It takes time to adjust to a diagnosis of dementia. Post-diagnosis support has an important part to play in navigating this transition. However, it is often scarce and variable according to location.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Nirmatrelvir with ritonavir (Paxlovid) is indicated for patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) who are at risk for progression to severe disease due to the presence of one or more risk factors. Millions of treatment courses have been prescribed in the United States alone. Paxlovid was highly effective at preventing hospitalization and death in clinical trials.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMuscle building behaviors are an understudied eating disorder (ED) symptom increasing in prevalence, especially among men. However, little is known about the cognitive ED correlates that may underlie muscle building behaviors and whether these associations differ by gender. We examined associations between cognitive ED symptoms and muscle building behaviors, and whether these associations differ between men and women.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF: Inpatient palliative care (PC) consultations are increasingly used to address operational challenges. We aimed to understand how PC consultations in a southeastern program, affected by pandemic-related care delays, impacted common clinical performance metrics. : This is a retrospective analysis of a tertiary system's adult patients who received PC consultations from December 2021 to August 2022.
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