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11/27/2025

FYI

In a day typically known for shopping for the best deals, Indiana State Parks will offer free admission on Friday, November 28, so Hoosiers can "opt outside."

11/11/2025

Amazing new counseling option in Yorktown:

Congratulations, Sparkle Therapy LLC! 🥳🎀

What a wonderful grand opening & ribbon cutting this morning! One of the “hats” I wear is serving as the Membership Chair for the Yorktown Indiana Chamber of Commerce - and getting to celebrate folks like Melena is one of my favorite things about that position. She sparkles wherever she goes and I cannot wait to see what the future holds for her in ! ✨

10/23/2025

Awesome news:

Hamilton County has opened its first dedicated mental health crisis center in Noblesville, providing immediate care for residents experiencing mental health emergencies.

10/14/2025

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10/06/2025

Harvard Medical School scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery linking lithium to Alzheimer’s disease treatment. Their research found that lithium levels are significantly lower even in the earliest stages of memory loss. Amyloid-beta plaques, known to cause Alzheimer’s, bind to lithium in the brain, reducing its availability and speeding up the disease’s progression.
This study marks the first time lithium, widely used in psychiatric medicine, has been shown to naturally exist in the brain at important biological levels. In mouse models, lithium depletion caused a rapid buildup of harmful amyloid-beta and tau proteins, increased brain inflammation, and worsened cognitive decline.
The breakthrough came when researchers used lithium orotate, a form of lithium that avoids binding with amyloid-beta plaques. At very low doses, lithium orotate reversed memory loss and other Alzheimer’s-like symptoms in mice without any toxicity. While human trials are still needed, this discovery opens the door to lithium testing as a way to identify people at risk and the potential for targeted lithium supplementation to prevent or even restore cognitive function in dementia patients.
This exciting development could transform the future of Alzheimer’s treatment and prevention, offering new hope to millions worldwide.

10/05/2025

🧠 Long COVID brain fog is real — and now, we know what’s causing it.

A breakthrough brain scan reveals the science behind the symptoms.

Scientists in Japan have identified a biological cause behind the cognitive “brain fog” experienced by many Long COVID patients—a breakthrough that could lead to reliable diagnosis and treatment.

A team at Yokohama City University used a cutting-edge brain imaging method to detect abnormal increases in AMPA receptors (AMPARs), molecules essential for learning and memory, in people suffering from Long COVID. These elevated receptor levels, observed using [11C]K-2 PET imaging, were closely linked to the severity of cognitive symptoms and inflammation markers, offering the first clear molecular explanation for the condition.

The findings, published in Brain Communications, show that AMPAR density not only tracks with brain fog severity but also enables near-perfect distinction between affected and healthy individuals—100% sensitivity and 91% specificity. This offers promise for both diagnostic tools and treatments, such as drugs that suppress AMPAR activity. With brain fog affecting over 80% of Long COVID sufferers globally, this research marks a significant step toward validating the condition and accelerating efforts to address it with targeted therapies.

Reference: “Systemic increase of AMPA receptors associated with cognitive impairment of long COVID” by Yu Fujimoto et al., 1 October 2025, Brain Communications.

09/25/2025

09/24/2025

The American Psychological Association is deeply concerned about the Administration’s recent announcement on autism.

Promoting unsupported scientific theories risks fueling stigma, undermines public trust and distracts from real scientific progress.

09/12/2025

Celebrating another year serving the community:

09/11/2025

FYI parents:

08/12/2025

PSA!:

With school back in session, is your young adult starting their day off with energy drinks? Increased heart rate. High blood pressure. Nervousness. Anxiety. Insomnia. Palpitations. These are just a few of the side effects we’re seeing more often, and many are tied to one thing… energy drinks. Their causing a noticeable uptick in calls with symptoms of over-caffeination.

🧃 Energy drinks aren’t new, Lipovitan-D launched back in 1962 with 50mg of caffeine. Red Bull came along in 1987 with 80mg. But today’s popular choices like Celsius, Bang, Redline Xtreme, and Monster? They’re often double or triple that amount, all in one 12oz can.

📊 The FDA recommends no more than 100mg of caffeine per day for kids ages 12–17. But many of these drinks push well past that in a single serving! And let’s be honest, most teens aren’t stopping at one.

👨‍👩‍👧 If you’ve got a teen reaching for energy drinks, share this with them. The more caffeine companies pack into smaller cans, the more we’re seeing over-caffeinated medical emergencies.