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Mediterranean Diet, Physical Activity, and Risk for Dementia

Both diet and exercise are beneficial, but the combination seems particularly advantageous.

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A New and Improved Anxiolytic?

A drug that promotes production of GABAA receptors also prevents panic attacks. CME

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Alzheimer Disease and Inflammation: More Epidemiology, More Questions

  • Neurology

For anti-inflammatory approaches to Alzheimer disease, timing may be everything.

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A Longitudinal Study of Insomnia

Insomnia is often persistent, and although remissions occur, relapses are also common.

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Validation of a Single-Question Alcohol Screening Test

One short simple question effectively identified patients with unhealthy alcohol use. Interview CME

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Antidepressants and Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Risks for bleeding were increased with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors but mitigated by proton-pump inhibitors.

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A Simple Bed-Wetting Intervention Can Work

Waking children to take them to the bathroom improved short-term continence rates.

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Video Decision-Support Tool Is Effective for Advance Care Planning in Dementia

A video depiction of advanced dementia persuaded older people to choose comfort care.

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Putting an End to Yo-Yo Dieting

A simple program of weigh-ins and supportive phone calls was as effective as a more elaborate approach.

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Mood Disorders, Epilepsy, and Surgery: Full Circle

  • Neurology

Lifetime history of psychiatric disorder predicts worse outcome after mesial temporal lobe resection, suggesting that an underlying disorder predisposes to both.

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