Alarming Mpox Surge; Plan to Redo Lead Pipes Nationwide; Overdoses Reach High in SF
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The ongoing surge of mpox in Congo raises concerns of another global outbreak. (Washington Post)
The White House took aim at drug patent laws, announcing its readiness... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 7, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
GOP Presidential Candidates Spar Over Transgender Care and Fentanyl Policy
(MedPage Today) -- Four of the five remaining candidates for the Republican presidential nomination clashed noisily Wednesday night on a variety of healthcare issues during the final Republican debate before the 2024 primary season begins, discussing... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 7, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Another Mid-Stage Psychedelic Win; Gun Suicides Reach High; Magnetic Seizure Therapy
(MedPage Today) -- Investigational deuterated psilocybin analog, CYB003, reduced major depressive disorder symptoms by 14 points on the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale by day 21 in a phase II study, said developer Cybin.
Jazz Pharmaceuticals... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 7, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Psilocybin Shows Promise in Treatment-Resistant Bipolar Type II Depression
(MedPage Today) -- Synthetic psilocybin with psychotherapy was effective and safe for patients with treatment-resistant bipolar depression, a small nonrandomized controlled trial suggested.
Among 15 people with bipolar type II disorder with a... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 6, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Advice to the Field of Suicidology: A Way Home When 'Bad Lost'
(MedPage Today) -- Last week, the CDC reported that U.S. suicide deaths reached an 80-year high. The increase in deaths by suicide in 2022 for women was double that of men. Although some take comfort in the modest youth improvement within the data... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 6, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Doc Set Home on Fire? High Blood Pressure in Couples; WHO: Raise Alcohol, Soda Taxes
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Pennsylvania doctor Amy Cohen, MD, is facing charges for allegedly trying to set fire to a home belonging to the grandmother of an ex-boyfriend's romantic partner... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 6, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Alzheimer's Blood Test Predicts Who Might Benefit Most From Anti-Amyloid Drugs
(MedPage Today) -- Plasma phosphorylated tau 217 (p-tau217) outperformed p-tau181, p-tau231, and other blood-based biomarkers to identify which patients might benefit most from anti-amyloid Alzheimer's drugs, a cohort study showed.
Plasma p-tau217... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 6, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Psych Nurses Sound the Alarm on Patient Violence at Pediatric Hospital
(MedPage Today) -- Nurses at Seattle Children's Hospital demanded the hospital intervene after police were twice called to the Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit (PBMU) over violent incidents during a 2-week period in November, according to... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 4, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Suicide Rates Among Black Women Rose Over 2 Decades
(MedPage Today) -- Suicide rates among Black women increased from 1999 to 2020, especially among teens and young adults, according to an analysis of national data.
Among Black women ages 15 to 84, suicide rates rose from 2.1 per 100,000 in 1999... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 4, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Orphan Drug Costs; Digital Devices for Diabetes
(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
To Report or Not to Report Suspicions of Medical Child Abuse?
(MedPage Today) -- The so-called "Take Care of Maya" trial ended last month with a $261 million verdict for compensatory and punitive damages for the Kowalski family. The jury found Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital of Florida liable for multiple... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Intensive Caring: Reminding Patients They Matter
(MedPage Today) -- Dame Cicely Saunders, the founder of the modern hospice movement and palliative care, famously said, "You matter because you are you, and you matter to the last moment of your life."
This quote has become the central philosophical... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
No Heightened Risk of Suicide, Psychiatric Conditions With Acne Drug
(MedPage Today) -- Use of the acne medication isotretinoin (Accutane) was not associated with an increased risk of suicide or psychiatric conditions in a meta-analysis of 24 observational studies.
The 1-year pooled absolute risk of completed suicide... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 1, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Coronary Heart Disease by Age 45 Linked With Subsequent Dementia
(MedPage Today) -- Younger onset age of coronary heart disease was tied to higher risks of incident all-cause dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and vascular dementia, a large prospective cohort study in Great Britain showed.
Each 10-year decrease... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - November 30, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Coronary Heart Disease by Age 45 Linked With Later Dementia
(MedPage Today) -- Younger onset age of coronary heart disease was tied to higher risks of incident all-cause dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and vascular dementia, a large prospective cohort study in Great Britain showed.
Each 10-year decrease... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - November 29, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
