The increase in risk for alcohol use disorder (AUD) in a married individual following a diagnosis of alcoholism in the other spouse is "large and rapid," according to researchers writing recently in JAMA. The causes of this association remain unclear. Population-wide Swedish registries were used to identify individuals born in [...]
By JoAnn E. Manson, and Shari S. Bassuk Dietary supplementation is approximately a $30 billion industry in the United States, with more than 90 000 products on the market. In recent national surveys, 52% of US adults reported use of at least 1 supplement product, and 10% reported use of at least 4 such [...]
According to an evidence-based review in the journal Current Psychiatry, the answer is a qualified "Maybe." Chronic methamphetamine use can induce pathological brain changes in the brain. Users can develop thought, mood, and behavioral disorders, including psychosis. Such effects may persist even after extended abstinence. Because cognitive deficits can affect [...]
By Robin Stevenson, and Donald E. Moore Jr. Medical education is a continuum of 3 parts; undergraduate medical school education, postgraduate training, and continuing medical education (CME). CME differs from the other 2 educational components in that it has generally not been based on an explicit curriculum. Recently, CME has increasingly focused on addressing professional [...]
Eli Lilly had hoped that EXPEDITION3 would prove to the world that amyloid beta was the cause of Alzheimer’s and that solanezumab could bend the curve of cognitive decline back to patients’ favor — or at least for patients with an early-stage, mild form of the disease. Instead, the landmark failure [...]
By Sheila Gupta, Tiffany Phalen, and Sanjay Gupta There is a need for additional treatment options to improve symptoms, enhance the quality of life (QOL), and reduce suffering among patients who have chronic medical illness. Medical marijuana (MM) has the potential to help patients who have certain medical conditions in states where it [...]
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Depression and anxiety afflict Americans who are concerned with the fate of the environment, according to a study of the mental health effects of climate change. Most hard-hit are women and people with low incomes who worry about the planet's long-term health, said the [...]
Hawaii, Vermont, Connecticut and Utah Round-Out Top Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, and West Virginia Bottom-Out List A year of surprises ended with one more bit of unexpected news: Massachusetts, not Hawaii, is the healthiest state in the country, according to the annual “America’s Heath Rankings” report. Massachusetts’ win may have knocked [...]
Taking folic acid and/or multivitamin supplements preceding and during pregnancy is associated with a lower risk of offspring developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD), an observational epidemiologic study published Jan. 3 showed. The findings could have important public health implications, reported Stephen Z. Levine, PhD, and his associates. The case-cohort study included [...]
Demographics Remain Relatively Unchanged – Middle Aged White Men at Greatest Risk The CDC recently released the most recent data related to suicide for the year 2016. According to these data, suicide is still the tenth leading cause of death and the rate of suicide in 2016 increased by 1.8 [...]