The Hill (12/28, Cochran) reported, “A new study has experts beaming with hope as it shows teen drug use at a record low, but they admit confusion as to why the trend is happening and how to ensure it continues.” The “Monitoring the Future survey found the use of alcohol, marijuana, cigarettes and e-cigarettes among high schoolers is at its lowest level since the study began.” Furthermore, “two-thirds of 12th graders in the survey, which included 24,000 students in total, said they haven’t used any of those substances in the last 30 days, and 90 percent of eighth graders and 80 percent of 10th graders said the same.”

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— “Experts confused but delighted by low rates of teen drug use,” Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, December 28, 2024

Neurology Advisor (12/27, Nye) reported, “One in 6 women experienced symptoms of postpartum depression 2 months after cesarean delivery, according to study findings.” Investigators came to this conclusion after conducting “an ancillary prespecified analysis of the Tranexamic Acid for Preventing Postpartum Hemorrhage after Cesarean Delivery…trial in 27 maternity units in France between March 2018 and January 2020.” The research was published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

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— “Postpartum Depression Is Prevalent Among Women Who Have a Cesarean Delivery,” Jessica Nye, PhD, Neurology Advisor, December 27, 2024

CNN (12/26, Hassan ) reports, “Food noise is incessant internal chatter about food that some people experience, which can make it hard for them to make healthy decisions about their nutrition.” The conversation around food noise “has grown, especially online, as more people taking popular weight-loss and diabetes medications realized the drugs seemed to turn off the noise.” While “there are varying theories about the root cause of food noise, and there isn’t a clear number of how many people experience it,” CNN adds that “most experts believe it’s real, even if awareness of it is only recently emerging.”

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— “‘An insatiable itch’: Why some people are turning to weight-loss medications to help quiet food noise,” Carma Hassan, CNN, December 26, 2024

HealthDay (12/26, Gotkine ) reports, “Buprenorphine dispensing increased among adolescents and decreased among young adults between 2020 and 2023, according to” research. Investigators “found that the overall number of adolescents and young adults dispensed buprenorphine decreased 6.5 percent annually between 2000 and 2023, from 47,759 to 38,907.” HealthDay adds, “The overall decline was driven by significant decreases in prescribing in the larger population of young adults aged 20 to 24 years.” The findings were published in a research letter in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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— “2020 to 2023 Saw Increase in Buprenorphine Dispensing for Teens,” Elana Gotkine
, HealthDay, December 26, 2024

Psychiatric News (12/23) reports, “Alexinomia, the fear of saying other people’s names and using names actively in conversation, may be an overlooked symptom of social anxiety disorder, according to a study.” Investigators came to this conclusion after analyzing “data from 190 adults (143 female, 40 male, 7 nonbinary) with a mean age of 30.3 years.” The findings were published in the Journal of Anxiety Disorders.

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— “Fear of Addressing People by Name May Be Signal of Social Anxiety Disorder,” Psychiatric News, December 23, 2024