Practice’s Bariatric Nonsurgical Visits Up With Telehealth During Pandemic
Follow-up visits increased for nonsurgical providers; however, new patient and follow-up surgical visits did decrease
Financial Toxicity Linked to QOL After Breast Cancer Surgery
Strongest correlation seen for BREAST-Q psychosocial well-being, with 0.89 change per unit change in financial toxicity score
Few Ob-Gyns Can Prescribe Buprenorphine for Opioid Use
Obstetrician-gynecologists able to prescribe buprenorphine more likely located in the suburbs
Experimental Drug for Alzheimer Disease Shows Promise
After six to 12 months of treatment with the drug, patients no longer had amyloid protein plaques
Autism May Raise Risk for Substance Use Disorder
Risk for SUD lower for subgroups of individuals with ASD receiving one or multiple psychotropic agents
Maintaining Exercise During Pandemic Aids Prenatal Mental Health
Findings based on an online survey of more than 1,800 pregnant women
Symptoms Persist in Many Discharged COVID-19 Patients
Most common symptoms at six months were fatigue or muscle weakness, sleep difficulties, anxiety or depression
One in Four Women With ADHD Attempts Suicide
Women with ADHD and childhood adversities and adults with substance dependence, depression particularly vulnerable
Laws Promoting Flu Shot for Hospital Workers Can Cut Deaths
2.5 percent drop seen in monthly pneumonia, flu mortality rates with implementation of state laws requiring hospitals to offer flu shot
Firearm Use Up in Female Nurse Suicides in the U.S.
Female nurses used firearms in suicides less often than other women from 2003 to 2013, but firearm use increased from 2014 to 2017
