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Depression Screen Not Cost-Effective
After taking this CME, you should be able to explain to interested patients that this study used modeling based on various assumptions to determine that formal screening for postpartum depression in the primary care setting is not cost-effective.
Preventing Adverse Consequences of Sleep Loss and Excessive Sleepiness: Practical Assessment and Management Strategies
Sleep loss may result from poor sleep "hygiene" or may be self-imposed as a result of economic or societal pressures. Small amounts of sleep loss may go unrecognized, but over time loss of sleep is cumulative, and can have negative effects on cognitive functioning, psychological well-being, and physical health.
Preventing Adverse Consequences of Sleep Loss and Excessive Sleepiness: Practical Assessment and Management Strategies
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to characterize the behavioral and physiological consequences of sleep loss and excessive sleepiness and identify patients with sleep loss, excessive sleepiness, and associated comorbidities.
ACR: Depression and CVD Linked in Patients with Lupus
After taking this CME, you should be able to explain to interested patients that these two studies found an association between cardiovascular disease and depression in patients with lupus, although a causal relationship could not be proven.
Fampridine-SR: A potassium-channel blocker for the improvement of walking ability in patients with MS
Fampridine-SR is a sustained-release oral medication that is pending FDA approval for the symptomatic treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS).
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