Mental Health
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Americans’ biggest source of anxiety? Hint: It’s not COVID-19
“Knowing that so many Americans are concerned about finances is important because it can prepare clinicians to be ready to approach the subject...
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The heartache of bereavement can be fatal in heart failure
“Having an awareness of the risk and trying to follow patients or at least not let them fall out of usual care, asking questions, trying to...
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Nordic walking bests other workouts on functional outcome in CVD
A small, randomized trial showed better improvement on the 6-minute walk test versus high-intensity interval training or moderate to vigorous...
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Mobile devices ‘addictive by design’: Obesity is one of many health effects
Patients need help with compulsive use of wireless devices, which leads to weight gain and other health risks.
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Hormonal contraceptives protective against suicide?
The main message is the “current use of hormonal contraceptives is not associated with an increased risk of attempted suicide in our population...
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Self-injury and suicide ‘all too common’ in type 1 diabetes
“With a multipronged approach to awareness, education, and identification, we have the opportunity to intervene on the link between suicide and...
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Long COVID neuropsychiatric deficits greater than expected
Studies document the cognitive and psychiatric effects of long COVID.
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Severe COVID-19 adds 20 years of cognitive aging: Study
The impairment is “equivalent to losing 10 IQ points.”
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Nurses, med staff voice their heartache about California nurse suicide
“Nurses are not OK and pizza and pats on the back aren’t going to fix it. This affects all of us.”
Conference Coverage
Substance use disorders increase risk for death from COVID-19
“We’ve been worried about seeing what consequences SARS-CoV-2 was going to have on users of these substances, especially in light of the great...