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American Psychiatric Association, May 16-20

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The 168th American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association was held from May 16 to 20 in...
A new study finds that 4.3 million Americans with full-time jobs had an anxiety disorder in the past year. That number represents 3.7 percent of full-time workers aged 18 and older

Anxiety Reported by More Than 4 Million Working Americans

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Data from SAMHSA's annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health 2008 to 2012
Men with obstructive sleep apnea appear to have a higher risk of depression

ATS: Sleep Apnea May Boost Depression Risk in Men

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Researcher says cause and effect can't be proved, but link between the two conditions is strong
Medical marijuana users don't appear to increase their risk for drug or alcohol abuse if they also take prescription pain medications

Pain Med Rx + Medical Cannabis Doesn’t Seem to Up Abuse Risk

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But researchers say doctors should be kept informed of dual usage
For physicians who want to transition to private practice

Tips Provided for Doctors Who Want to Move to Private Practice

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Physicians should prepare carefully; consider finances, legal issues, and insurance
One in 10 children and teens have been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

CDC: Rates of ADHD Diagnoses Essentially Unchanged

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Unchanged since 2007; boys still twice as likely to have the condition as girls
Health care costs are similar for patients with binge eating disorder (BED) and those with eating disorder not otherwise specified without BED

Binge Eating Disorder Creates Significant Health Care Burden

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Costs are significantly higher for BED patients than for matched patients without eating disorder
There was a sharp rise in the number of emergency department visits involving tramadol between 2005 and 2011

Tramadol-Related ER Visits Up 2005 to 2011

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U.S. report found problem was greatest among women and patients 55 and older
Consumption of high cacao chocolate is associated with an acute stimulating effect on the human brain and vasoconstrictive effects on the peripheral vasculature

High-Cacao Content Chocolate Has Acute Electrocortical Effect

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Acute stimulating effect on human brain, increase in diastolic blood pressure with high cacao chocolate
A protein known to accumulate in Parkinson's disease and other degenerative brain disorders

Protein Seen in Parkinson’s May Activate Immune System

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Candesartan and an experimental drug both reduce the immune response