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UF Health ⁦‪@UFHealth‬⁩ Despite needing to move to a telehealth format because of COVID-19, participants in a UF weight loss study lost a comparable amount of weight to in-person programs. These results support continued use of telehealth for intervention delivery. ⁦‪@UFPHHP‬⁩ ufhealth.org/news/2022/uf-s… pic.twitter.com/AACKWyDVX3 3/15/22, 9:31 AM

UF McKnight Brain Institute ⁦‪@UFMBI‬⁩ In ⁦‪@BuzzFeedNews‬⁩ feature, Dr. ⁦‪@Michael_Jaffee‬⁩ shares some ways that music may help promote better sleep. Jaffee is a sleep medicine specialist at the ⁦‪@UFHealth‬⁩ Sleep Disorders Center, vice chair of ⁦‪@UF‬⁩ neurology & director of ⁦‪@UFBrainInjury‬⁩. buzzfeednews.com/article/katiec… 3/14/22, 12:18 PM

UF MD-PhD ⁦‪@UFMDPhD‬⁩ Incredible work by the new Dr. ⁦‪@ChuJHsiao‬⁩ that expands the understanding of how psychosocial stress from societal violence is biologically embedded in health. She also gave a shoutout as to how her MD-PhD class is considered #GOAT with the best acknowledgement slide of all time. pic.twitter.com/QWCTgFxkFc 3/14/22, 2:06 PM

STAT ⁦‪@statnews‬⁩ In the next year, U.S. regulators may approve gene therapies – to treat sickle cell disease. But gene therapies come with a high price tag — and it’s estimated that roughly 40% of sickle cell patients are covered by #Medicaid. buff.ly/35UOqlP 3/14/22, 5:25 PM

Eric Topol ⁦‪@EricTopol‬⁩ Two new important papers on understanding and debunking Covid misinformation and conspiracy theories ⁦‪@NatureMedicine‬⁩ nature.com/articles/s4159… nature.com/articles/s4159… ⁦‪@Sander_vdLinden‬⁩ ⁦‪@ed_pertwee‬⁩ ⁦‪@ProfHeidiLarson‬⁩ pic.twitter.com/qL1Oa8edzG 3/10/22, 11:37 AM

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/07/health/covid-brain-changes-study-wellness/index.html

https://alert.psychnews.org/2022/03/apa-issues-statement-on-ukraine-offers.html

Not discussed in detail but logical follow up – can we learn about the pathophysiology o psychosis from his neuropathic correlation as I suggested in 1986 poster to APA. Association of Variation in Behavioral Symptoms With Initial Cognitive Phenotype in Adults With Dementia Confirmed by Neuropathology | Dementia and Cognitive Impairment | JAMA Network OpenContinue reading “Association of Variation in Behavioral Symptoms With Initial Cognitive Phenotype in Adults With Dementia Confirmed by Neuropathology”

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 2, 2022 – Today, the American Psychiatric Association CEO and Medical Director Saul Levin, M.D., M.P.A., and Chair of APA Committee on the Psychiatric Dimensions of Disaster Joshua Morganstein, M.D., offered the following APA statement and resources in response to the War in Ukraine: .. The APA supports the care of allContinue reading “APA Statement on the War in Ukraine”

FDA-Approved Weight Loss Drugs: Can They Help You? Joseph (Joe) E. Thornton, M.D., DFAPA Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry University of Florida College of Medicine joethornton@ufl.edu CONFIDENTIALITY NOTIFICATION: Please be advised! This e-mail message, including any attachments, has been created explicitly for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privilegedContinue reading “Drugs.com overview of weight loss medications”