ODD CAN BE SUCCESSFULLY TREATED IN PRIMARY CARE A 2018 case report in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology and Psychiatry suggests that Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), a diagnosis which is increasing in developed setting, can be treated in primary care settings. As the incidence of ODD continues to grow, non-specialist mental health providers, particularly those…
DetailsEARLY RESULTS SHOW NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT A July 2021 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association has explored the question of whether oral azithromycin can be used to reduce the symptoms of COVID in outpatients. Outpatients refer to those individuals who are sick, but who are not admitted to the hospital for treatment.…
DetailsWHAT MEDICAL SPECIALTIES ARE MOST IN DEMAND FOR 2021? Physician shortages are nothing new. Globally there is a growing demand for highly trained physicians to meet patient needs. Medical students often wonder whether the specialty they dream of is in demand, or in other words, will they have their choice of locations and jobs once…
DetailsTHE ROLE OF PSILOCYBIN IN DEPRESSION A 2021 study conducted at Yale University indicates that psilocybin, a psychedelic compound found in magic mushrooms, has the ability to prompt neural plasticity and remodeling of the neurons in the brain resulting in immediate increase in the number of neural connections in the frontal pyramidal cortical cells in…
DetailsCAN EATING CHILLI PEPPERS CAUSE RCVS? Biting into the “world’s hottest pepper” sounds painful enough, but for one man who entered a chili-pepper-eating contest, the daring feat was followed by excruciating headaches known as “thunderclap” headaches. The 34-year-old man ate a Carolina Reaper, which is considered the hottest chili pepper in the world, according to…
DetailsGOOD INCOME + PREDICTABLE SHIFT WORK = HOSPITALIST The American Board of Physician Specialists defines hospitalists as “…physicians who have dedicated their careers to hospitalized patients.” Simply put, hospitalists are medical specialists who generally completed a residency program in internal medicine or paediatrics. These physicians chose to practice in the hospital, seeing hospitalized patients only,…
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