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Friday, 26 April 2024

Social Contagion Influences Buprenorphine Initiation for OUD

TOPLINE: Interactions with colleagues initiating buprenorphine in the emergency department (ED) for opioid use disorder (OUD) increased the odds of self-adoption, suggesting the impact of social factors in practice uptake. METHODOLOGY: This post hoc secondary analysis of the EMBED trial included 1026 unique clinicians (10,240 pairwise interactions) in 18 ED…

The egg-loving TikTok trend that really CAN help you lose weight

The TikTok trend that really CAN help you lose weight… but absolutely no dietitian would recommend it Dietitians say only eating eggs is extremely restrictive and is only 900 calories TikTok videos claim the 10-day diet can help people lose up to 10kg (22lbs) Whether scrambled, poached or fried, millions of…

How to keep your prostate healthy? Have more sex!

How to keep your prostate healthy? Have more sex, even without a partner: One of five essential tips every man should follow, writes consultant surgeon NEIL BARBER Most men rarely give a thought to their prostate – that is, until it starts causing problems. And for almost every man in…

Optimistic thinking linked with lower cognitive abilities, new research suggests

Optimistic thinking has long been immortalized in self-help books as the key to happiness, good health and longevity but it can also lead to poor decision-making, with particularly serious implications for people’s financial well-being. Research, published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, from the University of Bath shows that excessive…