When Lady Gaga recently spoke in an interview about taking lithium while suffering from a “psychotic break”, it drew ...

People with Alzheimer’s disease have lower levels of lithium in their brains, and giving lithium to mice with symptoms of the condition reverses cognitive decline. Together, the findings suggest that ...

After 5 weeks of taking 300 mg of lithium daily, a 76-year-old woman with lurasidone-induced tardive dyskinesia from treatment for Bipolar II Disorder experienced reduced impact, intensity, and ...

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A pilot randomized trial of older adults with mild cognitive impairment given either daily low-dose lithium carbonate or ...

Lithium, long prescribed for bipolar disorder and as an adjunct in depression, is essential for brain resilience, and new research suggests that deficiency of the mineral in neural tissue may ...

Harvard scientists have uncovered that lithium, a naturally occurring element in the brain, may be the missing piece in understanding Alzheimer’s. Their decade-long research shows that lithium ...

Dr McIntyre and colleagues share new insight on how GLP-1 receptor agonists may protect against lithium-induced kidney damage in patients treated for bipolar disorder.