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Health care spending is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 5.6 percent from 2016 to 2025

Health Care Spending Expected to Grow 5.6% Annually to 2025

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National health expenditures expected to represent 19.9 percent of gross domestic product by 2025
Women who use hormone therapy after menopause may not have a lower risk of developing Alzheimer's disease

Hormone Therapy Doesn’t Appear to Protect Against Alzheimer’s

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Possible benefit for long-term hormone therapy, but results not definitive
The risks of adverse events are similar with short-term use of typical and atypical antipsychotic medications after cardiac surgery in seniors

Similar Adverse Event Risk for Typical, Atypical Antipsychotics

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However, greater use of brain imaging associated with atypical APMs after cardiac surgery in seniors
For the first time

Evidence of CTE Identified in Former Soccer Players

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Chronic traumatic encephalopathy rate among former soccer players higher than in general population
About half of patients with chronic plaque psoriasis have fatigue

Fatigue Occurs in ~50 Percent With Chronic Plaque Psoriasis

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Objective measures of psoriasis disease activity are not associated with fatigue severity
Health officials in Utah and Louisiana have issued orders to make naloxone more widely available in an effort to prevent overdose deaths

Access to Naloxone Eased in Louisiana, Utah

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Standing orders for naloxone allow it to be dispensed to laypeople without patient-specific prescription
Albuminuria is associated with cognitive impairment

Review Links Albuminuria to Cognitive Impairment, Dementia

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Worse global cognitive performance and accelerated cognitive decline for subjects with albuminuria
There has been a sharp rise in the number of American seniors who take three or more medications that affect their central nervous system

Use of Multiple CNS-Affecting Drugs Increasing Among Seniors

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Psychiatrist cautions doctors and patients to consider risks and benefits of each drug
Men who have sex with men are much less likely to use condoms now than they were two decades ago

Rise in Unsafe Practices Among Men Who Have Sex With Men

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Researchers report increased beliefs that treatments prevent HIV and increased condomless anal sex
Exposure to phobic images without conscious awareness may be more effective than longer

Very Brief Exposure to Phobic Stimuli Beneficial in Therapy

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Process may facilitate processing, while minimizing experience of fear