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Among the many losses suffered by millions worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic, the loss of sleep may be the most widespread. Medscape Medical News Source link

(MedPage Today) -- More and more psychiatrists are facing burnout amid the pandemic-related mental health crisis. (Business Insider) Reflecting this crisis, wait times for a psychiatric-unit bed are sometimes reaching a month long in…

(MedPage Today) -- Schools present a tradeoff. When they're open, society benefits from the essential services schools provide: education, child abuse reporting, hot meals, and socio-emotional development. Closing them may theoretically…

(MedPage Today) -- On July 29, 2020, we reported that many members of America's Frontline Doctors, a physician group that spread misinformation about the pandemic, had little to no experience treating COVID-19 patients. Here, we take a…

Low folate has been linked to birth defects, but some practitioners are urging pregnant women to avoid supplements. Undark Source link

The case of a woman who reported that her cat would alert her with a distinctive meow right before a seizure was a bit of a head scratcher for clinicians. Medscape Medical News Source link

(MedPage Today) -- President-elect Joe Biden announced his plan to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, including delivering 100 million vaccine shots in his first 100 days in office -- enough to cover 50 million people. "This is going to be…

(MedPage Today) -- The District of Columbia received only enough COVID-19 vaccines for fewer than one in 10 healthcare workers during the first distribution, drawing criticism from local medical authorities. "It's a little…

(MedPage Today) -- During the COVID-19 pandemic, new CDC data showed that drug overdose deaths spiked, particularly for deaths involving synthetic opioids. "As we continue the fight to end this pandemic, it's important to not lose sight…

(MedPage Today) -- Vaccine acceptance may prove a significant obstacle to ending the COVID-19 pandemic, said public health experts and advocates during a webinar hosted by the Alliance for Health Policy on Wednesday afternoon. The…

Study shows that mindfulness-based stress reduction improves disability, depression, and quality of life among migraine sufferers but doesn't reduce migraine frequency compared to headache education. Medscape Medical News Source link…

(MedPage Today) -- Patients with rectal cancer who sustained clinical complete response after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for 1 year with a watch-and-wait strategy seemed to have low risk for local regrowth and distant metastases…

A public–private partnership, led by mental health advocate Patrick Kennedy and the head of the NIMH, want urgent action to address the wave of mental illness and suicide caused by COVID-19. Medscape Medical News Source link

(MedPage Today) -- We are on the verge of a COVID-19 vaccine rollout and the current reality is that the on-hand supply will fall short. Healthcare workers have been put in the CDC's very first priority group, along with nursing home…

(MedPage Today) -- In Virginia, the incidence of perforated appendicitis rose in coincidence with the pandemic-related closure of public schools on March 16, 2020, while emergency department visits declined, a single-center study found.…

Results of new study point to a link between antibody dysfunction and psychiatric disorders, including suicidal behavior. Medscape Medical News Source link

(MedPage Today) -- Kara Zivin, PhD, MS, MA, has spent her entire career researching mental health disorders, but that doesn't make it any less difficult to talk about the near fatal overdose she experienced while pregnant with her son…

(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Pfizer announced that its COVID-19 vaccine is closer to 95% effective -- not 90% as the company originally reported -- and it plans to apply for an…

Researchers have uncovered new evidence that prescription opioids have a potentially causal role in the risk for major depression and anxiety disorders. Medscape Medical News Source link

Tetrahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, was found in 50% of urine samples from individuals using cannabidiol oil (CBD). Medscape Medical News Source link