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Cognitive training improves memory in older patients with mild cognitive impairment

Cognitive Training Aids Memory in People With Mild Impairment

Learned strategies can help older adults in everyday life
For patients with dementia with Lewy bodies

Adjunct Zonisamide Beneficial in Dementia With Lewy Bodies

Zonisamide as an adjunct to levodopa improves parkinsonism without worsening cognitive function
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common in nursing home residents

Confusion Common in Seniors Prescribed Antibiotics for UTI

Confusion independently associated with receipt of antibiotics for UTI in nursing home residents
Living kidney donors experience a wide range of emotions throughout the donation process that influences the lives of donors on several levels

Emotions Faced by Living Kidney Donors Can Impact Daily Life

Support, clear communication from health care team essential for improving donor comfort level
For adolescents with depression who declined or quickly stopped using antidepressants

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Cost-Effective in Depressed Teens

CBT associated with lower costs in adolescents who declined or quit taking antidepressants
The risk of psychotic experiences is increased with cannabis use during adolescence

Risk of Psychotic Experiences Up With Teen Cannabis Use

Risk also increased with early-onset cigarette-only use, but correlation attenuated after adjustment
Bariatric surgery is associated with lower risks of obesity-related comorbidities but a clinically important increased risk for complications compared with medical treatment

Increased Risk of Complications With Bariatric Surgery

Lower risks of obesity-related comorbidities but increased risk for complications versus medical tx
National Health Service England recently recommended that professionals ask all patients their sexual orientation at every opportunity

Professionals Disagree About Asking Patients About Sexuality

Article offers opposing views about recommendation in England to ask patients about sexual orientation
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
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Nearly 30 Percent of Veterans Report Current Tobacco Use

Higher current use of tobacco products for those aged 18 to 25 years, Hispanics, those with low income