Healio (12/6) reports, “Nearly 50% of individuals with incident mild cognitive impairment diagnoses were considered cognitively normal at follow-up, according to results of a community-based cohort study.” The findings were published in Neurology.

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— “Many mild cognitive impairment cases appear to resolve over time “Joe Gramigna, Healio , December 6, 2021

MedPage Today (12/6, George) reports, “Cataract surgery was linked to a nearly 30% lower risk of dementia in older adults,” researchers concluded in a 3,038-patient study. The study’s lead author posited, “One possible mechanism by which cataract surgery could decrease the risk of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease is by enabling higher quality sensory input to the retina and therefore improving stimuli to the brain.” The findings were published online in JAMA Internal Medicine. Psychiatric News (12/6) also covers the study.

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Modern Healthcare (12/6, Devereaux, Subscription Publication) reports, “Since the start of the pandemic, mental health conditions have remained the top diagnosis seen in telehealth nationwide, recently reaching 61.2% of all virtual care claims,” according to “FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker.” Meanwhile, FAIR Health also found that “in August, COVID-19 accounted for between 1.5% and 3.5% of claims in every region except the Northeast, and in September, the virus dropped out of the top five diagnoses seen nationwide in telehealth.”

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— “Mental health continues to dominate telehealth diagnoses “Mari Devereaux, Modern Healthcare, December 6, 2021

MedPage Today (12/3, D’Ambrosio) reported, “Among pregnant people living with HIV, marijuana use climbed over the last decade both in pregnancy and during the postpartum period,” researchers concluded in a study that “analyzed nearly 3,000 pregnancies from 2,300 people living with HIV.” The findings were published online in JAMA Network Open.

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Healio (12/3, Herpen) reported, “Survivors of childhood cancer had increased risk for long-term psychiatric disorders compared with their siblings or peers, according to a register-based cohort study.” The findingswere published in The Lancet Psychiatry.

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— “Survivors of pediatric cancer at increased risk for psychiatric disorders “Robert Herpen, Healio, December 3, 2021