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Ketamine administration is not associated with post-traumatic stress disorder in the military trauma setting

Ketamine Not Linked to PTSD in Military Trauma Setting

Only acute stress disorder, total number of surgeries linked to PTSD development in multivariable analysis
Parental supply of alcohol to adolescents is associated with increased odds of alcohol-related harms

Parental Supply of Alcohol to Adolescents Is Harmful

Odds of subsequent binge consumption, alcohol-related harm, symptoms of alcohol-use disorder up
Americans who must work longer to reach Social Security retirement age have worse measures of health in the years leading up to retirement

Pre-Retirement Morbidity Higher in Later Birth Cohorts

Worse measures of health for Americans who must work longer to reach Social Security retirement age
Female physicians are more burned out than their male colleagues

Female Physicians May Be Especially at Risk of Burnout

They tend to deal with psychosocial care more than male colleagues but can take steps to reduce stress
Knee pain and functional impairments in elderly individuals are associated with the development of depressive symptoms

Knee Pain, Functional Impairment Associated With Depression

In elderly Japanese, difficulty putting on, taking off socks, pain at night linked to depressive symptoms
Mental health

Mental Health Issues Impact Retirement Saving Behavior

Psychological distress linked to 24 percent reduced probability of holding retirement accounts
Internal medicine patients are frequently prescribed potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs)

Screening Tools Identify Potentially Inappropriate Meds

However, substantial proportion of PIMS identified in internal medicine ward are not clinically relevant
In 2015

Drug Overdose Mortality Rates Highest in United States

Highest average annual percentage of change from 2001 to 2015 seen for Estonia, then U.S.
In 2015

Serious Suffering Affects Almost Half of Those Who Die Yearly

Vast majority who experience serious health-related suffering have no palliative care, pain relief
Onabotulinum toxin-A injections can improve sleep bruxism

Onabotulinum Toxin-A Can Safely Improve Sleep Bruxism

Improved clinical global impression and change in visual analog scale, pain at 4 to 8 weeks post therapy