HealthDay (9/6, Thompson) reports, “People in better physical condition appear to have less need for drugs to treat mood disorders, Norwegian researchers have found.” The investigators came to this conclusion after analyzing data from the Trøndelag Health Study, and then comparing “that data with information from the Norwegian Prescribed Drug Registry.” The findings were published in the Journal of Affective Disorders.

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— “Fitter Folks Need Fewer Psychiatric Meds, Study Finds,”Dennis Thompson, HealthDay , September 7, 2023

The Washington Post (9/6, Osaka, O’Connor) reports, “When temperatures surge, the effects of schizophrenia can be profound.” However, “the precise reasons why people with serious mental illnesses — and those with schizophrenia in particular — struggle to deal with higher temperatures remain somewhat murky.”

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RevCycle Intelligence (9/5, Bailey) reports, “A third of surveyed health care workers plan to leave their job in the next year, according to new data from Tebra.” A further “14% of respondents said they planned to leave the industry entirely within the next year.” The article adds, “Recruiting and retaining staff is a key priority for many health care organizations,” but “consequences stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic and other administrative burdens are creating a less-than-ideal work setting for many health care professionals.”

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— “1 in 3 Healthcare Workers Plan to Leave Their Position, Survey Finds,” Victoria Bailey, RevCycle Intelligence, September 5, 2023

Healio (9/5, Bascom) reports, “In the United States, the prevalence of adolescents vaping CBD has risen in recent years, highlighting the need for educating youth about the potential harms,” researchers concluded in the findings of a 28,291-participant cross-sectional study published online in JAMA Network Open. The study reveals that the “prevalence of youth vaping CBD among U.S. adolescents” appears “high, with nearly 800,000 U.S. middle and high school students reporting past-month vaping CBD.” It also “raises concern that a notable proportion of adolescents are uncertain about whether they have engaged in vaping CBD or not,” perhaps because of the “lack of consistent quality assurance standards and the mislabeling of CBD products in the market.”

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— “Some teens do not know if they have vaped CBD,”Emma Bascom, Healio , September 5, 2023

Healio (9/6, Welsh) reports, “Use of postnatal selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors” (SSRIs) “was associated with reduced risks for maternal depression and unfavorable outcomes associated with postnatal depression, researchers reported in” the findings of a “large prospective cohort study of 61,081 mother-child groups using longitudinal data from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study” published online Aug. 29 in JAMA Network Open.

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— “SSRIs may lower risk for postnatal depression-associated outcomes for mother and child,”Erin T. Welsh, Healio , September 6, 2023