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Telehealth doctor indicted on health care fraud, opioid distribution charges
According to court documents, Dr. Sangita Patel was responsible for submitting Medicare claims for improper telehealth visits she didn’t conduct...
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Migraine after concussion linked to worse outcomes
Although most children recover quickly from a concussion, approximately one-third continue to report symptoms a month after the event.
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Even mild COVID is hard on the brain
New study results suggest a severe pattern of changes in how the brain communicates as well as its structure in people with anxiety and depression...
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Aerobic, breathing exercises tied to faster concussion recovery
Heart rate variability biofeedback and progressive aerobic exercise were each helpful, but combining them led to even greater improvement in...
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Encephalitis linked to psychosis, suicidal thoughts
“The clinical care of persons with encephalitis is challenging because these patients suffer from acute and severe mental health disturbances,”...
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Docs struggle to keep up with the flood of new medical knowledge. Here’s advice
The sheer number of new studies may even force some doctors to retreat from areas where they have not kept up, according to a physician professor...
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High level of psychiatric morbidity in prodromal MS
The relative risk of psychiatric morbidity was up to 88% higher in patients with MS, compared with their counterparts without the disease.
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Visual hallucinations: Differentiating psychiatric and neurologic causes
Focusing on key characteristics can help narrow the diagnosis.
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Artificial sweetener in ‘keto foods’ tied to cardiovascular risk
Artificial sweeteners are “generally recognized as safe” by the FDA, so there is no requirement for long-term safety studies, and little is known...
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Ketamine plus psychotherapy ‘highly effective’ for PTSD
A new study “demonstrates the potential feasibility of this treatment model and corroborates previous work.”
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Concussion burden tied to later hypertension in football players
A new study suggests ‘that repetitive early-life brain injury may have later-life implications for cardiovascular health.’