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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has permitted marketing of the first mobile app to help treat substance use disorders

FDA Permits Marketing of App to Help Treat Substance Abuse

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But app is not recommended for opioid dependence
Panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder are not associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes

Panic Disorder, GAD Not Linked to Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

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Benzodiazepines and serotonin reuptake inhibitors can slightly shorten the duration of gestation
Certain aspects of empathy improve during medical student training

Some Aspects of Empathy Improve During Medical Training

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Decrease in empathy as assessed by JSPE, but overall cognitive empathy improved on the QCAE
From 2004-2005 to 2012-2013 there was an overall increase in suicide attempts among U.S. adults

Suicide Attempts in U.S. Up From 2004-2005 to 2012-2013

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Larger increases seen for younger adults with antisocial personality disorder, anxiety, depression
The top 10 percent of privately insured U.S. adults without cancer using opioids account for most opioid use

Most Opioid Use Concentrated in Top 10 Percent of Users

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Top 10 percent of users accounted for 76 percent of the total annual morphine equivalents
For women who have experienced gender-based violence

Being Heard Key for Women After Gender-Based Violence

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Women felt secure when treated with respect and genuine interest by health care professionals
Does being a physician carry a moral obligation to respond to calls for medical assistance on airplanes? That is the topic of an article published in the Sept. 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Are Physicians Obligated to Help on Planes?

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One administrative physician explains his sense of obligation to help
Women on antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy for epilepsy or other indications are at increased risk of giving birth to premature and small-for-gestational-age infants

Risk of Prematurity, SGA Up for Women on Antiepileptic Drugs

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Increased risk for women on AEDs for epilepsy or other indications; risk varies with drug used
For university students with insomnia

Online Therapy for Insomnia Linked to Improved Mental Health

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University students undergoing online CBT program had reductions in insomnia, paranoia, hallucinations
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation is effective for auditory verbal hallucinations in patients with schizophrenia

Targeted rTMS Effective for Auditory Verbal Hallucinations

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Higher percentage of responders among patients in active transcranial magnetic stimulation group