Placebo Effect – not antidepressants – responsible for depression improvement
In a study of fluoxetine (Prozac) for adolescents, researchers found that the placebo effect predicted good outcomes, but the actual drug treatment did not....
When access becomes excess: the rise of opportunistic ADHD telehealth companies in the United...
The loosening of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) regulations in an effort to expand telemedicine amid the COVID-19 pandemic has paved the way for the...
SSRI exposure in pregnancy connected to delayed neonatal adaptation
A new article published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition finds that the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in...
Antipsychotics lead to worse outcomes in first-episode psychosis
What happens when you give antipsychotic drugs at the first sign of psychosis? Worse outcomes, according to a new study in Schizophrenia Bulletin Open.
Those who...
It’s health’s illusions I recall, I really don’t know health at all
There is a core concept shaping the ‘market’ in health, the concept of an assay, that few doctors or patients understand. Even fewer spot...