In a new NIH-supported study in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, researchers detected significant risk associations for vascular and Alzheimer’s dementias among American Indians for four previously-identified key risk factors: limited education, hypertension, social isolation, and depression.

"News Desert U" is a new book by Teri Finneman of the University of Kansas and Pamela Walck of Duquesne University. It presents six case studies of universities that have partnerships with communities to provide news coverage for places that no longer have newspapers. The case studies examine the unique natures of the partnerships, what worked and what did not and ultimately argues that universities should provide more support for faculty who are leading such efforts, as they provide first hand experience for students and the authors also provide questions a university should ask itself before embarking on such a partnership.

Teenagers who come from households with a lower income and lower level of education are more likely to have an eating disorder, finds a new study co-led by UCL researchers.

Dopamine has long been considered central to understanding anhedonia – the loss of pleasure, interest and motivation that is a common feature of depression and other mental health conditions. However, a new international expert reportpublished in BMJ Mental Health suggests that dopamine alone cannot explain the condition and that future research must look beyond a single biological pathway.