Some People Who Attempt Suicide Do Not Meet Criteria for Psychiatric Disorders Study findings challenge the notion of which individuals are at risk for suicidal behavior Feb 21, 2024
A Pacemaker for the Brain Helped a Woman With Crippling Depression It may soon be available to more patients Feb 21, 2024
Largest COVID Vax Safety Study; Kratom Deaths Rising; Gov. Threatens Hospital Chain Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Feb 21, 2024
Dietary Thiamine Linked With Cognition J-shaped curve emerges between vitamin B1 in diet and cognitive decline Feb 20, 2024
Frozen Embryos 'Children' in Ala.; GLP-1s for Opioid Addiction? New E.Coli Outbreak Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Feb 20, 2024
CDC: More People Die After Smoking Drugs Than Injecting Them Not yet clear if shift toward smoking fentanyl reduces mortality Feb 15, 2024
E-Cigs Show Some Benefit as Smoking Cessation Aid in Clinical Trial More people able to abstain from smoking tobacco than after traditional counseling alone Feb 14, 2024
Suicide Risk Highest Right After Depression Hospitalization Discharge Incidence extremely high in the first 3 days Feb 14, 2024
Mental Health Exemptions Emerge in Abortion Rights Initiatives on State Ballots While proposals in other states specifically exclude the exception Feb 14, 2024
Exercise and COVID; Can Smells Help Depression? Car Crashes Into Hospital ED Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Feb 14, 2024
Dementia Predicted 10 Years Before Diagnosis Blood proteins identified those at risk for all-cause, Alzheimer's, or vascular dementia Feb 12, 2024
Doing Away With Needle Exchange Programs Won't Prevent Drug Use This is where the principle of harm reduction becomes important Feb 11, 2024
No Survival Benefit to Higher Intranasal Naloxone Dose Moreover, opioid withdrawal signs were more prevalent with the 8-mg dose vs the 4-mg dose Feb 09, 2024
Stigmatizing Language Common on Liver Transplant Websites Researchers searched for terms including "alcoholic," "alcoholism," and "alcohol abuse" Feb 08, 2024
Long COVID Patients Saw Improvements After Group Rehab Program More patients reported feeling "much better now" compared with usual care group Feb 08, 2024
Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Tied to Less Alzheimer's Risk Large U.K. study tracked health records of 270,000 men Feb 07, 2024
Death Penalty Position Statement; Depression and Body Temp; New APA Medical Director News and commentary from the psychiatry world Feb 07, 2024
Gun Violence Exposure Associated With Suicidal Behavior Among Black Americans Being threatened with a gun, knowing someone who was shot linked with suicide attempts Feb 06, 2024
Smokers Who Quit and Stick With It See Greatest Reduction in Cancer Risk Cessation at any age proved helpful for lowering cancer risk Feb 06, 2024
Even With Alzheimer's Pathology, Healthy Lifestyles May Preserve Cognition More data support the idea of "cognitive reserve" Feb 05, 2024
Suicide Risk 8-Fold Higher After Common Reproductive Disorder Diagnosis Young women carry the highest risk, study finds Feb 05, 2024
What to Know About Nitazenes, a Class of Potent Synthetic Opioids This unapproved drug class is turning up in more overdose deaths across the country Feb 05, 2024
Sleep Disorders Are More Common Than You Think Plus, how primary care providers can squeeze this topic into their discussions with patients Feb 05, 2024 video
As Investors Pile Into Psychedelics, Idealism Gives Way to Pharma Economics Challenges abound for the burgeoning sector Feb 05, 2024
Rudest Doctor's Office Behavior; Disease Spread by Dog Poop; Defining Sobriety Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Feb 05, 2024
Ketamine Therapy for Mental Health a ‘Wild West’ for Doctors and Patients For some patients it's a "light at the end of the tunnel" Feb 04, 2024
HHS Expands Access to Methadone, Buprenorphine Updates to 20-year-old rules allow take-home methadone, treatment initiation via telehealth Feb 02, 2024
Cell Phone Radiation Study Halted; Medical Exam Cheating Exposed; 988 Staff Burnout Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Feb 02, 2024
Mental Health Disparities Stark for Transgender, Gender-Diverse People British survey found higher rates of mental health conditions, unmet needs Feb 01, 2024
Undiagnosed Liver Disease May Be Common in Patients With Dementia Hepatic encephalopathy could be contributing to cognitive symptoms, study suggested Jan 31, 2024
Controversial Alzheimer's Drug Abandoned Biogen will stop developing and selling aducanumab Jan 31, 2024
Elmo's Wellness Check; Med Schools Overlook Training on Suicide; Religious Trauma News and commentary from the psychiatry world Jan 31, 2024
Shannen Doherty's 'Miracle Treatment'; Adult 'Diaper Spa'? Israel Raids Hospital Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Jan 31, 2024
Drug-Related Endocarditis: A First Stab at Recommendations for Surgeons STS consensus statement on ethics, surgical criteria, transcatheter debulking Jan 30, 2024
Alzheimer's May Be Transmissible in Rare Circumstances Cases tied to long-discontinued childhood medical procedure Jan 29, 2024
Cooling Technique Frowned Upon in Aortic Arch Surgery Cognitive deficits common even with less than 20 minutes of hypothermic circulatory arrest Jan 29, 2024
King Charles Admitted; ADHD Drug Recalled; Minnesota Debates Doc-Assisted Suicide Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Jan 26, 2024
Multiple Societal Factors Contribute to High HIV Risk in Transgender Women Discrimination, homelessness, low PrEP uptake are key factors, according to CDC survey Jan 25, 2024