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CDC Advisory Committee Recommends Including Covid-19 Vaccine for Routine Immunization Schedule
Today, the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended adding Covid-19 immunization to the routinely recommended vaccine schedule.
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Intranasal Esketamine for Major Depression Available at University of Hospitals & Clinics Department of Psychiatry
Learn about the use of intranasal Esketamine for Major Depressive Disorder at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics here.
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Debunking Common Myths About The Flu
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics has announced a list of myths about the flu which are debunked. Don’t forget your flu shot!
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Here We Go Again About Antidepressants
Back in August, my colleagues, Drs. George Dawson, MD and Ronald Pies, MD wrote a rejoinder in Psychiatric Times to a review article published in Molecular Psychiatry by J. Moncrieff, Mark Horowitz and others (Moncrieff J, Cooper RE, Stockmann T, Amendola S, Hengartner MP, Horowitz MA. The serotonin theory of depression: a systematic umbrella review…
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Psychiatrists Cast Doubt on Idea that Antidepressants Work by Causing Apathy
Out of 60 hits on page one of a Google search using terms “emotional blunting from SSRI,” only one cast doubt on the assumption that SSRI antidepressants exert their treatment effect by causing apathy. The rest endorsed the connection. The one article I found on this quick search which contradicted this widely held and arguably…
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Maybe We Need a Dose of Humor
Sena and I were listening to the Mike Waters morning radio show (KOKZ 105.7) this morning and his invitation to listeners was to call in and quote their favorite dumb question. One of the callers recited something which was actually a George Carlin joke. Neither one of us thought we heard it right, but it’s…
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Two Vaccine Jabs in One Arm or One in Each Arm?
There were headlines about whether it’s better to get the flu shot and the Covid-19 updated booster in one arm or one in each. It doesn’t matter. Sena got both in one arm. Mine were split. I think it depended on the preference of the person giving the shots. The main thing is that you…
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HHS Campaign for Updated Covid-19 Updated Vaccine Booster
See the HHS Campaign for the Covid-19 updated vaccine booster for older adults-a high risk group. We’re scheduled for both the flu shot and the updated booster.
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How to Get the Updated Covid-19 Vaccine Booster at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
Here’s an updated link to how to get the updated Covid-19 vaccine booster (often called the Omicron bivalent booster). It’s sometimes faster to get this booster at local pharmacies, although there’s less urgency now.
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Single Administration Therapeutic Interfering Particle (TIP) Reduces Covid-19 Viral Shedding & Pathogenesis in Hamsters
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) recently published a study showing: Abstract “The high transmissibility of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a primary driver of the COVID-19 pandemic. While existing interventions prevent severe disease, they exhibit mixed efficacy in preventing transmission, presumably due to their limited antiviral effects in the…
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