Health
Sometimes hair loss in women can point to bigger health issues
Hair loss can be devastating for women, but the condition can also signal additional health problems.
Mar 17, 2023
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Pediatrics
Florida's board of medicine bans gender-affirming care for minors. Does the science back that up?
In state after state, doors are quickly slamming shut on the ability of doctors to provide gender-affirming care for transgender minors.
Mar 16, 2023
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Medications
Antidepressant medication may be key to help people stop use of cocaine while in treatment for opioid use disorder
For some people receiving methadone for treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD), the co-use of opioids and stimulants such as cocaine is an issue. Now, a new study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers found that bupropion, ...
Mar 15, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Depression is too often deemed 'hard to treat' when medication falls short
A plumber who shows up to fix a leaking toilet with a single tool is not likely to succeed. The same is true if a mental health professional offers only one approach for a complex problem like depression.
Mar 15, 2023
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Medications
Researchers: Robust billing and coding system needed for psychedelic therapies
When psychedelic therapies begin to gain regulatory approval, they will need to be incorporated into the medical billing and coding system in a way that ensures equitable patient access. A new article that presents a robust ...
Mar 14, 2023
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Medications
Opinion: Unlocking hope for people with kidney disease
For the first time, we have the tools to greatly reduce kidney disease. How can we make sure they get to those who need them?
Mar 9, 2023
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Medications
New pain medications are still widely inaccessible to individuals living with sickle cell disease
Sickle cell disease (SCD), a rare chronic, progressive, life-threatening, inherited blood disorder, often affects individuals with chronic pain that can be debilitating to their quality of life. Yet less than 4% of people ...
Mar 8, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Commercial water purification system may have caused pathogen infection in four hospitalized patients
A study of four cardiac surgery patients in one hospital found that they developed Mycobacterium abscessus infections, a multidrug-resistant nontuberculous mycobacteria, potentially due to a commercial water purifier. The ...
Mar 6, 2023
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Cardiology
Transcatheter mitral valve repair in heart failure patients significantly reduces hospitalizations and improves survival
Transcatheter mitral valve repair for heart failure patients with mitral regurgitation can reduce the long-term rate of hospitalizations by almost 50 percent, and death by nearly 30 percent, compared with heart failure patients ...
Mar 5, 2023
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Medications
An Alzheimer's drug might ease hair-pulling disorder
A long-established Alzheimer's drug can help people with a disorder that causes them to compulsively pull at their hair or pick at their skin, a new clinical trial has concluded.
Feb 28, 2023
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