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Misuse of prescription drugs is common among high school students

Prescription Drug Misuse Common in High Schoolers

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44 percent of high school seniors who misuse prescription drugs have multiple drug sources
Taiwanese individuals between the ages of 45 and 64 years old diagnosed with hearing loss are at a greater risk for developing dementia than those without hearing loss

Hearing Loss Increases Risk for Dementia in Taiwanese Individuals

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Findings suggest that hearing protection, screening, treatment may help reduce risk for dementia
Cognitive behavioral therapy should be the first line of treatment in younger patients with major depressive disorder before clinicians prescribe medication

Psychotherapy Alone First Line of Treatment for Depressed Youth

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Adding fluoxetine to cognitive behavioral therapy did not further reduce depressive symptoms
Nearly two-thirds of actively practicing physicians are still carrying medical school debt

One-Third of Physicians Will Take 10+ Years to Pay Off Debt

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Survey shows that taking extra shifts is one strategy to help doctors pay off medical school debt
In a two-part guideline

Guidelines Issued for Managing Hidradenitis Suppurativa

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Two-part guideline addresses diagnosis, evaluation, management of the chronic inflammatory skin disease
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is associated with an elevated risk of premature death

ADHD May Increase Risk of Premature Death

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Psychiatric comorbidity plays key role for all-cause and cause-specific associations with death in adults
Spending associated with essential medicines grew substantially from 2011 to 2015 for Medicare Part D beneficiaries

Medicare Spending on Essential Medicines Up 116 Percent From 2011 to 2015

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22 percent of increased total spending due to higher per-unit cost of existing drugs
Middle-aged women

Recent Stressful Life Events Linked to Later Verbal Memory Decline

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Link found for women, but not men, with stressful events within last year, but not more remote stresses
Children in states with statewide child psychiatric telephone consultation programs are significantly more likely to receive mental health services than children in states without such programs

Phone Consults Grow Mental Health Service Access for Children

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Statewide programs let primary care doctors consult with child psychiatrists about urgent patient issues
Antidepressants strongly inhibiting serotonin reuptake may be associated with a small reduction in the rate of ischemic stroke compared with weak reuptake inhibitors

Strong SSRI May Be Tied to Small Decrease in Ischemic Stroke Risk

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Rate of myocardial infarction similar with current use of strong, weak selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors