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Canadian Guideline on Managing Opioid Use Disorder Updated

Author:: Fran Lowry

Publish date: November 14, 2024

The new document recommends buprenorphine and methadone as first-line treatments for opioid use disorder.

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A History of Concussion Linked to Maternal Mental Illness

Author:: Fran Lowry

Publish date: November 7, 2024

“Mothers are already an at-risk population for mental illness, as illustrated by the high rates of postpartum depression, and so are people with a ...

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COVID on the Floor Linked to Outbreaks on Two Hospital Wards

Author:: Fran Lowry

Publish date: November 1, 2024

With every 10-fold increase in viral copies, the chance of an impending outbreak of COVID-19 rose 22-fold.

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New Treatment Effective for Male Postpartum Depression

Author:: Fran Lowry

Publish date: October 11, 2024

In a study conducted in Pakistan, about 70% fathers with postpartum depression who received the intervention showed complete remission of their dep...

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Meat Alternatives May Benefit the Heart

Author:: Fran Lowry

Publish date: July 9, 2024

Switching from meat to plant-based alternatives may improve CV disease risk, study finds, though more data needed.

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Most Homeless People Have Mental Health Disorders

Author:: Fran Lowry

Publish date: May 6, 2024

The current prevalence of mental health disorders among people experiencing homelessness was 67% and the lifetime prevalence was 77%.

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COVID Vaccinations Less Prevalent in Marginalized Patients

Author:: Fran Lowry

Publish date: April 18, 2024

Patients in the most unvaccinated group tended to live in places with more ethnic diversity, higher material deprivation, and lower incomes.

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Prevalence of Dementia in Homeless Twice That in Housed

Author:: Fran Lowry

Publish date: April 9, 2024

“Whether dementia caused the homelessness or homelessness caused the dementia, it’s a bidirectional relationship.”

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Sublingual Immunotherapy Safe, Effective for Older Kids

Author:: Fran Lowry

Publish date: March 13, 2024

“So now we have the best of both worlds. We harness the safety of SLIT for the first 1-2 years, with the effectiveness of OIT for the remainder of ...

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Healthcare Workers Face Increased Risks During the Pandemic

Author:: Fran Lowry

Publish date: February 8, 2024

During the pandemic, healthcare workers were at heightened risk for COVID infection.

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Male Surgeons Linked With Higher Subsequent Healthcare Costs

Author:: Fran Lowry

Publish date: January 2, 2024

Surgical costs are higher when surgery is performed by a male surgeon, according to data from 1 million patients.

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Adverse events in childhood alter brain function

Author:: Fran Lowry

Publish date: December 8, 2023

“We have certainly learned so much more over the past decade about early adversity and that it does have a profound impact on the brain and probabl...

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Dual treatment may boost efficacy in chronic migraine

Author:: Fran Lowry

Publish date: December 7, 2023

“We have lots of individuals for whom single treatment is not sufficient and who need this combination of treatment, and it is often denied by insu...

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Classification identifies four stages of heart attack

Author:: Fran Lowry

Publish date: November 13, 2023

“Even inside the hospital, we have heterogeneity in mortality risk. But we are not paying attention to one patient differently than the other, even...

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Obesity boosts gestational diabetes risk in women with PCOS

Author:: Fran Lowry

Publish date: October 30, 2023

Prepregnancy insulin resistance is common among women with PCOS and may play a major part in the pathogenesis of gestational diabetes.