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The presence of comorbid depression and/or posttraumatic stress disorder is associated with increased participation in cardiac rehabilitation among patients with ischemic heart disease

Depression, PTSD Linked to More Participation in Cardiac Rehab

Participation in cardiac rehabilitation up for patients with ischemic heart disease, comorbid conditions
Patients with bipolar disorder have an increased incidence of Parkinson disease

Incidence of Parkinson Disease Increased in Bipolar Disorder

High frequency of psychiatric admissions for manic/mix, depressive episodes linked to increased risk for PD
From 2000 to 2015

Rates of Depression Up in U.S. Women at Hospital to Give Birth

U.S. rate of depressive disorders recorded during delivery hospitalization increased from 2000 to 2015
U.S. health care organizations lost nearly $454 million due to clinical drug diversion in 2018

Clinical Drug Diversion Costly to Health Care Organizations

Report finds 47.2 million doses lost due to health care worker misuse and theft in 2018
There was a significant reduction in the gap between male and female rates of suicide among youth aged 10 to 19 years in the United States from 1975 through 2016

Gender Gap in U.S. Youth Suicide Narrowed From 1975 to 2016

Suicide prevention efforts should take both sex and developmental level into consideration
Older adults who regularly perform word and number puzzles have higher cognitive functioning than those who do not engage in such activities

Regular Puzzle Use May Improve Cognition in Older Adults

Performance on 14 measures of cognitive function better for those doing word or number puzzles
Broadband penetration rates are considerably lower in the most rural counties

Poor Broadband Penetration in Rural Areas Limits Telemedicine

Broadband penetration poor in counties with inadequate access to primary care doctors, psychiatrists
Sexual-minority cancer survivors have worse access to care and higher odds of poor quality of life

Access to Care Worse for Sexual-Minority Cancer Survivors

Sexual-minority women with access deficits have increased odds of poor physical, mental quality of life
Black patients are less likely to receive a buprenorphine prescription to treat opioid use disorder

Racial Disparity Seen in Prescriptions for Buprenorphine

Office visits for drug to treat opioid use disorder most commonly self-pay or private insurance
Indicators of despair are rising among U.S. adults entering midlife

More U.S. Adults Show Signs of Despair As They Enter Middle Age

Pattern generalized across races, education levels, geography