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A brief diet intervention can reduce symptoms of depression among young adults with elevated depression symptoms

Diet Intervention Can Cut Depression Symptoms in Young Adults

Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 depression subscale score reduced three months after intervention
There seems to be a 20 percent diagnostic error rate with use of non-sex-specific amnestic mild cognitive impairment diagnostic criteria

Sex-Specific Criteria May Up Accuracy for Diagnosis of aMCI

Non-sex-specific criteria less accurate for diagnosis of amnestic mild cognitive impairment
Minority racial and ethnic groups are more likely to perceive the importance of seeing a health care provider who shares or understands their culture

Racial, Ethnic Minorities Want to See Doctor Who Shares Their Culture

Minorities more likely to report difficulty seeing a culturally similar health care provider
Physical disability

Predictors of Work Disability ID’d in Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Physical disability, depression, reduced information processing tied to vocational status, work disability
The odds of developing autism spectrum disorder are increased for children with congenital heart disease

Odds of Autism Up in Children With Congenital Heart Disease

Higher odds seen for specific lesions, including atrial, ventricular septal defects
Medicare graduate medical education payments increased significantly from 2000 to 2015

2000 to 2015 Saw Increase in Medicare GME Payments

Increase mainly due to indirect payments, primarily inpatient costs rather than resident-to-bed ratio
For transgender individuals with a diagnosis of gender incongruence

Gender-Affirming Surgery May Aid Long-Term Mental Health

Longitudinal association identified in individuals with a gender incongruence diagnosis
Revision of decades-old Medicare rules meant to prevent fraud has been proposed by the Trump administration.

Medicare Fraud-Prevention Rules to Be Revised

Current rules make it difficult for hospitals and doctors to work together, officials say
A lawsuit over the antipsychotic drug Risperdal has led to an $8 billion punitive damages award against Johnson & Johnson and one if its subsidiaries.

$8 Billion Award Granted in Risperdal Lawsuit

Plaintiff's attorneys say drug is linked to abnormal growth of female breast tissue in boys
In the published literature

Burnout Linked to Poor Quality Care in Published Literature

But effect size may be smaller than reported, especially for objective quality measures