Almost 108,000 Americans Died of Drug Overdoses in 2022, Another Record
(MedPage Today) -- Nearly 108,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2022, according to final federal figures released Thursday by the CDC.
Over the last two decades, the number of U.S. overdose deaths has risen almost every year and continued... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 22, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Heart Disease Outcomes Better When Anxiety, Depression Are Treated
(MedPage Today) -- In people with heart disease and comorbid anxiety or depression, mental health treatment showed strong links to better clinical outcomes in an observational analysis of the Ohio Medicaid database.
Those hospitalized with coronary... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 21, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
People Facing Health Challenges Make Up Largest Group of Suicide Decedents
(MedPage Today) -- Five distinct suicide profiles that could improve detection and treatment of co-existing health conditions and bolster suicide prevention strategies were identified in a cross-sectional study.
In an analysis of 306,800 suicide... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 21, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Psilocybin for Depression Win; 1 in 10 Kids Have ADHD; Loneliness in Middle Age
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA granted CYB003 -- an investigational depression treatment that acts as a deuterated psilocybin analog -- a breakthrough therapy designation after patients achieved an average 22-point symptom reduction in Montgomery... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 20, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Elon Musk's Ketamine Use
(MedPage Today) -- Earlier this week, Elon Musk told Don Lemon in an exclusive interview on X that he has a prescription for ketamine that he uses when he experiences a "negative chemical state in my brain."
Musk said he uses "a small amount once... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 20, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Alcohol-Associated Cirrhosis and Death Are on the Rise: Here's How We Can Help
(MedPage Today) -- Few Americans, including some healthcare professionals, realize that chronic liver disease is now the 9th leading cause of death in the U.S. Even worse, it is the 5th leading cause of death among adults ages 25 to 64 years old... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 18, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
A New $16,000 Postpartum Depression Drug Is Here. How Will Insurers Handle It?
(MedPage Today) -- A much-awaited treatment for postpartum depression, zuranolone (Zurzuvae), hit the market in December, promising an accessible and fast-acting medication for a debilitating illness. But most private health insurers have yet to... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 17, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Delta-8 THC Use Common in Teens; New Drug-Coated Balloon for Blocked Stents
(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 - March 16, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
The Power of Saying 'No' in Medicine
(MedPage Today) -- Nope, nada, no gracias, non, rara -- they may sound different, but they all mean the same thing: no. In our world of instant messaging and immediate gratification, society seems to have lost the ability to unplug, unwind, and... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 16, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Meth-Related Cardiomyopathy: Where the Biggest Clusters Are
(MedPage Today) -- The American West has seen the biggest surge of cardiomyopathy-associated hospital admissions among methamphetamine users, based on 13 years of the latest available hospital admission data.
The National Inpatient Sample (NIS... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 15, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
England's NHS Clinics No Longer Offering Puberty Blockers to Trans Youth
(MedPage Today) -- England's National Health Service (NHS) will no longer offer puberty-blocking medications to youths under 18 in its clinics, unless they are enrolled in clinical trials planned for the end of the year.
"Puberty suppressing hormones... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 14, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Oregon Measure 110 Wasn't a Failure. Rolling Back Drug Decriminalization Will Be.
(MedPage Today) -- In November 2020, nearly 60% of Oregon voters passed Ballot Measure 110, often referred to as "drug decriminalization," which reclassified schedule I-IV drug possession from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E civil violation... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 14, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
LSD Anxiety Win; Pimavanserin Schizophrenia Flop; 'Bright Light' for Depression?
(MedPage Today) -- In a phase IIb study, a single dose of an investigational LSD-containing drug (MM120) led to significantly greater reductions in 12-week scores on the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale compared with placebo, according to Mind Medicine... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 13, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Quest Alzheimer's Blood Test No Longer Marketed Directly to Patients
(MedPage Today) -- A Quest Diagnostics Alzheimer's blood test that people could purchase from home without visiting a doctor first is no longer being marketed directly to consumers.
The test, known as Quest AD-Detect, measures amyloid-beta 42... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 12, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Starting ADHD Medications May Lower Death Risk
(MedPage Today) -- For patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), starting medication was associated with a significantly lower risk of death, particularly from "unnatural" causes, according to an observational Swedish study... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 12, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
