Proposal: Adapted Physical Activity and Awareness Training to Improve Health in Alzheimer’s Patients and Their Entourage Proposed Implementation: 2024 to 2026 Call: EU4H-2023-PJ – EU4H Action Grants 2023 Proposed Budget:    596 289,60€ Keywords: Alzheimer, Physical Activity Practices, Physical Activity, Health, Inequality Objective: Dementia is one of the most significant public health concerns in the […]

Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs), sometimes called disorders of gut–brain interaction, do not affect only older people, they are also common in young adults. A study among 400 first-year medical students in Vietnam investigated how these gut disorders relate to mental health. About 10% of students had an FGID such as functional dyspepsia or irritable bowel […]

The systematic review and meta-analysis found that wearable AI systems demonstrate promising performance in detecting and predicting depression. However, substantial variability exists among algorithms and devices, thereby indicating that performance can vary significantly. What this means is that disparities across different algorithms and devices were identified, suggesting that certain demographic groups may be underrepresented or […]

Helicobacter pylori infection is an extremely prevalent infection that has been connected not only to a number of illnesses such as stomach cancer and peptic ulcer disease. H. pylori has also been linked to depression but the mechanisms behind this connection are still poorly understood. A research study by Mohamed and colleagues aimed to better […]

A 2022 community-based study in southwest Ethiopia explored potential links between Helicobacter pylori infection, dyspepsia, and depression in residents aged 13 years and older. Among the 871 participants – most of whom were married, had no formal education, and lived in rural areas – around 11% showed signs of probable depression. The prevalence was slightly […]

This systematic review examines studies linking passive data from smartphones and wearables to depression, identifying key methodological flaws and threats to reproducibility. It highlights biases such as representation, measurement, and evaluation bias, stemming from small, homogenous samples and inconsistent feature construction. Although gender and race are not explicitly discussed, the lack of diversity in study […]

In this experimental study, researchers investigated how H. pylori infection influences depression-like behavior and certain biological markers in mice, focusing especially on the hormone ghrelin. Mice infected with the bacteria showed more anxiety- and depression-like behaviors in standard laboratory tests compared with healthy mice. They moved less, showed more signs of stress, and had lower […]

This article examined how AI can unintentionally reproduce social and demographic biases when applied to mental health prediction. Using benzodiazepine prescriptions as a proxy for conditions such as depression and anxiety, a study analyzed machine learning models trained on patient data to identify systematic disparities. It found that women are more frequently predicted to receive […]

A study using Taiwan’s National Health Insurance data found that antibiotic therapy for H. pylori in patients with peptic ulcer disease was linked to a short-term increase in psychiatrist-diagnosed depression within 30 days. Women and patients treated with clarithromycin were particularly at higher risk. The researchers reported that the increased risk of depression after H. […]

A study of over 450,000 people in the UK Biobank identified 8 independent genes that affect stomach acid, gut movement, and the body’s response to infection, including susceptibility to Helicobacter pylori infection. The study also explored connections between these gut conditions and depression, which often occurs alongside digestive problems, providing new insights into the complex […]

Depression and anxiety are common, often co-occurring mental health disorders that complicate diagnosis due to overlapping symptoms and reliance on subjective assessments. Standard diagnostic tools are widely used but can introduce bias, as they depend on self-reported symptoms and clinician interpretation, which vary across individuals. These methods also fail to account for neurobiological factors such […]

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A recent hospital-based, cross-sectional observational study, was conducted in the Chinese population to explore the potential relationship between psychological state and the progression of atrophic gastritis (AG; caused by H. pylori or not) to early stage gastric cancer (EGC). The study included 258 individuals receiving care in the Department of Gastroenterology at The Affiliated Hospital […]

A recent U.S. study published in PNAS found that artificial intelligence models analyzing social media posts can detect signs of depression in white Americans but are far less accurate for Black Americans, underscoring the dangers of using AI trained on non-diverse data in healthcare. According to co-author Sharath Chandra Guntuku from Penn Medicine, these differences […]

In this literature review of the uses of Natural Language Processing (NLP) models in psychiatry, an approach that “systematically evaluates each stage of model development to explore how biases arise from a clinical, data science and linguistic perspective” was employed to find existing patterns. The result was that significant biases were found, with respect to […]

The clinical practice of adding antidepressant drugs to the therapy for the eradication of Helicobacter pylori, in addition to the standard drug regimen, has been widely considered in recent years but its specific role in this treatment is still unclear. In this systematic review researchers tried to establish if there is an association between H. […]

A cross-sectional, observational study involving 975 Japanese individuals who underwent a health checkup, has found that people with atrophic gastritis had a significantly higher risk of experiencing psychological distress or depressed mood. Interestingly, the risk was higher in females under 50 years old, regardless of H. pylori infection status. Although the mechanism remains to be […]

A research study conducted on the Chinese population in 2014 aimed at evaluating the prevalence and the social factors linked to anxiety and depression in patients with functional dyspepsia (FD). This study included 907 patients with FD who attended a gastroenterology service. Despite being a hospital-based study, results showed that patients with functional dyspepsia had […]