Dopamine

DENVER — Addiction expert Anna Lembke, MD, invited the Lifestyle Medicine 2023 health care audience to do a 24-hour fast from their smartphones and other digital devices.

INDIANAPOLIS — The guidelines for restless legs syndrome treatment no longer indicate dopamine agonists as a first-line choice, John Winkelman, MD, PhD, says in this Healio video from SLEEP 2023.

Mania was associated with reduced dopamine transporter density levels among those with bipolar disorder, researchers reported in JAMA Psychiatry.

DENVER — Long-term dopamine treatment may be an effective intervention for patients with diabetic retinopathy, according to a presenter here.

Elevated levels of stress hormones such as norepinephrine, epinephrine, dopamine and cortisol were associated with increased risk for hypertension, and high levels of cortisol was also linked to CV events, researchers reported.

Following antidepressant discontinuation, patient decisions related to “effortful behavior” were associated with prospective relapse risk, according to a study conducted in Switzerland and Germany and published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Nearly 20% of women with a macroprolactinoma experienced symptomatic tumor progression during pregnancy, suggesting that continued dopamine receptor agonist therapy during pregnancy may be warranted, according to findings from a retrospective study published in Clinical Endocrinology.

PARIS — Nearly 70% of surgeons suffer from chronic stress, yet stress perception and management are underacknowledged in the surgical community, according to an internal medicine specialist who spoke on the topic at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting.

ATLANTA — Researchers have discovered substantial differences in the abundance of bacteriophages in patients with Parkinson’s disease compared with people who do not have the neurodegenerative disorder.