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Military sexual trauma tied to risk for hypertension
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- Megan Brooks
“Assessing men and women’s history of trauma, including sexual trauma, is critical for recognizing nontraditional factors that contribute to their...
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Antipsychotic effective for bipolar depression in phase 3 trial
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- Megan Brooks
At day 43, lumateperone treatment was associated with significantly greater improvement from baseline in the MADRS score, compared with placebo....
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‘Alarming’ increase in fake pills laced with fentanyl, methamphetamine, DEA warns
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- Megan Brooks
More than 9.5 million fake pills have been seized so far this year – more than the last 2 years combined.
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COVID-19 a rare trigger for Guillain-Barré syndrome
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- Megan Brooks
There were not more patients diagnosed with GBS during the first 4 months of the pandemic, compared with...
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Sexual assault in women tied to increased stroke, dementia risk
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- Megan Brooks
“A history of sexual assault was particularly related to white matter hyperintensities in the parietal lobe, [which] have been linked to Alzheimer...
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Nonopioid med promising for neuropathic pain
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- Megan Brooks
Top-line phase 2 data suggest vixotrigine, Biogen’s investigational oral sodium channel blocker, eases pain caused by diabetes-associated small...
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ADHD a new risk factor for Alzheimer’s?
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- Megan Brooks
“Undiscovered genetic variants that contribute to either traits or family-wide environmental risk factors, such as socioeconomic status, that may...
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New guidance on preventing cutaneous SCC in solid organ transplant patients
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- Megan Brooks
Recommendations include cryotherapy as first-line therapy for actinic keratosis, with the exception of thin actinic keratoses grouped in one area...
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Seizure a first sign of COVID in kids?
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- Megan Brooks
Unlike in adults, seizures, including status epilepticus (SE), may be the first and main manifestation of COVID-...
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FDA inaction on hair loss drug’s suicide, depression, erectile dysfunction risk sparks lawsuit
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- Megan Brooks
As an alternative, PFSF requested that the FDA require the drug’s manufacturers revise the safety information on the labeling and add boxed...
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New European guidelines on CVD prevention
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- Megan Brooks
A chief goal of the guideline task force was to create a single CVD prevention guideline for everyone.
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Teleintegrated versus telereferral care for complex psychiatric disorders
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- Megan Brooks
Results from a study involving more than 1,000 patients showed that both delivery models improved clinical outcomes, reported Dr. John Fortney and...
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FDA approves first twice-yearly antipsychotic for schizophrenia
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- Megan Brooks
The approval is based on results from a 12-month, randomized, double-blind, phase 3 study that enrolled 702 adults with schizophrenia from 20...
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Long COVID symptoms can persist for more than 1 year, study shows
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- Megan Brooks
The largest study to date confirms that a substantial number of COVID-19 survivors have persistent problems. One researcher calls it a “modern...
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FDA OKs IV Briviact for seizures in kids as young as 1 month
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- Megan Brooks
The approval marks the first time that the IV formulation will be available for children.