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Acupuncture for Menopause Depression: Korean Cohort Found No QALY Gain

by GLOOM

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A 2026 Korean claims analysis of 32,941 women with menopausal disorders found that traditional Korean medicine without recorded acupuncture claims had the lowest 3-year cost and the highest mean quality-adjusted life-year estimate, while acupuncture-inclusive or Western-medicine-inclusive strategies cost more and produced slightly lower QALYs. Research Highlights Lowest-cost group also had the highest QALYs: traditional Korean …

Major Upper-Extremity Amputation Raised Mental Health Odds

by GLOOM

Major upper-extremity amputation was linked to substantially higher odds of new mental-health diagnosis, antidepressant initiation, and psychotherapy claims than minor upper-extremity amputation in a matched national database study. The clearest clinical implication is early mental-health screening after major limb loss, not waiting for distress to surface months later.1 Research Highlights 2,452 matched patients were analyzed: …

Antipsychotic Shortages Caused Drug Switching: 95,968-Patient Claims Study (2026)

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First-generation antipsychotic (FGA) shortages are not just pharmacy annoyances; they force medication changes in people who may have taken years to stabilize on a tolerable regimen. Research Highlights 95,968 patients: Tabah 2026 used Komodo claims data to study people with psychotic-spectrum diagnoses taking shortage-affected first-generation antipsychotics. Switching was not evenly distributed: molindone reached 100% switching, …