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More than half of psychiatrists have net worth under $1 million
Only a small percentage of psychiatrists (7%) say they live above their means; 53% live at their means, and 39% live below their means.
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Most neurologists live within their means, are savers
The data provide a picture of the pre-COVID net worth and debt load of neurologists.
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FDA approves low-sodium treatment option for narcolepsy
Xywav is a novel oxybate product with 92% less sodium than Xyrem.
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Quitting smoking after MI has huge benefits in young adults
Young adult smokers who quit after MI cut their risk for death by 70% over the next decade, but two-thirds continue to smoke.
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Travel times to opioid addiction programs drive a lack of access to treatment
The average drive time to OTPs in the United States is 20.4 minutes, compared with a drive time of 4.5 minutes to pharmacies.
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More U.S. psychiatrists restricting practices to self-pay patients
Of 15,790 psychiatrist visits, 3,445 (21.8%) were self-paid by patients, compared with 4,336 of 119,749 primary care clinician visits (3.6%), the...
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Blood biomarker detects concussion, shows severity, predicts recovery
NfL may prove useful in identifying patients with TBI who are at risk for prolonged symptoms and in enabling more focused treatment for these...
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FDA OKs first-in-class HIV therapy for patients with few options
“The availability of new classes of antiretroviral drugs is critical for heavily treatment-experienced patients living with multidrug resistant...
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Self-measured BP monitoring at home ‘more important than ever’
A joint policy statement from the AHA and AMA reaffirms the value of self-measured blood pressure monitoring at home to detect and control...
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FDA approves new treatment for Dravet syndrome
Children treated with fenfluramine experienced significantly greater reductions in the frequency of convulsive seizures than did their peers who...
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COVID-19: ‘dramatic’ surge in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in NYC
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, first responders faced nearly triple the number of calls for cardiac arrest compared with...
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First reported U.S. case of COVID-19 linked to Guillain-Barré syndrome
The unique clinical features in the U.S. case are urinary retention secondary to dysautonomia and ocular symptoms of...
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Five healthy lifestyle choices tied to dramatic cut in dementia risk
Rates of dementia decreased with an increasing number of healthy lifestyle behaviors.