Poor Sleep at Age 40 Linked to Accelerated Brain Aging Sleep quality in early midlife predicted brain age 15 years later Oct 23, 2024
Fast-Acting Novel Depression Tx; Lumryz Label Expanded; GLP-1s for Addiction? News and commentary from the psychiatry world Oct 23, 2024
What Is the Recreational Drug 'Pink Cocaine'? It rarely contains cocaine and is more likely to contain ketamine Oct 23, 2024
E. Coli Tied to McDonald's Burgers; 'Goldwater Rule' Doc Weighs In; New Mpox Spreads Health news and commentary gathered by staff Oct 23, 2024
Sodium Channel Blocker Relieves Acute Pain in Phase III Data Trials favor a first new class of pain drug in years Oct 22, 2024
Prepregnancy Obesity, Eating Disorders Linked to Mental Health Diagnoses in Kids Largest effect sizes seen for sleep disorders, social functioning and tic disorders Oct 22, 2024
Few Teens Regret Gender-Affirming Medical Care, Survey Shows Only 4% reported regret after receiving puberty blockers, gender-affirming hormones Oct 21, 2024
Psychologist Behind the 'Stanford Prison Experiment' Dies at 91 Philip Zimbardo was criticized for becoming an active participant in controversial study Oct 21, 2024
Late ED Doc's Secret Life; Flesh-Eating Bacteria in Florida; COVID Vaccine Lawsuit Health news and commentary gathered by staff Oct 21, 2024
Study: OUD Patients More Likely to Stay on Methadone Than Buprenorphine/Naloxone Findings make a "strong case" for making methadone available in all settings, researcher says Oct 18, 2024 video
Stroke Survivors Still Prescribed a 'Concerning' Amount of Benzos Red flag in nationwide data despite improvement since 2013 Oct 17, 2024
Lawmakers Pan DEA's Leaked Plans for Telehealth Meanwhile, a third extension of current rules is in the works Oct 16, 2024
No Single Antipsychotic Offers Cognitive Benefit in Schizophrenia Disorders And some should be avoided when cognitive deficits are a concern, study suggests Oct 16, 2024
15.5M Adults Have ADHD; Pediatric Social Media Harms; Loneliness Affects 1 in 5 News and commentary from the psychiatry world Oct 16, 2024
State to Pay $13M After Shooter Drill Terrified Kids' Psych Hospital Fifty children at the hospital will each receive about $60,000 Oct 15, 2024
Millions of Aging Americans Are Facing Dementia by Themselves "I will not survive this in the end -- I know that," says one patient Oct 15, 2024
Why Would a Promising Young Physician Take His Own Life? The loss of William West Jr. forces us to consider the role of health systems in staff well-being Oct 15, 2024
Docs Demand Trump's Medical Records; Anesthesiologist's Sex Crimes; Daily Loneliness Health news and commentary gathered by staff Oct 15, 2024
Study Suggests No Suicide Signal in Teens Prescribed GLP-1 Agonists GLP-1 treatment was tied to lower risks of suicidal ideation, attempts vs lifestyle interventions Oct 14, 2024
Alzheimer's Drug in Smaller Vial Sizes Could Save Medicare Hundreds of Millions Nearly 6% of lecanemab may be discarded each year Oct 14, 2024
Democratic Ob/Gyn Running for Open House Seat in Minnesota Reproductive rights, cost of healthcare, and mental health central to Kelly Morrison's campaign Oct 14, 2024
Older Men's Connections Often Wither When They're on Their Own Nearly one in four men over 75 live alone, leaving them vulnerable to depression and suicide Oct 13, 2024
Election Got You Stressed and Anxious? Here's how to maintain your composure when patients have differing views Oct 13, 2024
Poppy Seed Brew Triggers Morphine Overdose, Drawing Attention of Lawmakers During harvesting and processing, the seeds can become coated with the opium Oct 12, 2024
Loneliness Tied to Alzheimer's and Dementia Risk Feeling lonely also linked with cognitive impairment that's not dementia, meta-analysis shows Oct 11, 2024
Back-to-Back Hurricanes Have Left Medical Disaster in Their Wake Some thoughts for responders and leadership Oct 11, 2024
Kate Middleton's Post-Chemo Debut; CDC Probes Cancer Cluster; 15M Adults Have ADHD Health news and commentary gathered by staff Oct 11, 2024
Antipsychotics Compared; Psychiatrist's Research Misconduct; Teen Suicide Predictor News and commentary from the psychiatry world Oct 09, 2024
Mindfulness Meditation Similar to Antidepressant for Reducing Anxiety Symptoms Secondary analysis suggests lack of clinically meaningful differences in effectiveness Oct 09, 2024
One Way to Spot Early Cognitive Decline? Medicare Wellness Visits Annual evaluation tied to timelier mild cognitive impairment diagnoses Oct 09, 2024
Hot Days and Methamphetamine Are Now a Deadlier Mix Records show about one in five heat-related deaths in recent years involved methamphetamine Oct 09, 2024
States Sue TikTok, Claiming It's Addictive and Harms the Mental Health of Children The District of Columbia called the algorithm "dopamine-inducing" Oct 08, 2024
Cannabis Use in Teens, Young Adults Linked to Lower Academic Success Frequency of use and age of onset also implicated in worse outcomes Oct 07, 2024
Finding Humanity in Provider Burnout, and Other Stories of Perseverance Jessi Gold, MD, takes readers on a journey of self-reflection in her new book Oct 07, 2024
Body Roundness to Predict Cardiovascular Disease; Myopia on the Rise Also in TTHealthWatch: suicide care in primary care Oct 05, 2024 podcast
Overdose Deaths Are Falling but the Mission Is Far From Accomplished We still don't know what's driving the trend, and numbers remain unacceptably high Oct 04, 2024
Nurse Death Ruled Homicide; Hospital Workers Missing in N.C.; Human Hairball Surgery Health news and commentary gathered by staff Oct 04, 2024
Social Media Trend Promotes Nitrous Oxide Misuse "Galaxy Gas" and others introduce an old drug to a new generation Oct 02, 2024
Low-Dose Lithium Tested in Long COVID No benefit for brain fog or fatigue, but higher doses may have promise Oct 02, 2024
Psychiatric Hospital Chain's Charges; Schizophrenia Drug Flops; Bright Light Therapy News and commentary from the psychiatry world Oct 02, 2024