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MONTHLY JOURNAL SUMMARY

December 2018 Briefing - Psychiatry

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Benign Ventricular Rhythms and the Anxious Patient

One of the more common causes of visits to the Emergency Department is the patient who complains of “palpitations” or skipping, fluttering, “a feeling my heart stops for a minute,” or otherwise misbehaving myocardium. Almost always the patients in question are anxious when they arrive.

Study links restless leg syndrome with erectile dysfunction in older men

A study in the journal Sleep shows that erectile dysfunction was more common in older men with restless leg syndrome (RLS) than in those without RLS, and the magnitude of this association increased with a higher frequency of RLS symptoms.

Antidepressants do they work? A Review of the Review

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Psychogenic memory impairment

Psychogenic memory impairment is the loss of memory associated with a “traumatic” psychological event.

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RE: Investigational Topical Minocycline Gel for Acne Advances to Phase III Development

Great articles. learnt a lot from it.

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