MD Magazine® Staff

Investigators from York University in Toronto, Canada, found a strong connection between the fear of needles that exists in more than half of children and their parents’ behavior during vaccination.

Columbia University Medical Center researchers explored the correlation between levels of pain and subsequent prescription opiate abuse in the noninstitutionalized U.S. population and suggest that more painful conditions contribute to the risk of use disorders.

Harvard researchers find that pure green light did not exacerbate pain in migraine sufferers, and may even reduce it by as much as 20%. The discovery could lead to innovations that make life much easier for those with frequent migraines.

Research from Washington University in St. Louis underlines the importance of screening publically insured urban children who are experiencing psychological distress for suicide risk, regardless of ethnicity and age.

A recent study indicates that commonly available data can help physicians create a risk score that helps predict which older adults are most at risk of developing pneumonia.

Researchers caution that Pregabalin, an agent approved by the FDA to treat epilepsy, fibromyalgia, and neuropathic pain, may be associated with an increased risk of major birth defects after first trimester exposure, though results are inconclusive.

University of Texas at Austin researchers appear to have developed a novel technique based on electrochemical collisions to selectively, rapidly, and sensitively detect single viruses in urine.

Researchers found that inaccurate HIV status test results were not due to the tests being damaged by improperly storing them above the recommended temperatures. It must be operator error, they concluded.

Significant racial/ethnic differences appear to exist in the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric conditions across 11 private, not-for-profit United States healthcare systems.

Survey results suggest nearly one-half of parents whose child had leftover prescription opioids following a surgery or for an illness keep the pain medication in the home.

Study results show that newly initiated combined antiretroviral therapy (ART) in treatment-naïve patients with HIV appears to not effectively prevent the progression of significant arterial inflammation.

Researchers have described a novel strategy that could augment the current process for forecasting the naturally occurring mutations that help seasonal flu virus dodge the vaccine with a more precise approach.

The education of primary care providers and patients at the starting point of opioid therapy, as well as of surgeons and other prescribers, is crucial to curbing the current global opioid abuse epidemic.

Hepatitis C direct acting antivirals are effective but remain out of reach in many nations, a WHO study showed.

Research suggests that lipid screening appears to remain particularly underutilized in adults taking antipsychotic medications, despite improvements in recent years in the use of diabetes screening in this patient population.

Research from the New York University Langone Medical Center suggests that early prolonged exposure and cognitive therapy appears to accelerate recovery from acute post-traumatic stress disorder.

A University of Queensland (Australia) researcher appears to have overcome a substantial hurdle in harnessing the potential of marine snail venom as a means for pain medicine.

A team of researchers led by the Rockefeller University and the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center have developed a new approach to understanding how viruses attack cells and commandeer their machinery that appears to offer an unprecedented, step-by-step view of how viruses do this.

American investigators reported that both chronic and recent HIV infection appear to lead to an average aging advancement of nearly 5 years, increasing expected mortality risk by 19%, when compared with healthy volunteers.

As the population ages one of the biggest concerns for people is developing various forms of dementia. What can be done to help these patients is the topic of much debate.

Up until recently there had been no approved treatment methods for patients diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease psychosis or treatment options for patients. This changed recently with the approval of pimavanserin.

French researchers examined several factors that could contribute to an association between antiepileptic drug use and risk of suicide attempt.

Do patients diagnosed with anxiety disorder experience a greater burden of metabolic disorders such as diabetes and hyperlipidemia?

Although Lyme disease typically impacts the skin, joints, and heart, it can also cause a variety of neurologic and psychiatric complications for which there are no current treatment guidelines.

Researchers report that a complex multimodal program delivered at a dedicated facility and with a primary therapeutic focus on trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy appears to significantly reduce Child Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Scale (CPPS) scores over 4 weeks.

Study results indicate that electronic health records (EHRs) appear to inadequately capture mental health diagnoses, office visits, hospitalizations, specialty care, and medications, with this missing clinical information raising concerns about medical errors and research integrity.

A group of researchers has proposed an evaluation framework to assist clinicians in evaluating the utility, safety, and efficacy of smartphone apps for psychiatry.

The findings of a systematic meta-review of 13 literature reviews examining 185 distinct studies indicates that the evidence regarding yoga as an intervention for the effects of trauma and the mental health symptoms and illnesses that frequently accompany trauma is encouraging.

Intranasal oxytocin has the potential to be an effective pharmacologic intervention for improving measures of compassion in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Researchers reported that reawakened astrocytes appear to be a key trigger for S1 cortex (the remote region of the brain that is not directly affected by spinal cord injury) circuit rewiring and may contribute to sustained neuropathic mechanical allodynia.