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Psychiatric Polypharmacy: An Opportunity to Teach with CPCP
Dr. H. Steven Moffic discussed the issue with psychiatric polypharmacy in his August 29, 2022 entry on Psychiatric Views on the Daily News. The patient who had been getting 10 psychotropic drugs was found to have a medical problem ultimately, which led to simplification of the complex regimen. This is a great opportunity to again…
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CDC ACIP Meeting for September 1-2 on Bivalent Omicron Covid-19 Vaccine Boosters
The CDC ACIP have an agenda posted indicating that the advisory committee will discuss Covid-19 Bivalent Omicron vaccine candidates on September 1-2, 2022. A vote is scheduled on September 1, 2022.
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Thoughts on Doctors Going On Strike
I read Dr. H. Steven Moffic’s two articles in Psychiatric Times about the strike by mental health workers at Northern California Kaiser Permanente (August 16 and 26, 2022). So far, no psychiatrists have joined the strike. However, this piqued my interest in whether psychiatrists or general physicians have ever gone on strike. I have a…
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FDA Removes N95 Respirators from Shortage List
I think it’s ironic that about the same time a PLOs One study and news articles came out announcing a new method using 8-inch rubber bands for improving the fit of the surgical mask to approximate that of the N95 respirator, the FDA removed the N95 respirator from the medical device shortage list. This is…
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CDC Study of High-Contact & Surface Contamination in Household of Persons with Monkeypox Virus Infection
The CDC study, “High-Contact Object and Surface Contamination in a Household of Persons with Monkeypox Virus Infection-Utah June 2022″ was published as an early release on August 19, 2022 in the MMWR. See the link below for the full article. Pfeiffer JA, Collingwood A, Rider LE, et al. High-Contact Object and Surface Contamination in a…
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No Need to Shout, I Can Hear You
The FDA just announced their final ruling on improving access to hearing aids. You can read the final ruling itself, but by the time you finish it, you’ll be dead and won’t need a hearing aid. Every time I fail to follow Sena’s directions, I remind her of how a loud rock concert ruined my…
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Hepatitis C Testing and Treatment Update from a Retired Psychiatrist
There is a very informative CDC media briefing transcript about why so few Americans are getting tested and treated for Hepatitis C. I’m a retired consultation-liaison psychiatrist and I used to be the go-to consultant to the hepatology clinic back when the only treatment was interferon-alpha. Because interferon-alpha was associated with neuropsychiatric side effects, notably…
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Important Monkeypox Update
The JAMA News update on Monkeypox has been published recently and provides important information about all aspects of the current upbreak.
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CDC Updated Covid-19 Guidance
The CDC issued new, streamlined guidance on Covid-19 regarding how protect ourselves and others.
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Improve Your Sleep!
Listen to the IPR River to River Podcast episode from June 7, 2022 as host Ben Kieffer interviews University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics neurologist and sleep disorders expert Dr. Eric Dyken who explains sleep disorders and how to get a better night’s sleep.
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