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Complex Impacts of Obesity on the Brains of People with Psychiatric Disorders
Obesity in individuals with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia is closely linked not only to higher mortality but also to worse progression of the psychiatric illness, lower response to psychiatric treatment, more frequent fatal outcomes (suicide), deterioration in cognitive functions, and structural brain damage. In his lecture at the XIV Congress of the Psychiatric Society of the Czech Medical Association J.E. Purkyně in Mikulov in June 2022, Professor Tomáš Hájek from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, focused on these connections.
Time is Blood! Impact of Diagnostic Delays on Prognosis of Patients with Acquired Hemophilia A
The famous slogan of neurologists in connection with strokes – 'Time is brain!' – can be modified…
Treatment of Depression with Persistent Severe Insomnia − Interactive Case Study
A 39-year-old patient comes to the psychiatric office due to depressive symptoms with anxiety and…
Urgent Administration of Romiplostim in Life-Threatening Bleeding Associated with ITP
Recommendations for the care of acute, especially major bleeding in individuals with severe immune…
Consensus on the Administration of TPO-RA as Second-Line Therapy in ITP
What is the role of thrombopoietin receptor agonists (TPO-RA) in the second line treatment of…
Brentuximab vedotin in combination with lenalidomide and rituximab in R/R DLBCL – results from the open part of the ECHELON-3 study
The aim of the open run-in phase of the randomized placebo-controlled phase III ECHELON-3 study,…
6-year data from the ECHELON-1 study: How does combining brentuximab vedotin with chemotherapy affect overall survival of previously untreated cHL patients?
At this year's annual congress of the European Hematology Association (EHA), results from the…
How to Save a Leg from Amputation?
Feared complications in diabetics include defects in typical locations on the lower limbs. Their…
Prophylaxis EHL products FVIII bring improvements in clinical and pharmacokinetic results
A freshly published real-world clinical practice study from Spain highlights the experience of…
Benefit of Adding Empagliflozin to Standard Therapy in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction
The use of empagliflozin led to a reduction in the risk of hospitalization for heart failure or…