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Zolpidem users

Zolpidem Use Linked to Motor Vehicle Collisions in Elderly

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Significantly higher rates of motor vehicle collisions in women and adults aged ≥80 years
Intellectual enrichment (high education and high midlife cognitive activity) has effects on biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease in older adults

Active Mind May Delay Alzheimer Symptoms, but Not Disease

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High midlife cognitive activity tied to lower amyloid deposition in APOE4 carriers with high education
Benzodiazepine prescriptions and overdose deaths increased considerably from 1996 to 2013

Benzodiazepine Prescriptions Rose From 1996 to 2013

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Overdose death rate also increased but leveled out after 2010
A mind-body intervention can improve short-term function and current and most severe pain for elderly patients with chronic low back pain

Mind-Body Intervention Can Improve Function, Pain in LBP

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Findings show improvement in short-term function, short- and long-term current and most severe pain
Quality of life after a ductal carcinoma in situ diagnosis is generally comparable to that of similarly aged women without the diagnosis

Quality of Life After DCIS Diagnosis Doesn’t Decline

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At two years after diagnosis, physical, mental measures same as non-cancer patients
For patients with hyperhidrosis

Botulinum Toxin Ups Physical, Mental Health in Hyperhidrosis

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Reductions in sweat-related health problems, anxiety and depression, symptom severity
Testosterone treatment may offer moderate benefit in improving sexual function in older men

Testosterone Therapy Offers Modest Benefits for Older Men

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Larger studies and long-term follow-up needed to determine possible risks of treatment
Most medical schools need to post

Many Med Schools Appear Unwelcoming Regarding Disability

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Only one-third of medical schools have technical standards supporting accommodating disabilities
Cannabis use is not associated with increased risk of mood or anxiety disorders

Cannabis Use Not Linked to Risk of Mood, Anxiety Disorders

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But significantly associated with any substance use, alcohol use, drug use disorders
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force concludes that the evidence is currently insufficient to weigh the balance of benefits and harms of screening for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in young children for whom no concerns of ASD have been raised. These findings form the basis of a recommendation statement published in the Feb. 16 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

USPSTF: Evidence Lacking for Routine Use of ASD Screening

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Insufficient evidence to assess benefits, harms of screening for children in whom no concerns raised