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JAMA

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JAMA offers a patient script for the cannabis talk

Few patients volunteer that they are using, and the resource gives clinicians a way to open the conversation and structure what follows. . .

Value Health

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Mindfulness group therapy cut opioid misuse in primary care

Adding the program to primary care cost little more than training the people who ran it. . .

FDA

FDA approves Orzeyful, first orexin-targeted treatment for narcolepsy type 1

Unlike existing therapies that target individual symptoms, the new drug restores deficient orexin signaling to treat narcolepsy type 1 more broadly. . .

Menopause

Diabetes, prediabetes linked to heavier menopause symptom burden

The association was clearest after menopause, supporting routine symptom assessment during diabetes care. . .

JAMA Health Forum

Value-based care meets a costly administrative reality

Participation in mandatory value-based payment programs was associated with higher annual administrative costs at Medicare-certified hospitals, adding up to more than $3 billion nationally.

Sci Adv

Brain imaging marker may predict depression risk years before symptoms

Altered processing of negative emotions predicted later symptoms in adolescents and was also detected in young adults with major depression. . .

JAMA Netw Open

Pediatric diabetes specialist access varies up to 8-fold across US states

New estimates reveal wide geographic gaps in endocrinology resources as type 1 diabetes care grows more complex. . .

Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol

Mental health risks rise before IBD diagnosis and persist for years

Depression, anxiety, and substance misuse drove increased psychiatric risk around IBD diagnosis. . .

Nat Med

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Bedtime THC eased persistent PTSD nightmares

The benefit was sleep-focused, with no clear improvement in overall PTSD severity. . .

Nature

COVID severity tied to reactivation of dormant viruses

Reactivation turned up in patients whose immune systems looked intact, not just the immunocompromised. . .