A new study from the University of Chicago taps an ingredient most often used in the lithium-ion batteries that power our ...

A study this week in the journal Nature found that the loss of lithium, a naturally occurring element in the brain, could be an early sign of Alzheimer’s and a powerful driver of the disease, which ...

Long-term mood stabilizer use in bipolar disorder Mixed and psychotic features and comorbid anxiety disorder were also associated with poor treatment response. About one-third of patients receiving ...

Mood stabilizers protect against suicide and all-cause mortality in patients with bipolar disorder (BD), including natural mortality, with lithium emerging as the most protective agent, new research ...

Researchers from the University of Adelaide are hopeful a recent biological discovery could lead to the precision treatment of bipolar disorder (BD). About 2.2% of the Australian population has a form ...

Source: Francesco Mocellin / Used with permission Interest in lithium has been renewed in recent years, not only as a classic mood stabilizer for bipolar illness but also as a potential low-dose ...

(CNN) — In a major new finding almost a decade in the making, researchers at Harvard Medical School say they’ve found a key that may unlock many of the mysteries of Alzheimer’s disease and brain aging ...