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An FDA advisory committee voted against recommending a psychedelic treatment for PTSD, citing insufficient data for what many described as a still-promising path forward.The Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee met June 4 to discuss a new drug application for midomafetamine (MDMA) — submitted by Lykos Therapeutics, formerly MAPS Public Benefit Corporation. It was the first FDA

Vitamin B12 supplementation may be helpful for those with deficiencies, according to an expert, but evidence among the general population is inconclusive.Vitamin B12 is necessary for DNA synthesis, healthy red blood cell formation and the function, myelination and development of the central nervous system, Carol J. Haggans, MS, RD, scientific and health communications consultant the NIH Office of

Physicians should screen all adults for depression and adults aged younger than 65 years for anxiety disorders, according to final recommendation statements from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.This is the first time that the task force is recommending universal anxiety screening in this population, according to a press release.

Members of the AMA adopted new policies on substance use during its annual meeting of the House of Delegates, according to a press release.The policies include decisions on overdose-reversing medications, sentencing disparities for some drugs, medicinal use of psychedelics and care for pregnant people with substance use disorder.

A gratitude-focused intervention could improve the positive affect of health care workers, according to results of a randomized controlled trial published in Annals of Family Medicine.One of the top concerns in health care today is burnout and researchers have long been searching for solutions to the ever-growing problem.

Addressing social drivers of health is critical but complicated, according to experts. Gary Price, MD, president of The Physicians Foundation, told Healio that it is “essential for all physicians to understand and address drivers of health (DOH) to ensure the best health outcomes for their patients.” However, primary care physicians have an especially important role, “as

A polybacterial sublingual vaccine, which reduced recurrent UTI rates and had few side effects, could be useful in future clinical practice, according to researchers. J. Curtis Nickel, MD, FRCSC, Emeritus Professor of Urology and Canada Research Chair in Urologic Pain and Inflammation at Queen’s University, told Healio that recurrent UTIs (rUTIs) are a “huge problem,” with

SAN DIEGO — Two presenters at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting reviewed articles published in Annals of Internal Medicine in the last year that they said have implications for clinical practice. Christina C. Wee, MD, MPH, FACP, senior deputy editor and vice president of Annals of Internal Medicine, and Stephanie Chang, MD, deputy editor of Annals of Internal Medicine, chose articles

Artificial intelligence has offered exciting new innovations for clinicians, but the next step may be AI communicating like clinicians, too. Qian Yang, PhD, an assistant professor of information science at the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science and co-founder of the digital and AI literacy initiative, and colleagues developed a system to help validate AI

SAN DIEGO — Time-restricted feeding offers benefits for weight loss, but it is not superior to other calorie-restriction diets, according to a presenter at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting. Michelle E. Hauser, MD, MS, MPA, FACP, FACLM, a clinical associate professor and director of the weight management program at Stanford University and creator of a weight management program that is