Do Flexible Duty Hours Improve Sleep and Alertness in Medical Interns?
This noninferiority trial showed no more chronic sleep loss or sleepiness across trial days among interns in flexible programs than among those in standard programs.
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Hospitals Step Up Community Health as Charity Care Burden Scales Back
As federal healthcare reform has expanded medical insurance to millions of people, hospitals have an increasing role in improving community health.
Resident-to-Resident Aggression in Patients With Dementia
Gerontologists, practicing ethicists, policymakers, and health practitioners should consider the structural conditions of long-term care that both foster aggression and constrain prevention efforts, according to this commentary.
Can Imaging Genetics Analysis Effectively Identify Depression In Parkinson Disease?
Researchers have proposed a model that can explain the degree of depression in Parkinson disease, using imaging and genetics data.
Reduced Fetal Growth Increases Risk for Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Reduced fetal growth was associated with a small but significant increase in the general risk for psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders.
Clinicians Must Do Their Part to Address Inaccurate Online Health Information
Clinicians have a responsibility to engage in initiatives that improve the quality of health information available online.
How Does Accepting Blame Affect Future Medical Errors?
Assuming blame for a medical error may help patients and families heal.
Hearing Loss in Older Adults Linked to Depression, Dementia Among Other Comorbidities
Hearing loss affects more than 50% of Americans 60 years or older.
Alzheimer Disease Biomarkers Expose Individuals to Long-Term Care Insurance Denial
Approximately 5.5 million Americans have Alzheimer disease or dementia.
Incidence of Serotonin Syndrome With Co-Prescription of Triptans, Antidepressants
Investigators sought to determine the risk for serotonin syndrome with concomitant use of triptans and SSRI or SNRI antidepressants after the FDA issued an advisory warning.
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