Episode Details

Today, you’ll learn about a new blood test that can detect signs of psychosis and guide precision treatment, a gene mutation that happened in two different high altitude populations thousands of years apart, and new findings of the mental impacts of polycystic ovary syndrome.  

Psychosis Blood Test 

• “Blood test predicts psychosis risk, most effective treatments.” UI School of Medicine. 2024.  
• “The Link Between Schizophrenia and Substance Use Disorder: A Unifying Hypothesis.” by Jibran Y. Khokhar, et al. 2019.  
• “Precision medicine for psychotic disorders: objective assessment, risk prediction, and pharmacogenomics.” by M.D. Hill, et all. 2024.  

Altitude Genes 

• “Mutations in same gene allow two different groups of humans to thrive at extreme altitudes.” by Phie Jacobs. 2024.  
• “High-altitude living has changed more than just the genes of some Peruvians.” by Freda Kreier. 2020.  
• “How the people of the Andes evolved to live in high altitudes.” by Lizzie Wade. 2018.  
• “Mutations may reveal how Tibetans can live on world’s highest plateau.” by Michael Price. 2017.  

PCOS Cognition 

• “Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Linked to Cognitive Decline in Midlife.” by Rhianna-lily Smith. 2024.  
• “Associations of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome With Indicators of Brain Health at Midlife in the CARDIA Cohort.” by Heather G. Huddleston, MD, et al. 2024.  
• “White Matter Microstructure and Cognitive Function in Young Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.” by D. Aled Rees, et al. 2016.

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