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Chronic rhinosinusitis is associated with incidence of depression and anxiety

Chronic Rhinosinusitis Linked to Depression, Anxiety

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Higher hazard ratios found for depression, anxiety for patients with CRS without nasal polyps
States with above-median OxyContin misuse before reformulation of the drug experienced a 222 percent increase in hepatitis C infection rates after reformulation

Hepatitis C Infection Rates Up After OxyContin Reformulation

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222 percent increase in HCV infection rates seen after reformulation in states with above-median misuse
Potential antidepressant overprescribing appears to be common among elderly patients and involves mostly newer antidepressants used for nonspecific psychiatric symptoms and subthreshold diagnoses

Antidepressant Overprescribing Appears Common in Elderly

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Overprescribing tied to newer antidepressants, non-face-to-face interactions with prescribers
In the United Kingdom

Ethnic Differences Seen at Time of Dementia Diagnosis in U.K.

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Asian and black patients younger at diagnosis, have lower cognitive scores than white patients
Most qualifying conditions for which patients are licensed to use cannabis medically have substantial or conclusive evidence of therapeutic efficacy

Evidence of Therapeutic Efficacy Substantial for Cannabis Use

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Substantial, conclusive evidence of therapeutic efficacy found for 85.5 percent of qualifying conditions
Victims of intimate partner violence undergo more imaging procedures than age- and sex-matched control patients and are more likely to have obstetric-gynecologic findings and acute fractures

Radiologists Can Help ID Intimate Partner Violence

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IPV victims underwent more imaging studies in preceding five years than controls
A bill that would place more restrictions on children's genitalia surgery in California raises serious concerns among doctors in the state. Under the bill

California Bill Would Tighten Controls on Children’s Genitalia Surgery

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Doctors who violate the proposed law could be disciplined by the state's medical board
A shortage of the anti-anxiety drug buspirone in the United States has patients and doctors concerned.

Shortage of Anxiety Drug Creates Alarm Among Patients, Doctors

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Buspirone price has fallen so low that many manufacturers claim they cannot make a profit on it

January 2019 Briefing – Psychiatry

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Psychiatry for January 2019. This roundup includes the latest...
Four maternal characteristics can predict 12-month trajectories for women with postpartum depression with 72.8 percent accuracy

Maternal Factors Predict Postpartum Depression Trajectory

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Parity, education, baseline global functioning, depression severity predict chronic severe trajectory