Middle-Age Obesity and Dementia
Psychiatry General Medicine
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Some recent data have suggested that obesity in elders increases risk for dementia. Investigators sought to test that hypothesis by looking prospectively at the relation . . .
By Keith I. Marton, MD
August 3, 2005
Paternal Postpartum Depression Correlates with Later Behavior Problems in Sons
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Maternal postpartum depression predicts later social, cognitive, behavioral, and physical problems in children. Postpartum depression has also been recognized in fathers, but little is known . . .
By Bruce Soloway, MD
August 3, 2005
Treating Neuropathic Pain with Combined Morphine and Gabapentin Therapy
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Neuropathic pain encompasses various disorders resulting from an injury or disease of the peripheral or central nervous system, including painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN) and postherpetic . . .
By Khuram A. Sial, MD, and Zahid H. Bajwa, MD
August 3, 2005
Understanding the Cortical Representation of Pain
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As recently as the 1980s, the cortical representation of pain was obscure. This changed suddenly in the early 1990s with the advent of human functional . . .
By Howard L. Fields, MD, PhD
July 6, 2005
Detection of Intimate Partner Violence
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Approximately 1.5 million women in the U.S. are assaulted by intimate partners each year. Because findings of previous studies suggest an increased prevalence of smoking . . .
By Jamaluddin Moloo, MD, MPH
July 6, 2005
Neonatal Behavioral Complications from SRI Exposure: Fairly Common, Rarely Serious
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Use of serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) during pregnancy is not associated with fetal anomalies (Am J Obstet Gynecol 2003; 188:812), but concerns about behavioral . . .
By Thomas L. Schwenk, MD
July 6, 2005
Why No Psychotherapy for Depressed Elders?
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We know that depression in elders can be successfully treated with medication or psychotherapy. Not only does psychotherapy offer these patients the opportunity to better . . .
By Nada L. Stotland, MD, MPH
July 6, 2005
Testosterone: Does It Improve Libido in Women?
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Because almost half of postmenopausal women experience decreased libido, interest is increasing in the use of testosterone to improve libido in women. In a randomized, . . .
By Robert W. Rebar, MD
July 6, 2005
Depression and Anxiety After Breast Cancer Diagnosis
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Depression and anxiety are common in the first year after breast cancer diagnosis, but we know little about risk factors or prevalence of these in . . .
By Robert W. Rebar, MD
June 8, 2005
Panic Care in Primary Care
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Patients frequently present with panic disorder in the primary care setting, often with symptoms mimicking cardiac or pulmonary pathology. These investigators evaluated a collaborative approach . . .
By Nada L. Stotland, MD, MPH
June 8, 2005
