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The top tax breaks that physicians use
“You want to maximize your retirement contributions,” says Mark Steber, the chief tax information officer for Jackson Hewitt Tax Services. “If you...
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U.S. counties hit hard by a lack of psychiatric care
Counties without psychiatrists and broadband had significantly higher rates of adult depression, frequent mental distress, drug overdose mortality...
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Sexual dysfunction common in schizophrenia
Better screening and treatment of depression “may be an effective strategy to improve sexual health in patients with schizophrenia.”
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How does lecanemab work in Alzheimer’s?
“In our study, we looked at lecanemab and found it can block the activation of the contact system, which could be one of the reasons that it works...
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Surge in pediatric ADHD med errors prompts call for prevention
The most common scenario was “inadvertently taken or given medication twice.”
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In utero SSRI exposure tied to lower brain volume in kids
“The clinical significance was unclear, especially as key limbic regions, including the amygdala, normalized over time.”
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Social media use may promote depression in pregnancy
Health care providers should discuss social media use in addition to other risk factors for depression in pregnant women.
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12 steps to closing your practice without problems
“Many don’t think about compliance issues, patient abandonment, or accounts receivable that they need to keep open to collect from billing, which...
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Stress, insomnia tied to increased AFib risk for older women
The results support the hypothesis that psychosocial predictors account for additional risk for AF “above and beyond” traditional AF risk factors...
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Sedentary lifestyle tied to increased dementia risk
Dementia risk was elevated whether participants were sedentary for 10 uninterrupted hours or multiple sedentary periods that totaled 10 hours over...
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Service dogs help veterans with PTSD lead better lives
“These dogs pick up on PTSD symptoms and come over and press themselves against you, push their faces into yours, and give you those big puppy dog...