Author Archives: Joseph Thornton MD
US Doctors’ Group Adopts New Policy on Healthy Weight Assessment
https://www.medscape.com/s/viewarticle/993244 Joseph Thornton
The Moral Crisis of America’s Doctors – The New York Times
Tweet by Allyson Felix on Twitter dear of Tori in childbirth
Allyson Felix @allysonfelix These are my teammates. We are Olympic champions. Three of us tried to give birth. Two of us experienced near-death complications. One of us died. We have to, and we will do more. Tori’s death cannot and will not be in vain. time.com/6287392/tori-b… 6/15/23, 1:16 PM Joseph Thornton
Deprescribing Tool for Older PeoPle with Limited-life Expectancy (De-TOPPLE) version 1: development and validation using a modified Delphi technique – PubMed
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37264733/ Joseph Thornton
Tweet by John Torous, MD MBI on internet guided CBT superior to self help
John Torous, MD MBI @JohnTorousMD New in @JAMAPsych – Study of 1,319 university students with anxiety and/or depression at 7 universities in Colombia and Mexico offers new strong evidence that guided internet CBT is more effective than self-help / unguided internet CBT. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap… 6/11/23, 6:21 PM Joseph Thornton
Tweet by Emily Silverman, MD on. Cost of quality metrics
Emily Silverman, MD @ESilvermanMD New @JAMA_current study shows that Johns Hopkins Hospital spent $5 million and >100,000 person hours in 1 year to report 162 quality metrics. Worth it? #medtwitter jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… 6/7/23, 10:39 PM Joseph Thornton
Pegboard test assessing movement could aid Parkinson’s research, study shows » McKnight Brain Institute » University of Florida
Tweet by American Association of Suicidology on language
American Association of Suicidology @AASuicidology #WordsMatter: The knowledge and use of appropriate terminology when dealing with issues related to #suicide helps to reduce stigma associated with help seeking. For more resources, visit suicidology.org. #AASMakeAnImpact #suicideprevention #mentalhealth pic.twitter.com/7rc2qgCcYF 6/6/23, 10:24 AM Joseph Thornton
Tweet. Zuranolone.
Psychiatric News @PsychiatricNews Adults with major depressive disorder may experience mood improvements within days of taking zuranolone (50 mg/day), a study published in May in AJP suggests. Zuranolone is an oral, once-daily neuroactive steroid that acts on GABA-A receptors. psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/ap… 6/5/23, 12:35 PM Joseph Thornton