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As Dementia Rates Increase, Experts Warn Hospital Emergency Rooms Are Underprepared
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115166.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- AURORA, Ill. -- At her mother's home in Illinois, Tracy Balhan flips through photos of her dad, Bill Speer. In one picture, he's smiling in front of a bucket of sweating beers and wearing a blue T-shirt that reads, "Pops. The...


Believers Say Microdosing Psychedelics Helps as Scientists Try to Measure the Claims
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115183.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Microdosing is gaining popularity with a new breed of health seekers. These self-experimenters take a very small amount of psilocybin mushrooms or lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) to try to reduce anxiety, stress, and depression...


Hearing Loss May Play a Bigger Role in Dementia Than Previously Thought
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115179.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Hearing loss may play a bigger role in dementia than previously thought, data from a U.S. cohort study suggested. In a sample of nearly 3,000 older adults, up to 32% (95% CI 11.0%-46.5%) of incident dementia over 8 years could...


Suicidal Thoughts in 5% of Adults; CBT's Impact by Disorder; Non-Hallucinogenic LSD?
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115150.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- One in 20 U.S. adults in 2023 reported having suicidal thoughts over the past year, researchers detailed in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). Another MMWR found that 15% of U.S. adults used cannabis in 2022. HHS...


Here's How Psychiatrists Actually Prescribe Medication
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115148.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Content warning: This piece contains descriptions of suicidal ideation and suicidality. If you or someone you know is in crisis, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988. "Please, let me die," I whispered...


The Monster We Made: Psychiatry, Stigma, and 'The Pitt'
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115133.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- "The Pitt," a medical drama set in a fictional Pittsburgh trauma center, captures the human connections forged in emergency medicine. The television show, which streams on Max, follows a team of residents and medical students...


Emergency Care for Cannabis Use Tied to Higher Dementia Risk
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115116.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- People who required emergency department (ED) or acute hospital care for cannabis use may have an increased risk of a subsequent dementia diagnosis, a retrospective matched cohort study of 6 million people in Canada suggested...


Misinformation About Fentanyl Exposure Threatens to Undermine Overdose Response
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115063.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Fentanyl, the deadly synthetic opioid driving the nation's high drug overdose rates, is also caught up in another increasingly serious problem: misinformation. False and misleading narratives on social media, in news reports...


Removing Restraints: Reclaiming Patient Dignity in Delirium Care
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115082.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Julieta* grew weaker as her illness progressed. She was a frail, 4'11", elderly woman battling terminal cancer who began punching the air, trying to assert control over an unfamiliar reality. As her condition worsened, she developed...


Healthy Aging and Diet; Global Effect of Cardiovascular Risk Factors
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115087.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center...


Depression-Pain Link; New Wave of 'Electroceuticals'; Panic Attacks From Alcohol
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115028.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- A 14-year U.K. Biobank study linked depression incidence with pain, regardless of body site or duration. (Science Advances) The Substance Use Treatment and Recovery Team (START), a hospital-based addiction consultation service...


What 'Make America Healthy Again' Means for Mental Health
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115022.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Mental health is now ubiquitous in national headlines. Americans are more depressed, anxious, and stressed than ever before. The pandemic left many of us grappling with its lasting effects, underscoring the urgent need for robust...


CDC's Population Health Office Is Gone
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115021.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The CDC's Division of Population Health was eliminated in its entirety in the Trump administration's mass layoffs at HHS, with the exception of one of its data-gathering operations. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System...


Suicides, Attempts Fall in Health Systems Implementing 'Zero Suicide Model'
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115018.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Healthcare systems can reduce suicides through patient screening, safety planning, and mental health counseling, a new study suggests, an important finding as the U.S. confronts its 11th leading cause of death. The "Zero Suicide...


All ADHD Meds Tied to Small Blips in Blood Pressure and Pulse
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115003.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- People taking medications for attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) showed small changes to their cardiovascular metrics -- and it wasn't just the stimulants to watch out for, a systematic review suggested. Based...


Prenatal Opioid Exposure Linked to Smaller Brain Volume
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115001.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Opioid exposure in the second or third trimester was associated with smaller brain volumes in newborns, a prospective U.S. study found. Total brain volume averaged nearly 5% smaller among 173 newborns with antenatal opioid exposure...


By Influencing Inflammation, GLP-1s May Lower Alzheimer's and Dementia Risk
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/114xxx/114996.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- SAN DIEGO -- New data explored the potential beneficial impact that glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists may have on neurodegenerative diseases. In a plenary session at the annual American Academy of Neurology...


Alzheimer's Lecanemab Treatment Up to 36 Months Supported by Extension Study
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/114xxx/114987.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- SAN DIEGO -- Biomarker and cognitive data supported treatment with the anti-amyloid agent lecanemab (Leqembi) for up to 36 months in early Alzheimer's disease, initial findings from the CLARITY AD open-label extension study...


CDC Cancer Team Fired; NIH Ordered to Study Transgender 'Regret'; AI May Help in OUD
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/114xxx/114963.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. MedPage Today is collecting stories of HHS staffers across all agencies affected by Trump administration cuts. If you want to share your story, please email MPT_Editorial...


'Natural Experiment' Ties Shingles Vaccine to Reduced Dementia Risk
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/114xxx/114942.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Vaccination against herpes zoster, or shingles, was tied to significantly less dementia risk, a large-scale analysis of electronic health records in Wales showed. Receiving the live-attenuated zoster vaccine (Zostavax) reduced...


AI Chatbot Helps Mental Health; Neuroplastogen for PTSD: Magic Mushroom Dispensaries
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/114xxx/114938.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- A fully generative artificial intelligence (AI) therapy chatbot was effective for reducing mental health symptoms, including depression, anxiety, and eating disorders in an 8-week randomized trial. (NEJM AI) Axsome Therapeutics...