but they can lead people to lose muscle mass along with fat. And when patients stop treatment, they often regain their weight — primarily as fat. A new Northwestern University study offers a potential solution: an experimental RNA therapy that induces the body to burn calories, thereby enhancing the benefits of GLP-1s.