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Antidepressant Use Linked to Sexual Dysfunction, Why Aren’t Prescribers Discussing It?

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What’s concerning is that despite the significant impact of sexual dysfunction on patients’ quality of life, many did not discuss these issues with their healthcare providers. Stephenson and a team of researchers from various academic and pharmaceutical institutions, including the University of Virginia School of Medicine.

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The Challenge of Presenting Antidepressant Risks and Benefits

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The clinician might regard some treatment options as ill-suited to that particular patient: ketamine, for example, in a patient with bipolar disorder (because research has only just recently been expanded to include bipolar depression). One of the reasons: creating informative Patient Decision Aids (PDAs) is difficult.

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It’s Health’s Illusions I Recall, I Really Don’t Know Health at All

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This article explains what assays are, how they entered healthcare and the consequences of failing to grasp the role they play. Those who see healthcare going down the tubes get indignant about these adverts, saying all would be fine if there were no free lunches and doctors were guided by the evidence. They go by the evidence.

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For-Profit Healthcare Is a Predator; Its Main Prey Is Our Young

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S ince the 1990s, weve been hearing about the amazing progress in mental healthcare: We learned that mental illnesses like depression are serious but treatable diseases. But now they often say Since they have bipolar disorder, theyll never be able to manage their emotions or achieve any stability. This explains why the U.S.

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Medication Overload, Part II: The Explosion of Drugs for Kids

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With the explosion of more and more drugs in cabinets across the country, more and more children are dying—but still, pharmaceutical companies push their products, leading to yet more drugs and yet more deaths. Unlike the pharmaceutical industry, in our village community the pain of losing a single child was felt by all.