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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 5, 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...
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
Nightmares in Middle Age a Forerunner of Dementia?
HELSINKI — Nightmares in middle age are linked to a significantly increased risk for subsequent dementia, new research suggested....
Vilash Reddy, MD
Jul 18, 20244 min read
Suicidality and Suicide Prevention Following Brain Injury
Keypoint: Research shows an increased risk for suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, and even death by suicide following brain injury....
Vilash Reddy, MD
Jul 16, 20244 min read
Is Screen Time to Blame for Rising Rates of Myopia in Children?
TOPLINE: More time spent exposed to screens is associated with a higher risk for myopia in children and adolescents; the use of computers...
Vilash Reddy, MD
Jul 15, 20242 min read
Improving Physical Health in Severe Mental Illness
I'm going to talk about improving the physical health of people living with severe mental illness such as schizophrenia, bipolar...
Vilash Reddy, MD
Jul 11, 20242 min read
Two-Drug Combo Promising for Methamphetamine Use Disorder
Extended-release injectable naltrexone combined with extended-release oral bupropion (NTX + BUPN) for moderate or severe methamphetamine...
Vilash Reddy, MD
Jul 8, 20243 min read
Olanzapine and Benzodiazepine Safe in Agitated ED Patients
TOPLINE: Rates of cardiorespiratory depression are not significantly different between patients with severe agitation treated with...
Vilash Reddy, MD
Jul 8, 20241 min read
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