Psychiatry Perspective

• Recognizing the Signs: Diagnosing Early-Onset Alzheimer's A look at the latest clinical approaches for early detection in this often-misdiagnosed patient population.
  Medscape Neurology, July 24, 2024
• Italy's Public Health System Needs a Paradigm Shift Although funding is a concern, the underlying problem with Italy's public healthcare system is its prioritization of budgetary prudence over patients' health.
  Medscape Family Medicine, July 23, 2024
• The Disturbing Sexual Trend With Real Health Consequences   Strangulation ("choking") during sex is on the rise among teens and young adults, and those being harmed are mostly women.
  Medscape Urology, July 23, 2024
• A Cash Giveaway to Improve Health   We can't just give cash to low-income folks instead of food to improve their health, can we? That's just what these researchers did.
  Medscape, July 22, 2024
• Laboratory-Developed Meat: Ethicist Says It's Worth Pursuing   Ethicist Art Caplan discusses considerations for laboratory-developed meat.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, July 22, 2024
• Medscape Psychiatrist Wealth & Debt Report 2024 Psychiatrists reveal how well their incomes help build family net worth, as well as their investment and spending philosophies. Wealth disparities are reported by gender.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, July 19, 2024
• Sleep and Thyroid Function: Addressing One Improves Both   Kaniksha Desai and Skand Shekhar discuss the interconnectedness between sleep and thyroid, including hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism.
  American Thyroid Association, July 18, 2024
• Pain Relief in MS: Expert Tips and Strategies   Drs Corey Ford and Hossein Mousavi discuss the latest therapeutic options for managing pain in multiple sclerosis.
  Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers, July 17, 2024
• Tardive Dyskinesia (TD): 5 Things to Know TD, a movement disorder associated with antipsychotics, can have traumatic effects on patients and caregivers; consider these five things to know about diagnosis, impact, and treatments.
  Medscape Neurology, July 12, 2024
• Can Intensive Lifestyle Changes Slow or Reverse Early Alzheimer's Disease? Neurologist Kathrin LaFaver interviews Dean Ornish, MD, about his recent study on intensive lifestyle changes to slow early-stage Alzheimer's disease.
  Medscape Neurology, July 11, 2024
• Managing Agitation in Alzheimer's Disease: 5 Things to Know Drs Lisa Wise and Vimal Aga discuss key aspects of agitation management in Alzheimer's disease.
  Medscape Neurology, July 10, 2024
• Be Alert for Conjunctivitis: New Human Cases of H5N1 Bird Flu   Clinicians should be aware of the symptoms of bird flu seen in the first few human cases.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, July 09, 2024
• Infographic: PAs Feel Content With Jobs Despite Challenges A Medscape survey found that physician assistants (PAs) generally expressed high satisfaction with their careers despite various challenges.
  Medscape, July 09, 2024
• Improving Physical Health in Severe Mental Illness   Kevin Fernando discusses improving the physical health of patients with severe mental illness.
  Medscape Family Medicine, July 09, 2024
• Hereditary RCC: Early Diagnosis and Management Karl J. D'Silva, MD, reviews the recommendations for early diagnosis and management of hereditary RCC.
  Medscape Nephrology, July 08, 2024
• How Facial Temperature Reveals Age and Disease Find out why Dr F. Perry Wilson says that the medical tricorder perhaps wasn't as fanciful as it seemed when it was used by Dr Beverly Crusher on "Star Trek."
  Medscape, July 02, 2024
• Medication Overuse in Mental Health Facilities Ethicist Art Caplan discusses the overuse of antipsychotic medications in long-term mental health facilities.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, July 01, 2024
• The Fight Against Doping Heats Up as the Olympics Approach An official from the World Anti-Doping Agency discusses the measures in place to reduce the effects of performance-enhancing drugs on the Olympic Games.
  Medscape Family Medicine, June 28, 2024
• Medscape Physician Assistant Career Satisfaction Report 2024 Despite overall career satisfaction among physician assistants, a minority express concerns about their relationship with doctors, patients, and administrators.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, June 28, 2024
• Q&A: Tardive Dyskinesia -- Prevention and Treatment Winona Tse, MD, reviews strategies for tardive dyskinesia prevention and management.
  Medscape Neurology, June 27, 2024