Surgical intervention may offer substantial seizure reduction and functional benefits for individuals with ASD and drug-resistant epilepsy.
A survey aims to assess knowledge gaps, attitudes, and beliefs about opioid use in older adults among new and veteran nurses. Recently graduated nurses show greater knowledge of opioid use in older ...
High traumatic stress symptoms more common in older, female, Hispanic youth and in those with prior mental health diagnoses.
Neurocognitive dysfunction is common in offspring with a familial high risk for schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. FHR-SZ offspring show more severe, generalized impairment.
Postmenopausal women on transdermal HT experienced lower incidence of anxiety and depression compared with those receiving oral HT ...
Dose-dependent increases in BP seen after alcohol initiation, with direction of effect consistent across sexes.
Research shows a significant association between hearing aid use and fewer, less severe neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with dementia.
Study reveals that illegal drugs cause more years of life lost, but tobacco smoking causes a similar number of premature deaths in people who use heroin.
(HealthDay News) — Primary care physicians (PCPs) spend an average of 61.8 hours per week caring for a patient panel, according to a study published online in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Odds of delirium up 41 percent for patients admitted to physicians in the highest vs lowest quartile of first-generation antihistamine prescribing.
Individuals diagnosed with cancer appear less likely to later receive a dementia diagnosis, possibly due to biological mechanisms.
The meta-analysis revealed loneliness and social isolation were associated with increased all-cause mortality and cancer-specific mortality.