FDA Clears Wegovy, Other GLP-1 Drugs of Suicidality Risk for Now Preliminary evaluation reassures, while the agency's review continues Jan 11, 2024
Why Are So Many Americans Dying of COVID? 'Gas-Station Heroin;' Measles Outbreak Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Â鶹´«Ã½ staff Jan 11, 2024
More Kids Getting Their Hands on Nonprescription Weight-Loss Products Almost 10% of kids said they've tried at least one drug or dietary supplement in their lifetime Jan 10, 2024
Weekly Risperidone Win; Meta Hides Harmful Teen Content; Breathing to Altered State? News and commentary from the psychiatry world Jan 10, 2024
More Evidence Linking ADT for Prostate Cancer to Adverse Neurocognitive Effects Meta-analysis shows increased risk of dementia, Parkinson's, depression Jan 09, 2024
No Increased Risk of Suicidal Ideation With GLP-1 Drugs Semaglutide shows lower risk of suicidal ideation than other obesity, diabetes drugs Jan 08, 2024
Toddlers' Screen Time Tied to Atypical Sensory Outcomes However, study could not examine causation Jan 08, 2024
We've Done Away With a Critical Source of Drug Use Data It's time to bring back the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) survey Jan 08, 2024
Doctors Are as Vulnerable to Addiction as Anyone California grapples with a response to physicians struggling with addiction Jan 07, 2024
Open Blood-Brain Barrier for Alzheimer's Treatment?; Managing TMD Also in TTHealthWatch: IV drug for early atrial fibrillation Jan 06, 2024 podcast
Early Bird? Night Owl? It May Matter for Eating Disorder Risk Anorexia linked to chronotype in both directions Jan 05, 2024
Midlife Cognitive Problems Tied to Sleep Disruptions Earlier in Life Quality -- not quantity -- of sleep may matter most, research suggests Jan 05, 2024
Xylazine Not Just a Problem in the Northeast, Study Finds States reporting at least one xylazine-related overdose death rose over 3 years Jan 05, 2024
Stressed Women With Infertility May Have Higher Blood Sugar During Pregnancy Women with the most self-reported stress had highest glucose levels Jan 05, 2024
Fake Xanax Hospitalizes Three in Chicago Three young adults were in intensive care after taking bromazolam they thought was alprazolam Jan 04, 2024
TMS for Psych Disorders Poses Little Threat to Implanted Cardiac Devices Low risk of interaction, heating, or damage to ICD from magnetic stimulation therapy Jan 04, 2024
Dementia Drugs Seen Lowering Risk for Macular Degeneration But not by very much or very quickly, VA analysis finds Jan 04, 2024
Opening Blood-Brain Barrier to Deliver Alzheimer's Drug Shows Promise Focused ultrasound helped aducanumab reduce amyloid-beta levels Jan 03, 2024
At-Home Electrical Stimulation Fails to Treat Major Depressive Episodes Transcranial direct current stimulation couldn't beat a sham control Jan 03, 2024
Ethics of Palliative Psychiatry; 4-Year Lybalvi Data; 'Dry January' Psych Benefits News and commentary from the psychiatry world Jan 03, 2024
Overhauling Our Mental Health System Eric Reinhart, MD, discusses the need for Chicago's new "Treatment Not Trauma" policy Jan 03, 2024 video
Groups Blast FDA's Opioid Abuse Surveillance Proposal RADARS system's ties to Purdue Pharma undermine the reliability of its data, they say Jan 03, 2024
Novel Alzheimer's Trials Evaluate Senolytics, Semaglutide, CRISPR, and More Looking ahead to 2024 and beyond: "There is so much more to be done" Jan 02, 2024
'They See a Cash Cow': Corporations Could Consume $50 Billion of Opioid Settlements Pitches land daily in the inboxes of state and local officials Jan 01, 2024
Psychedelics for Psych Conditions Made Their Mark in 2023 Benefits demonstrated in major depression, bipolar depression, PTSD, and anorexia Dec 31, 2023
U.S. Attempts to Get Its Xylazine Problem Under Control If a bill to schedule the veterinary sedative becomes law, will that be enough? Dec 30, 2023
Bernie Sanders Has COVID; Global Fake Ozempic Problem; Nitazenes, the New Fentanyl? Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Â鶹´«Ã½ staff Dec 29, 2023
Providing Telemedicine in War Zones Founder of telehealth platform talks about services in Gaza and Ukraine Dec 28, 2023 video
On the Health Docket for the Supreme Court's 2024 Term An alarming agenda with potentially grave consequences for public health Dec 28, 2023
Death by Doctor; Apple Watch Sales Rebooted; Nerve Transplanted to Paralyzed Hand Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Â鶹´«Ã½ staff Dec 28, 2023
Benzodiazepine Use in Pregnancy Tied to Miscarriage Risk Taiwanese study attempted to control for unmeasured confounders Dec 27, 2023
Autism Aggression Sensor; Psychiatry Top Telehealth Spender; Mid-Stage Wins, Losses News and commentary from the psychiatry world Dec 27, 2023
Mind of the 'Maestro': Inside the Head of Leonard Bernstein Psychiatrist and concert pianist Richard Kogan, MD, on the great composer's complex inner life Dec 27, 2023
Young-Onset Dementia Tied to New Risk Factors Vitamin D deficiency, high CRP levels linked with dementia in midlife Dec 26, 2023
988 Lifeline Getting Mostly Good Reviews But call routing and adequate staffing remain issues Dec 26, 2023
Can Residents Flourish? Managing Common Foot and Ankle Conditions Also in TTHealthWatch: Toothbrushing to prevent pneumonia Dec 23, 2023 podcast
Fatal Christmas Tree; A Whole Lot of Fraud; Chatbots Relieve Seniors' Loneliness Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Â鶹´«Ã½ staff Dec 22, 2023
First Test to Identify Opioid Addiction Risk Approved by FDA Genetic test intended to be used before patients are exposed to oral opioids for acute pain Dec 20, 2023
Planning to Stop That Benzodiazepine? Think Twice Patients who discontinued long-term benzodiazepines had a higher risk of death Dec 20, 2023
