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Dr. Ash On CBS This Morning Discussing How Hitting Snooze Button Could Affect Your Health – Video

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Lock up the medicine chest before holiday guests arrive

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 24 (UPI) -- The Christmas tree is trimmed, the house decorated and gifts wrapped but before guests are invited, U.S. experts suggest locking up the medicine chest.

"We don't like to think of guests rifling through our medicine chests, but it is a possibility," Courtney Stewart, research associate at the Indiana Prevention Resource Center at the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, said in a statement.

"So, play it safe. Guests will be using bathrooms and placing coats and purses in various rooms. Prescription drugs of any kind should be placed in a safe location where they are kept locked and out of the hands of guests."

The potential for misuse of prescription drugs and alcohol during the holidays increases because of social gatherings, tradition and travel, Stewart said.

The abundance of alcohol and alcohol advertising over the holidays can ramp up consumption for both social drinkers and people who might be struggling with alcohol consumption.

"Party hosts may serve stronger drinks than are usually consumed, and guests may drink many more beverages while 'under the influence of conviviality and cheer,'" said Carole Nowicke, a research associate at the IPRC. "Adults with alcohol problems and under-aged youth may find alcohol unmonitored and plentiful even in homes where alcohol typically is not available."

Stewart and Nowicke suggest:

-- Lock up or move all prescription medications to a safe location, such as a locked car or a drawer in a locked bedroom.

-- Place over-the-counter medicines in a handy yet private location where you can dispense them to guests who may need an aspirin or antacid, etc.

-- Choose non-alcoholic drinks at social events.

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Prolonged Exposure Therapy Found Beneficial in Treating Adolescent Girls with PTSD

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PHILADELPHIA Researchers at Penn Medicine report in the December 25 issue of JAMA that a modified form of prolonged exposure therapy in which patients revisit and recount aloud their trauma-related thoughts, feelings and situations shows greater success than supportive counseling for treating adolescent PTSD patients who have been sexually abused.

Despite a high prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adolescents, evidence-based treatments like prolonged exposure therapy for PTSD in this population have never been established.

We hypothesized that prolonged exposure therapy could fill this gap and were eager to test its ability to provide benefit for adolescent patients, says Edna Foa, PhD, professor of Clinical Psychology in the department of Psychiatry in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, who developed prolonged exposure therapy.

The concern has been that prolonged exposure therapy, while the most established evidence-based treatment for adults with PTSD, could exacerbate PTSD symptoms in adolescent patients who have not mastered the coping skills necessary for this type of exposure to be safely provided.

Adolescence is often a time when children begin to test limits and are in and out of situations, both good and bad situations that often determine the path their lives take into adulthood.

The six-year (2006-2012) study examined the benefit of a prolonged exposure program called prolonged exposure-A (PE-A), that was modified to meet the developmental stage of adolescents, and compared it with supportive counseling in 61 adolescent girls, ages 13-18, with sexual abuse-related PTSD. In the single-blind randomized clinical trial, 31 received prolonged exposure-A, and 30 got supportive counseling.

Each received 14 60- to- 90 minute sessions of either therapy in a community mental health setting. The counselors were familiar with supportive counseling but nave to PE-A before the study; their PE-A training consisted of a 4-day workshop followed by supervision every second week.

Outcomes were assessed before treatment, mid-treatment and after treatment and at three, six and 12-month follow up. During treatment, patients receiving PE-A demonstrated greater decline in PTSD and depression symptom severity, and improvement in overall functioning. These differences were maintained throughout the 12-month follow up period.

Another key finding of this research was that prolonged therapy can be administered in a community setting by professionals with no prior training in evidence-based treatments and can have a positive impact on this population, Foa says.

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Max institute to conduct emergency medicine exam

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New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS): The Max Institute of Medical Excellence has signed an agreement with Britain's College of Emergency Medicine for conducting an examination which tests the level of expertise of a doctor wishing to enter the field of emergency medicine, a release said Monday.

Emergency medicine is a medical speciality involving care for adult and paediatric patients with acute illnesses or injuries which require immediate medical attention.

The examination called Membership Examination of the College of Emergency Medicine (MCEM) tests the level of expertise necessary for entry into higher specialist training in emergency medicine.

