What is a health concern that you feel needs more studies/research done?

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A little about me, I have a B.S. in Psychology with a focus in neuroscience. (So all my psychology course work was neuroscience related, nothing clinical or anything like that). For my final research paper, I had to write about a health topic I felt was lacking. This along with the post about drinking while pregnancy got me thinking. So to make it more interesting and promote some awareness. 
What is a health concern you feel needs more research and studies? (anything from drug addictions, cancer, genetic abnormalities, even mental health)
Provide 3 facts about your health concern.
To make it a little controversial, why do you think this area is lacking in research or information?
Alzheimer’s  (my facts are based from the US)
1 in 3 seniors die from Alzheimer’s
5.7 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s 
It is in the top 10 leading causes of death and is the only one that cannot be prevented, slowed down, or cured. 
Personally, feel like enough research isn’t done because the lack of resources we have (were not as far advanced as we think we are), there has to be some financial motivation as to why it’s not being researched enough. This “diagnosis” has been around for decades and is the only one that is not curable. I say “diagnosis” cause it can only be definitively confirmed after death.

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Endometriosis. 
I believe the fact is that at least 1 in 10 women have it. 
It is many times easily dismissed by doctors because many of the symptoms are considered to be a “normal” part of periods. 
Unfortunately for many people they do not get an official diagnosis for it until at least a decade later. 
I believe not enough research is being done on it currently, I have noticed some new studies popping up on it which is great but I’d like to see it be addressed more. I have seen some commercials for it which is great. It just bothers me that it goes so underlooked when it is actually statistically unfortunately more common than we think.

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mental health! there is such a stigma attached to mental health issues, many who need help do not get it because of the lack of awareness. not to mention having to try 5 different drugs before they hit the right one/combination for each individual. its a very traumatic and frustrating process for those already struggling just to get through day to day life.

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My top one is ovarian cancer. Given that is my battle at the moment. 
9% of all women diagnosed with it will be diagnosed in the early stages, most are diagnosed in stages 3/4 or when it is already too late.
Despite popular belief PapSmears do not detect ovarian cancer, they only detect cervical cancer. 
More research on testing, like the PAPSeek look promising and we need to be taught the very early symptoms, sadly most women write watery discharge, pain/bleeding during sex and abdominal pain/tenderness off. 
For me it was the watery discharge that clued me in something was wrong.

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Impact and a healing process for those who’ve suffered at the hands of someone with Narcissistic Personality Disorder.  There is not nearly enough information on this. 
I’m in my first course for Psych!! Just finished designing my first research study 😊.

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I think genetic disorders and conditions need to be researched more thoroughly. My son has DS and no one knows why it happens or who's side it comes from. I also think that we need further research as to why children with DS have low muscle tone, heart issues, thyroid issues, and have more risk factors for infantile spasms and epilepsy. There's also misconceptions that age is a factor in whether or not a child has DS. That's not entirely the case. There are women all over the board that have children with DS. I was even under the impression that I was an anomaly because I was 20 with a baby born with DS until I joined an online group. Autism is also a huge one. It is super common for kids with DS to get a dual diagnosis of Autism and DS. It would help end the misconceptions that vaccines cause autism if we were to find the cause. Trisomy 18 should also be researched so maybe we can find treatment options for these children that often have a life expectancy of 3 days to 2 weeks with only a 5 to 10% surviving one year. Trisomy 13 has a similar average life expectancy. These genetic disorders are basically a death sentence and its incredibly hard on parents to go through. My son was paired with child with a baby with T18 in the NICU and it was super hard on them.
Mental health is a huge one. Many doctors still don't understand that medication is a treatment option not an end all be all. We also still don't understand where it comes from or why it happens.
PCOS. There is no test that says you have it or you don't. Its diagnosis by exclusion. We also don't know why it happens.

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I wish I could pick just one. I think if we were allowed to do more stem cell research we'd find solutions or at least treatments to a multitude of diseases. Things like Alzheimer's, Tay Sachs, Huntingtons just to name a few.

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Autism. It is such a wide spectrum disorder and the diagnostic rate is quickly rising

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Lung cancer. It is the deadliest cancer but receives the least amount of funding because people wrongly think it only happens to people who smoke. Plenty of non smokers die from lung cancer every year and there needs to be more funding and research.

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I think anxiety awareness is a health issue that needs worked on. As someone who suffers from TAD, I would like to see more research in diagnosing and treating it.

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My grandpa died with Alzheimer’s so it was the first thing I thought of. It definitely needs more research!

What is a health concern that you feel needs more studies/research done?

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