Examining Characteristics Linked With Poor Outcomes in Opioid Prescribing
“In recent decades, the medical community has become acutely aware of the dangers posed by...
Breaking Psychiatry
Examining Why Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Drink Alcohol
The burden of chronic liver disease in the United States is substantial, affecting about 4.5...
Examining Long-Term Sexual Outcomes With Exstrophy-Epispadias
“For children with exstrophy-epispadias complex (EEC), a spectrum of genitourinary malformation,...
COVID-19 Had Major Impact on ICU Nurses’ Mental Health
MONDAY, May 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Nurses who worked in the intensive care unit (ICU)...
Nearly 10 Percent of Students Report Being Gender-Diverse
TUESDAY, May 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Overall, 9.2 percent of high school students report...
App-Based Mental Health Services Demonstrate Efficacy in Trio of Trials
Internet- and smartphone-based care helped with pediatric OCD, depression in adults Mental health interventions delivered online or via a smartphone showed promise for treating kids with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and...
Assessing Drug Overdose Risk Among People With HIV
Preventable deaths, including those due to drug overdose (OD), are a significant public health...
FDA OKs Higher Naloxone Dose for Opioid Overdose
New product doubles typical naloxone dose The FDA approved an 8 mg-dose naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray (Kloxxado) to treat opioid overdose, doubling the allowable naloxone dose that was previously capped at 4 mg per spray...
AMA Applauds HHS Move to Expand Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
New guidelines remove waiver requirement for buprenorphine treatment The American Medical Association (AMA) praised a move from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to remove training requirements for physicians to...
No Link Found for Exposure to Epidural Labor Analgesia and Autism
TUESDAY, April 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Exposure to epidural labor analgesia (ELA) is not...
The Association Between Psoriasis & Vascular Dementia
“Psoriasis has been linked with a variety of systemic disorders, including cardiovascular (CV)...
Preterm Birth May Up Risk for Later Mental Health Issues
FRIDAY, April 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Higher rates of prescription of psychotropic drugs...
