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A child in a lab using eye-tracking to view emotional faces, with mother present, illustrating a study on children's depression symptoms linked to maternal history.

Study links children’s eye-tracking patterns to depression symptoms, with differences tied to maternal depression history

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A Binghamton University-led study suggests that changes in how children look at happy and sad faces over time track with depressive symptoms—and that the pattern differs depending on whether their mothers have a history of major depressive disorder.

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Keto diet linked to anorexia recovery in small trial

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A ketogenic diet helped three in four participants with anorexia nervosa drop below the diagnostic threshold in a small supervised study. Researchers monitored 22 women over 14 weeks at the University of California, San Diego. The findings suggest the approach may ease compulsive food restriction when combined with professional support.

Small JAMA Psychiatry trial suggests immune-targeting drug may help some treatment-resistant depression symptoms

A proof-of-concept randomized clinical trial published online May 20, 2026, in JAMA Psychiatry found signals that tocilizumab—an anti-inflammatory drug used for immune-mediated conditions including rheumatoid arthritis—may improve some symptoms in adults with moderate-to-severe depression who had a poor response to antidepressants and evidence of low-grade inflammation.

Study finds no widespread brain inflammation in long COVID

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Researchers in Finland have found no evidence of widespread brain inflammation among people with long COVID. The findings instead link more severe symptoms to increased activity in brain regions involved in emotion and memory.

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