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A study of more than 50,000 women found that continued breast cancer screening after age 70 was associated with a greater incidence of cancer that likely would not have caused symptoms in the patient’s lifetime. These findings suggest that overdiagnosis may be common among older women who are diagnosed with breast cancer after screening. The study is published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Borderline personality disorder linked to the prioritization of immediate reproductive goals in response to early life adversity

Patients with "treatment-resistant depression" may be taking additional medications with side effects that interfere with antidepressant efficacy.

A large proportion of US adults prescribed Schedule II stimulants are simultaneously receiving other CNS agents, including benzodiazepines, opioids, and antidepressants.

Few children with parent-reported ADHD received mental health care, medication

The study can help medical experts understand the risks of opioids.

Over the past few years, the escalating opioid crisis has touched off a complex debate about how best to reign in suicide risk among patients who are prescribed the addictive painkillers.

Controversy surrounds the effects of policies to reduce opioid prescriptions on suicide rates. There are concerns that rapid reductions in prescription opioids might provoke increased suicide risk among people who become desparate after they are taken off opioids. According to a new study, however, changes in regional opioid prescribing and regional suicide rates tend to move in the same direction. This relationship held for rates of opioid prescribing, rates of high-dose prescribing and long-t...

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

Despite the lack of evidence of the safety of antipsychotics in children, who are smaller in size and still ...