Docs' Mental Health: Do State Boards Have a Right to Ask? Second of a three-part investigation Jul 19, 2018
Nitrate-Cured Meats Linked to Manic Episodes Meat sticks, jerky showed biggest association Jul 18, 2018
Curiosity About Trump's Cognitive Test May Skew Patients' Results Wide media coverage revealed MoCA questions and answers Jul 16, 2018
Proposed: Screen Patients with Certain Infections for Opioid Addiction Expert panel identifies endocarditis, skin abscess, others as flags for drug abuse Jul 14, 2018
'Chasing the Dragon' Diagnostic Criteria Proposed Heroin inhalation method emerging as popular, but literature is scarce Jul 09, 2018
FDA Advisory Committee Rejects New ER Opioid Votes 3-14 against recommending product approval Jun 27, 2018
New Antidepressant Use May Raise COPD Death Risk Taking SSRI/SNRI's linked to poorer respiratory outcomes in study Jun 26, 2018
ADHD Higher in Preterm Babies, Especially Girls Sibling study shows association may not be tied to genes or family environment Jun 25, 2018
Does Psychological Stress Trigger Autoimmune Disorders? F. Perry Wilson, MD, dissects a new study finding a link Jun 19, 2018 video
AMA Delegates Punt on Assisted Suicide Policy Also: resolution calling for more opioid training approved Jun 12, 2018
Minor Psychiatric Disorders Don't Predict GERD No significant correlations with anxiety, depression found in prospective study Jun 06, 2018
Antidepressants Carry Weight Gain Risk Years Into Treatment Most prominent in second and third years of therapy May 24, 2018
In Virginia, He's an Addict. In New York, He's Treating Them "They keep it all very quiet. It's not part of the public record" May 22, 2018
Intranasal Esketamine Succeeds in Depression Trial 4-point cut in MADRS scores versus placebo after 4 weeks May 09, 2018
ECT Found Cost Effective Early in Depression Treatment Should be considered after two failed prior treatments, study suggests May 09, 2018
Novel Combo Tablet Succeeds as Adjunctive Depression Treatment Daily ALKS 5461 includes buprenorphine and samidorphan May 09, 2018
One-Day Injectable Aripiprazole Tx Passes Test Results comparable to traditional 21-day oral regimen May 08, 2018
Some Antipsychotics in Pregnancy May Up Gestational Diabetes Risk Elevated risk seen with continuing olanzapine, quetiapine May 08, 2018
IV Drug Shines in Postpartum Depression Trials Treatment benefit clear in less than 3 days, lasts at least a month May 08, 2018
DSM-5 Moves Closer to 'Living Document' APA works to fulfill promises for psychiatry's 'bible' May 07, 2018
More Mental Health Focus Needed for Med Students In wake of another suicide, attention turns to culture of medical school May 03, 2018
Potentially Fatal Immune Reactions to Lamotrigine Draw FDA Warning Eight serious events including one death since drug was approved in 1994 Apr 25, 2018
Despite OD Risk, Opioid-Benzo Rx Continues Physicians know risks but still prescribe dangerous combination Apr 15, 2018
Researchers: Screen Depressed Dialysis Patients for Suicidality Depression more prevalent in dialysis population Apr 12, 2018
Isolation, Food Insecurity Called Out as Health Issues "We've got to bring loneliness out of the closet" Mar 20, 2018
Doctor's Widow on Anti-Suicide Crusade ZDoggMD interviews Janae Sharp, whose physician husband committed suicide Mar 08, 2018
Morning Break: Breast Cancer-Schizophrenia Link; FDA on Essure; Rx for Hearing Loss? Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the staff Mar 08, 2018
Initiative Aims to Help Veterans with Mental Illness VA, AMVETS target those who have 'fallen through the cracks' Mar 06, 2018
MoCA Cognition Test to Get At-Home Version (Kaiser Health News) Publicity from Trump's exam prompts surge of popular interest Feb 26, 2018
Creepy Scam Targeted Young Female HCPs 'On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog.' Now some women in medicine are feeling the bite Feb 25, 2018
'She Trusted Me, and I'd Turned Her Away' Physician wracked with guilt after losing patient to overdose Feb 14, 2018 video
Trump Releases FY 2019 Budget Proposal Includes $68 billion for HHS; continues push for ACA repeal Feb 12, 2018
NeuroBreak: U.S. Autism Prevalence Plateauing; Omalu Quits as Medical Examiner News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Jan 02, 2018
Radiologists See Evidence, Impact of Opioid Epidemic Emboli and infections from unsafe injection practices turn up on imaging Dec 01, 2017
Biofeedback May Push Tinnitus to the Curb Small study suggests technique can help silence the condition Nov 29, 2017
When Compassionate Care Takes a Turn Toward Fatigue Compassion fatigue and its consequences for nurses Nov 17, 2017
Study: Teen Brains Change After Bariatric Surgery Reward, executive functioning improved with weight loss Nov 01, 2017
Researchers: Bariatric Surgery Screening Should Include Sexual Orientation LGBT status may predict lower rates of post-surgical follow-up Oct 31, 2017
