News
Opioid prescribing laws having an impact
August 11, 2021
The number of days an opioid was prescribed for each Medicare beneficiary decreased by 11.6 days in 2018 in states that imposed duration limits.
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Mental illness admissions: 18-44 is the age of prevalence
August 2, 2021
Schizophrenia, depression, bipolar, and alcohol use disorders among the top five primary diagnoses for stays in younger adults.
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Bronchitis the leader at putting children in the hospital
August 2, 2021
Respiratory conditions make up three of the top five causes of nonmaternal, nonneonatal inpatient stays.
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Rising meth-related heart failure admissions a ‘crisis,’ costly for society
July 23, 2021
‘They’re not going to die from it overnight, but it will damage the heart slowly,’ a researcher said. Meth-related HF admissions exploded in the western United States over a recent decade.
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Legalization of cannabis tied to drop in opioid-related ED visits
July 16, 2021
Nearly half of the U.S. population lives in a state that allows recreational cannabis use.
News
Bullying in academic medicine rife, underreported
July 15, 2021
“We found that bullies are commonly men and senior consultants, while more than half of their victims are women,” said Dr. Harriette G.C. Van Spall.
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Record number of U.S. drug overdoses in 2020
July 14, 2021
The spikes are largely attributed to the rise in the use of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids.
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State-of-the-art psych unit designed with recovery in mind
July 13, 2021
The new unit is designed both architecturally and clinically to deliver 'trauma-informed' care.
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Opinion
‘If only you knew’
July 7, 2021
Dr. Mehta dedicates this poem to the tired, burnt-out hospitalists on the wards everywhere.
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New data on COVID-19’s cognitive fallout
June 22, 2021
“Low levels of oxygen in the brain could lead to confusion, headache, and brain fog, and cause the cognitive disturbances that we see.”
