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Patterns of cortical β-amyloid and tau are not different for patients with Parkinson's disease who are cognitively normal or with mild cognitive impairment and for healthy adults

Cognitive Status Doesn’t Impact Cortical Aβ, Tau in Parkinson’s

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Cortical Aβ, tau does not differ in Parkinson's patients who are cognitively normal, with MCI
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends against use of hormone therapy for preventing chronic conditions in postmenopausal women. These findings form the basis of a final recommendation statement published in the Dec. 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

USPSTF Recommends Against Hormone Tx Post Menopause

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Benefits do not outweigh harms of using hormone therapy for prevention of chronic conditions
Health care spending growth slowed in 2016 following faster growth in 2014 and 2015

Deceleration in Health Care Spending Growth in 2016

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Enrollment trends drove slowdown in Medicaid and private health insurance spending growth in 2016
Paternal use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors before conception is associated with increased risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in offspring

Preconception Paternal SSRI Use Linked to ADHD in Offspring

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Slightly increased ADHD risk in children born to fathers using SSRI in the three months preconception
Parkinson's disease patients with depression have impaired white matter integrity

Impaired White Matter Integrity for Depression in Parkinson’s

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Reduced fractional anisotropy values in left anterior corona radiata, left cingulum of depressed patients
CVS Health's planned purchase of insurance giant Aetna

CVS-Aetna Merger Has Implications for Doctors’ Offices

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More health services will likely move out of doctors' offices to store-based providers
Low memory scores are an early marker of amyloid positivity

Memory Scores Limited As Alzheimer’s Screening Tool

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Scores are an early marker of amyloid positivity, but limited in value for those without dementia
Adolescents and young adults are at risk for persistent opioid use after surgery

Risk of Persistent Opioid Use a Concern for Youth After Surgery

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Highest risk of persistent opioid use seen in association with cholecystectomy and colectomy
In rural areas

Spatial Variation in Psychosis Incidence in Rural Areas

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For first episodes of nonaffective, affective psychotic disorders, incidence varies between neighborhoods

November 2017 Briefing – Psychiatry

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Psychiatry for November 2017. This roundup includes the latest...