A more precise and personalized form of electric brain stimulation may be a more effective and faster treatment for people with moderate to major depression compared to other similar treatments, according to a UCLA Health study.

A new study from UChicago Medicine confirmed that patients with cancer experiencing greater financial toxicity — stress and instability related to high healthcare costs — had more psychological distress and lower quality of life.

Critical Path Institute today announced the outcomes of its Global Impact Conference, held September 9–11 in Washington, D.C. Over three days of working sessions, regulators, industry leaders, researchers, clinicians, and patient advocates outlined priority actions and next steps to further strengthen collaborations that accelerate drug development across rare diseases, neurology, type-1 diabetes, and pediatrics — with the voices of those with lived experience playing a critical role in shaping the discussions.

The accuracy of machine learning algorithms for predicting suicidal behavior is too low to be useful for screening or for prioritizing high-risk individuals for interventions, according to a new study published Sept. 11 in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by Matthew Spittal of the University of Melbourne, Australia, and colleagues.