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PTSD Needs a New Name, Experts Say — Here's Why
In a bid to reduce stigma and improve treatment rates, a small group of clinicians, as well as military personnel, is lobbying the...

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 19, 20247 min read


Should Docs Disclose Ethics Consult to Patients, Families? Ethicist Weighs In
Hi. I'm Art Caplan, at the Division of Medical Ethics at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. I had an interesting case presented to me...

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 19, 20243 min read


The Hidden Suffering of Social Anxiety Disorder
Keypoint: Social anxiety disorder: increased screening and recognition are essential for proper diagnosis, and psychotropic and...

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 19, 20246 min read


Nutrition Crucial for Child and Adolescent Athletes
PARIS — A child or adolescent athlete generally engages in school and extracurricular sports practice for more than 10 hours per week....

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 14, 20246 min read


Anxiety Linked to a Threefold Increased Risk for Dementia
TOPLINE: Both chronic and new-onset anxiety are linked to a threefold increased risk for dementia onset in later life, new research...

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 13, 20242 min read


5 Things Everyone Should Know About Psychiatric Hospitalization
Keynote: Anyone could experience a mental health condition or hospitalization. Inpatient mental health treatment is offered when a person...

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 12, 20245 min read


Healing Beyond the Hospital: Improving Post-Op Care for Older Adults
An 83-year-old veteran of battles with chronic disease who has been a long-time patient of mine recently faced colorectal cancer surgery....

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 8, 20244 min read


Alzheimer's Blood Test in Primary Care Could Slash Diagnostic, Treatment Wait Times
As disease-modifying treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD) become available, equipping primary care physicians with a highly accurate...

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 8, 20243 min read


Tau Blood Test Flags Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease
Plasma phosphorylated (p)-tau217 testing can help identify preclinical Alzheimer's disease (AD), which could aid clinical trial...

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 8, 20243 min read


Ozempic Curbs Hunger – And Not Just for Food
Welcome to Impact Factor, your weekly dose of commentary on a new medical study. I'm Dr F. Perry Wilson of the Yale School of Medicine....

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 7, 20244 min read


Red Meat Tied to Increased Dementia Risk
Higher intake of processed red meat, including bacon, hot dogs, and sausages, is associated with an elevated dementia risk, preliminary...

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 7, 20245 min read


Almost 50% of Global Dementia Cases May Be Preventable
PHILADELPHIA – Nearly half of dementia cases worldwide could theoretically be prevented or delayed by eliminating 14 modifiable risk...

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 6, 20244 min read


An Effective Nondrug Approach to Improve Sleep in Dementia, Phase 3 Data Show
A multicomponent nonpharmaceutical intervention improves sleep in people with dementia living at home, early results of a new phase 3...

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 6, 20244 min read


Mental Health and Diabetic Complications: A Two-Way Link
TOPLINE: Mental health disorders increase the likelihood of developing chronic diabetic complications and vice versa across all age...

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 6, 20242 min read


Common Antidepressants Ranked by Potential for Weight Gain
Eight commonly used antidepressants have been ranked by their weight gain potential. Results of a large observational study showed small...

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 5, 20243 min read


Could Methylene Blue Help Treat Depression?
Keypoint: Why a blue dye may be a viable treatment for psychiatric disorders. Methylene blue is both a dye and a medicine. Methylene blue...

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 4, 20244 min read


Suicide in Older Adults: Advances and the Role of Technology in Treatment
Keypoint: Recent updates in suicide prevention interventions for older adults and how a novel tablet application may provide relief to individuals at high risk of suicide. Suicide in late life constitutes a major public health concern. In 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the suicide rate for all ages in the United States was 14.5/100,000. Middle-aged and older adults have higher rates of suicide than their younger counterparts (19.41/10

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 2, 20247 min read


Psychiatric Disorders and Homelessness
How common are psychiatric disorders in unhoused individuals? Key points: Psychiatric illnesses are common in unhoused individuals, and...

Vilash Reddy, MD
Aug 1, 20242 min read


Poverty Causally Linked to Mental Illness and Vice Versa
There is a bidirectional, causal relationship between mental illness and poverty, new research showed. "This study indicates that certain...

Vilash Reddy, MD
Jul 30, 20242 min read


Youth With Conduct Disorder Show Widespread Differences in Brain Structure
Keypoint: NIH-funded study of conduct disorder identifies new brain areas associated with the disorder, offering future directions for...

Vilash Reddy, MD
Jul 22, 20243 min read
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