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Adults who experience a concussion appear to have a three times greater risk of suicide than the general population, with this risk increasing among those who experience their concussion during the weekend.

Study results indicate that a family-level preventive intervention appears to help improve behavioral health outcomes in military families who are affected by the wartime deployment of a family member.

Study results show that more than a dozen traits related to sleep, wake, and activity cycles associated with severe bipolar disorder appear to be inherited.

Temple University Researchers suggest that a guideline created by Temple University Hospital and Temple University Hospital-Episcopal Campus for prescribing opioids in order to maximize safety and avoid misuse appears to significantly decrease the rate of opioid prescribing for minor and chronic non-cancer pain complaints in an acute care setting.

Study findings indicate that a family-level preventive intervention appears to help improve behavioral health outcomes in military families who are affected by the wartime deployment of a family member.

Potential new treatment options could develop from research conducted at North Carolina State University and University of Michigan involving secondary bile acids.

Children and adolescents appear to be increasingly seeking medical care for nonorganic back pain. However, according to a new literature review, physicians are often unable to determine the exact cause for such pain, even with expensive, advanced testing that includes MRIs.

Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital who analyzed medical records from three healthcare systems in their state have found no evidence to indicate that prenatal exposure to antidepressants increases the risk for autism and related disorders or for ADHD.

British research indicates that previous fracture appears to be associated with an increased likelihood of chronic widespread bodily pain, particularly with hip fractures in women, and spine fractures in both sexes.

Study results indicate that the incidence of HIV acquisition was very low among patients prescribed pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV infection at clinics in metropolitan areas heavily affected by HIV, despite a high incidence of sexually transmitted infections.

Researchers have established a novel foundation for an alternative antibiotic-free wound dressing to eliminate biofilms. The team has, for the first time, discovered how electrical stimulation can treat bacterial infections, offering a viable alternative to medicinal antibiotics.

Exposure and response prevention appears to be an effective treatment for patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder who have failed to respond to serotonin reuptake inhibitor augmentation with risperidone or placebo.

Study results show that patients with ulcerative colitis who undergo hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) had higher rates of opportunistic infections and inpatient mortality compared to transplant patients who did not have UC.

Researchers examined the possible connection between vitamin D levels and IBD in a cohort of African American patients with IBD and a control group of those patients’ African American healthy spouses and friends.

A research team led by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health investigators has issued a report to help tackle the prescription opioid epidemic that kills an average of 44 people per day in the United States.

Study results suggest that a community-based, low-impact exercise program appears to successfully help older patients with musculoskeletal conditions living in underserved communities improve musculoskeletal outcomes and quality of life.

Researchers show that treatment with epoetin alfa biosimilar effectively reduces the symptoms of chemotherapy-induced anemia. Patients with absolute iron deficiency who also took iron supplements achieved improved response to treatment.

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have called for the abandonment of standard approaches for investigating the risk of violence among psychiatric patients and prisoners in all future studies due to findings that show these approaches to be inaccurate.

Study results indicate that parental death during childhood appears to increase long-term risk of suicide among that parent's children, regardless of the parent's cause of death.

New alliance enables acclaimed physicians to share cutting-edge science and other innovative initiatives from the forefront of research and treatment.

Ethnographic study findings indicate that safe spaces represent a promising but so far under-utilized part of community-based HIV prevention infrastructure.

The FDA has approved a new indication for BioThrax (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed) to prevent disease following suspected or confirmed exposure to Bacillus anthracis, the bacterium that causes anthrax disease.

Researchers appear to have identified a specific molecule that controls morphine receptor signaling in a small group of brain cells. The particular regulator of G protein signaling protein is called RGS7 and has been identified as a novel regulator of the μ-opioid receptor, which morphine acts upon to mediate its euphoric and analgesic effects.

Study results indicate that adding aripiprazole to the treatment of adults aged 60 and older who do not achieve remission from depression with a first-line antidepressant appears to effectively achieve and sustain remission.

Study results show PCSK9 inhibitor alirocumab reduces cholesterol by increasing the fractional clearance rate of IDL and LDL.

Researchers have found several urinary biomarkers that may be used to predict rheumatoid arthritis activity and prognosis.

Compared to placebo and treatment with adalimumab, treatment with once-daily oral baricitinib was associated with significant clinical improvements in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) has released new evidence-based recommendations on the use of prescription medications for the treatment of opioid addiction.

A program that integrated addiction treatment into primary care for patients with, or at risk for, HIV appears to successfully engage and treat patients with substance dependence. Developed by researchers at Boston Medical Center, the program was shown to reduce substance dependence and encourage engagement in treatment.

As part of a multi-institutional effort, researchers in the fields of proteomics, lipidomics, and metabolomics will collaborate to discover more effective ways of predicting which patients with type 1 diabetes are at greater risk for developing kidney disease.