Health Care Spending Expected to Grow 5.6% Annually to 2025
National health expenditures expected to represent 19.9 percent of gross domestic product by 2025
Hormone Therapy Doesn’t Appear to Protect Against Alzheimer’s
Possible benefit for long-term hormone therapy, but results not definitive
Similar Adverse Event Risk for Typical, Atypical Antipsychotics
However, greater use of brain imaging associated with atypical APMs after cardiac surgery in seniors
Evidence of CTE Identified in Former Soccer Players
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy rate among former soccer players higher than in general population
Fatigue Occurs in ~50 Percent With Chronic Plaque Psoriasis
Objective measures of psoriasis disease activity are not associated with fatigue severity
Access to Naloxone Eased in Louisiana, Utah
Standing orders for naloxone allow it to be dispensed to laypeople without patient-specific prescription
Review Links Albuminuria to Cognitive Impairment, Dementia
Worse global cognitive performance and accelerated cognitive decline for subjects with albuminuria
Use of Multiple CNS-Affecting Drugs Increasing Among Seniors
Psychiatrist cautions doctors and patients to consider risks and benefits of each drug
Rise in Unsafe Practices Among Men Who Have Sex With Men
Researchers report increased beliefs that treatments prevent HIV and increased condomless anal sex
Very Brief Exposure to Phobic Stimuli Beneficial in Therapy
Process may facilitate processing, while minimizing experience of fear