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About $20 million has been awarded to 11 organizations for the first of a five-year program to provide training and education about the Quality Payment Program for clinicians in individual or small group practices

$20 Million Awarded for Quality Payment Program Training

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Up to an additional $80 million to be invested into training program over remaining four years
Drug overdose deaths have nearly tripled in the United States since 1999

CDC: Fatal Drug Overdoses More Than Doubled Since 1999

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Whites, middle-aged adults hardest hit, researchers find
Gaining too little weight during pregnancy may increase the odds that offspring will develop schizophrenia later in life

Gestational Weight Gain Linked to Psychosis Risk in Children

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Insufficient weight gain linked to increased risk for schizophrenia in offspring later in life
A structured exercise program can help stroke survivors recover not only physically but cognitively as well

ASA: Exercise Boosts Cognitive Function After Stroke

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Most effective programs offer exercises aimed at strength, balance, stretching, and aerobic fitness
Cyberattacks remain a serious threat to small providers as well as big institutions

Cyberattacks Remain Serious Threat to Health Providers

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Processes, technology should be boosted against cyberthreats, which are becoming more sophisticated
For older adults with subthreshold depression

Collaborative Care Cuts Depressive Symptoms in Seniors

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Among older adults with subthreshold depression, collaborative care linked to decrease in PHQ-9 scores
Up to one-third of antidepressants are prescribed for pain

Off-Label Antidepressant Use Common, but Evidence Lacking

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Trazodone for insomnia most common off-label use for antidepressants
Forty-four percent of U.S. adults are worried about having their personal health care information stolen

Health Information Theft a Pressing Concern for U.S. Patients

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44 percent of U.S. adults are worried about having their personal health care information stolen
In two policy statements published online Feb. 20 in Pediatrics

AAP Policy Statement Focuses on Child Witness Well-Being

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Second policy statement develops recommendations for pediatricians relating to expert testimony
From 2004 to 2012 there was a decrease in postpartum depressive symptoms

Postpartum Depressive Symptoms Fell in 2004 to 2012

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Prevalence highest among new mothers age ≤19, 20 to 24 years; unmarried mothers; postpartum smokers