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A latent-space machine learning algorithm tailored for resting-state electroencephalography can predict treatment outcomes with sertraline in depression

Resting-State EEG Can Predict Sertraline Treatment Outcomes

Sertraline-predictive EEG signature examined in four independent depression treatment sets
Students become less empathic toward patients throughout medical school

Empathy Declines as Students Progress Through Medical School

Similar pattern seen for both D.O. and M.D. students, although decline was less great among D.O. students
From 2010 to 2017

Number of Nurse Practitioners More Than Doubled 2010 to 2017

Corresponding nationwide decrease of 80,000 registered nurses seen during same period
The national radiologist workforce is becoming increasingly subspecialized

Radiologist Workforce Becoming Increasingly Subspecialized

Increased subspecialization seen across cohorts defined by gender, years in practice, practice size
Hospital-diagnosed overweight and obesity is associated with an increased risk for several common cancers

Overweight and Obesity May Up Risk for Several Common Cancers

Among overweight, obese patients, cancer risk 12 percent greater compared with general population
In a Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Clinical Practice Guideline

Recommendations Developed for Management of Complex ADHD

Treatment should include evidence-based approaches and account for coexisting conditions
Reference prices are associated with lower prices paid by employers and lower cost sharing by employees

Reference Pricing Linked to Lower Prices Paid by Employers

Cost sharing by employees lower, but time lag seen in physicians' prescribing habits
U.S. combat soldiers who have suffered a moderate or severe traumatic brain injury are more likely to experience a range of mental health disorders than soldiers with other serious injuries

Soldiers With Traumatic Brain Injury at Risk for Mental Illness

Moderate or severe traumatic brain injury in combat tied to higher risk for range of mental health disorders
Patients with cluster headache have more sickness absence and disability pension days than matched references

Cluster Headache Ups Sickness Absence, Disability Pension Days

Among patients with cluster headache, women have twice as many sickness absence days as men
Rates of suicide are significantly higher for individuals diagnosed with a neurological disorder versus the general population

Suicide Rates Higher for Individuals With Neurological Disorders

Significant variance seen in excess deaths based on time since diagnosis, with rate higher sooner after diagnosis