It assesses the knowledge, skills and behaviour necessary for clinical practice of emergency medicine in the United Kingdom and Ireland, at the level of a senior decision maker.

The Max Institute of Medical Excellence is supported by Max Healthcare, one of the country's leading private healthcare providers.

It signed the Memorandum of Understanding with the College of Emergency Medicine, Britain, for conducting the MCEM Part A examination in North India, the release from the institute said.

Max Healthcare is the only centre in north India chosen to conduct this examination.

The College of Emergency Medicine, Britain was established to advance education and research in emergency medicine.

"It is our sincere endeavour to introduce and adapt courses which are in sync with what students and the ecosystem need," Shubnum Singh, dean of nursing, allied health and wellness programmes at Max Healthcare, said.

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Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Dec. 24, 2013

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PUBLIC RELEASE DATE:

23-Dec-2013

Contact: Megan Hanks mhanks@acponline.org 215-351-2656 American College of Physicians

1. Unprecedented but Justified. Princeton meningitis outbreak calls for "compassionate use" of unlicenced vaccine

In the wake of Princeton University's meningitis outbreak, healthy individuals on campus who are at risk for infection will be offered voluntary immunization with Bexsero (Novartis), a vaccine that has not been approved for use in the United States. Since March 22, 2013, health officials have confirmed eight cases of Neisseria meningitides serogroup B (MenB) meningitis among students and visitors at Princeton University. Bexsero is the only vaccine in production that protects against MenB. While the media have expressed concern about using an "experimental" vaccine on students, the authors of an article being published in Annals of Internal Medicine say "compassionate use" of the unlicenced vaccine is justified because epidemiologic evidence suggests that all Princeton University meningitis cases are related and that transmission is ongoing. They argue that the vaccine is not experimental, as it has been approved for use in Europe and Australia. A plea for broader access to the vaccine has been made by advocacy groups, but the vaccine is being limited to Princeton University students based upon policy and epidemiology. While more than a third of total cases in the U.S. are due to MenB, a monovalent MenB vaccine would need to be administered along with the current quadrivalent conjugate meningococcal vaccine to optimize protection against all of the serogroups that cause the majority of disease in the U.S. The authors suggest that a vaccine that prevents MenB still should be available in the U.S. They write, "our ability to mobilize resources in response to this situation should compel us to take measures to ensure access to this prevention tool with proven safety and efficacy to all who are at risk." Full text of this article is available at http://www.annals.org/article.aspx?doi=10.7326/M13-2927.

Note: The URL may be included in coverage. Links go live at 5:00 p.m. on December 23. For an embargoed PDF, please contact Megan Hanks or Angela Collom. To speak with an author, please contact Dana Weidig at mortensen@email.chop.edu or 267-426-6092.

2. Task Force recommends BRCA mutation screening for high-risk women

According to a new guideline being published in Annals of Internal Medicine, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that primary care providers screen asymptomatic women with a family history of breast, ovarian, tubal, or peritoneal cancers to determine if that family history may be associated with an increased risk for potentially harmful mutations in breast cancer susceptibility genes BRCA1 or BRCA2. Women who screen positive should have genetic counseling and, if indicated after counseling, BRCA testing. The Task Force recommends against routine genetic counseling or testing for average-risk women. The Task Force identified specific screening tools that can be used in primary care to guide referral to genetic counselors. In general, the tools present a series of questions designed to elicit information about factors associated with increased likelihood of BRCA mutations. While the tools are all estimated to be more than 85 percent sensitive, there was not enough evidence for the Task Force to recommend one test over the other. This recommendation is reaffirms the Task Force's 2005 recommendation on BRCA testing. The full recommendation is free to the public and can be found at http://www.annals.org/article.aspx?doi=10.7326/M13-2747.

Note: The URL may be included in coverage. Links go live at 5:00 p.m. on December 23. For an embargoed PDF, please contact Megan Hanks or Angela Collom. To speak with a member of the Task Force, please contact Nicole Raisch at nicole.raisch@edelman.com or 202-572-2044.

3. The American College of Physicians explains how Medicaid expansion will help the poor

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