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Vilash Reddy, MD
Jun 3, 20246 min read
How to Treat Alcohol Use Disorder in Patients With Liver Disease
For many people navigating the stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic, temporary relief came in the form of a stiff drink. In the United...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
May 30, 20243 min read
New Data on Psychiatric Polypharmacy and Unwanted Weight Gain
Keypoint: A recent study analyzed longitudinal data of patients with schizophrenia or major depressive disorder to rank treatment...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
May 30, 20244 min read
Longitudinal Study Looks at Risk of Cardiovascular Disease With Long-Term ADHD Medication Use
Keypoint: A study assessed the associations between the use of ADHD medications and CVD over the course of 14 years. Here's what the...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
May 30, 20245 min read
When It Comes to Medicine, ‘Women Are Not Small Men’
Welcome everyone. I'm Dr. John White. I'm the chief medical officer at WebMD. Does your biologic sex impact your health? Does it have any...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
May 29, 20244 min read
Is Mental Illness 'Transmissible'?
Teens with classmates who have a mental illness have a significantly greater risk for a psychiatric diagnosis later in life, even after...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
May 29, 20244 min read
Polypharmacy in Traumatic Brain Injury
Keypoint:Polypharmacy is often overlooked in patients with significant traumatic brain injury. How can you best manage medication in...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
May 29, 20243 min read
Weight-Adjusted Waist Index and Depressive Symptoms in a Nationally Representative Sample
Keypoint: A more useful measure than BMI or waist circumference? Researchers analyzed the association between weight-adjusted waist index...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
May 29, 20244 min read
Ultraprocessed Foods an Independent Risk Factor for Poor Brain Health
Consuming highly processed foods may be harmful to the aging brain, independent of other risk factors for adverse neurologic outcomes and...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
May 29, 20243 min read
Recently Incarcerated Account for Nearly 20% of US Suicides
Nearly one fifth of suicides in the United States occur in people who were incarcerated in the previous year, a new study showed. An...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
May 28, 20245 min read
Suicide in Surgeons: The Heavy Toll of a High-Stakes Career
For those outside the medical profession, it took a global pandemic to finally understand how pervasive distress and suicide are among...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
May 28, 20243 min read
Characterizing Childhood Irritability Across Ages and Stages
The occasional meltdown is a common experience in childhood, as many parents and caregivers will attest. How frequent and intense these...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
May 28, 20245 min read
Compassion Fatigue in Health Care
For many health care professionals, compassion fatigue is considered a part of the job.1 Although different researchers use varying...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
May 27, 20245 min read
Promoting Mental Health in Schools
The declining mental health of children and adolescents is a tremendous concern. In the United States, almost 20% of those age 3 to 17...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
May 27, 20243 min read
Deep Brain Stimulation an Option for Chronic Low Back Pain?
Preliminary 6-month results from the first-in-human trial of deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subgenual singulate cortex (SCC) for...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
May 27, 20241 min read
Concurrent Bivalent COVID-19 Booster, Influenza Vaccination May Be Beneficial
Keypoint: The concurrent administration of bivalent mRNA COVID-19 boosters and influenza vaccines should be considered as a strategy to...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
May 27, 20244 min read
Mental Health Assessment Resources for Physicians
Although mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression are common, affecting more than 20% of US adults, many people experience...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
May 24, 20246 min read
Learning to Use Psychedelic Agents With Undefined Protocols
Keypoint: Learning to use a psychedelic agent can be challenging when the protocols are not defined. Here’s how a psychiatrist got...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
May 24, 20244 min read
Most Homeless People Have Mental Health Disorders
Most people experiencing homelessness have mental health disorders, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis. In an examination...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
May 23, 20246 min read
The DEA Plans to Reschedule Marijuana: What Happens Next?
The US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is moving forward with plans to move marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III controlled...
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Vilash Reddy, MD
May 23, 20245 min read
Top Predictors of Substance Initiation in Youth Flagged
By age 12 years, more than 14% of children have tried alcohol or tobacco, and religion, race, and income are the top predictors beginning...
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