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Three JAK inhibitors get boxed warnings, modified indications
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- Jennifer Lubell
The FDA is limiting all approved uses of tofacitinib, baricitinib, and upadacitinib to patients who have not responded well to TNF blockers, to...
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A clarion call for regulating PBMs: Health care groups, states push back on legal challenges
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- Jennifer Lubell
Physician and pharmacy groups and state attorneys general unite against pharmacy benefit manager groups’ efforts to derail regulation of the...
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Exploring your fishpond: Steps toward managing anxiety in the age of COVID
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- Jennifer Lubell
Dr. Elspeth Cameron Ritchie explains how anxiety in patients has evolved during the pandemic.
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Stimulant reduces ‘sluggish cognitive tempo’ in adults with ADHD
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- Jennifer Lubell
The trial is the first treatment study for ADHD with SCT in adults, said lead author Dr. Lenard A. Adler.
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How a community-based program for SMI pivoted during the pandemic
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- Jennifer Lubell
Fountain House now faces new challenges operating as a possible hybrid model, Dr. Ashwin Vasan said.
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Study identifies strong association between use of rotavirus vaccines, 60% reduction in infection
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- Jennifer Lubell
Two widely used rotavirus vaccines performed comparably in a meta-analysis, reducing risk of rotavirus...
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Late-breaking news on trajectory of ADHD remission headlines world conference
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- Jennifer Lubell
The virtual program delved into the latest research on ADHD pathophysiology, imaging, genetics, and issues on medical and psychiatric...
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Assessing the cognitive nuances between ADHD and autism
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- Jennifer Lubell
“There’s increasing recognition that there may be shared cognitive and physiological features that reflect their shared risk and account for the...
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Will COVID-19 result in more ADHD cases? A debate
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- Jennifer Lubell
“It may be worthwhile to consider the hypothesis that the COVID-19 pandemic may result in a novel etiologic subtype of ADHD that clinicians may...
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Taking a drug holiday: Benefits and risks to children with ADHD
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- Jennifer Lubell
It is hypothesized that a drug holiday results in the resensitization of the neurons in the brain because they aren’t exposed to the stimulation...
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New digital ADHD intervention tools are emerging
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- Jennifer Lubell
Digital tools should be viewed as adjunctive treatment aids to clinicians, said Dr. Hannah Kirk.
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Study calls for sex-specific concussion management in adolescent soccer players
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- Jennifer Lubell
“We should be pursuing more research in sex differences in concussion and, importantly, putting these into practice in sex-specific concussion...
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Asian children less likely to receive ADHD treatment
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- Jennifer Lubell
Even after an ADHD diagnosis, clinicians were more likely to diagnose Asian children with autism, the investigators reported.
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Boosting the presence of darker skin in rheumatology education
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- Jennifer Lubell
Doctors are beginning to address educational gaps in rheumatologists’ exposure to rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases in people with darker...
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Antimicrobial, pH-modulating gel shows promise in preventing common STIs
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- Jennifer Lubell
Most of the participants said they would likely recommend EVO100 to other women and continue using this preventive treatment.