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A cognitive behavioral therapy program is effective in treating male patients with internet and computer game addiction

Cognitive Therapy Effective for Internet Game Addiction

Short-term cognitive behavioral therapy helpful for treating a range of internet addictions
Compared with standard restricted visiting hours

Flexible Family Visitation Policy Does Not Cut Delirium in ICU

For family members, anxiety and depression scores were significantly better with flexible visitation policy
Restrictive regulations regarding electronic cigarette (EC) characteristics may result in increased combustible cigarette (CC) use among dual EC and CC users

E-Cigarette Restrictions May Up Combustible Cigarette Use

For dual users, restrictive regulations may result in increased combustible cigarette use, lower e-cig use
A drug company has reached a $1.4 billion settlement with the U.S. government over an investigation into the company's marketing and sales of a prescription drug used to treat opioid addiction.

Company Reaches $1.4 Billion Settlement in Opioid Treatment Investigation

Settlement the largest in U.S. history in a case involving an opioid medication
The number of foster care entries attributable to parental drug use increased considerably from 2000 to 2017

Increase Seen in Foster Care Entries Due to Parental Drug Use

Number and proportion of entries attributable to parental drug use increased from 2000 to 2017
Vascular events

Serious Misdiagnosis-Related Harms Mostly Due to ‘Big Three’

Vascular events, infections, cancers account for 74.1 percent of high-severity misdiagnosis-related harms
The unregulated herbal supplement known as kratom

Kratom Use Associated With Significant Toxicities

Most common effects include agitation, tachycardia, drowsiness, vomiting, confusion
Menstruation-related symptoms cause a great deal of productivity loss

Productivity Loss Sizable With Menstruation-Related Symptoms

More than 80 percent of respondents reported presenteeism with 8.9 days lost productivity per year
Survey results show that health care professionals have implicit and explicit gender bias

Health Care Professionals Exhibit Gender Bias

Biases associate men with careers and surgery and women with family and family medicine
High social stress is associated with greater bone loss during six years of follow-up among postmenopausal women

High Social Stress Linked to Greater Bone Loss After Menopause

Each point higher in social strain tied to greater loss in femoral neck, total hip, lumbar spine BMD