A new study has found that performing well on two brief tests measuring cognitive ability and ability to identify odors indicates very low risk for Alzheimer’s.
“Whatever its source, nicotine is nicotine,” Dr. Denise Kandel said. “It will adversely affect the brains of adolescents and increase their susceptibility to the reward effects of other drugs.”
Sometimes Dr. Anne Marie Albano will open up the Twitter feeds of people she follows, to show children how common it is for people to get a range of responses—positive and negative.
In a recent JAMA Viewpoint, Drs. Myrna Weissman and Ardesheer Talati argued that clinicians should still enter information about patients' personal life events into EHRs.
The biggest sign of Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is when a child stops growing or isn’t meeting his or her weight and height requirements, says Dr. Evelyn Attia.
“We need to develop ways to both share and guard data, and be brutally realistic about the delicate and complex trade-offs involved,” writes Dr. Robert Klitzman.