A quick quiz that asks you to fill in the blank: “Prolonged grief disorder is characterized by intense, prolonged grief (intense yearning for the decreased or preoccupation with thoughts of the deceased) occurring nearly every day that persists beyond ____________ months post-loss that causes clinically significant distress or impairment.”

The optimal dose of daily steps—the amount with the greatest dementia risk reduction—was 9,826 steps, with the minimum step dose, or the amount at which dementia risk was half of the maximal reduction, was 3,826 steps per day. See the original article on JAMA Neurology.

After completing this activity, participants will be better equipped to discuss the major difficulties in managing MDR HIV and to illustrate the promise of both existing and forthcoming MDR HIV medicines.

The survey examined the methods used by payors to collect and monitor social determinants of health (SDOH), their high-priority disease states, the measures they feel are necessary to address disparities, how they believe those measures will affect how people access and use medications, and their ongoing and future efforts in this area.

Sufentanil sublingual tablet 30 mcg (Dsuvia, AcelRx), an effective novel tablet formulation of the synthetic opioid sufentanil, has been given FDA approval for the management of severe acute pain in adult patients in licensed medically supervised healthcare settings. The medication is administered sublingually in a single-dose, prefilled applicator.

Although many organizations advise reducing the range of antibiotic therapy for hospitalized patients in light of laboratory findings, some are challenging the validity of the practice. One expert argued that there are insufficiently strong data on spectrum de-escalation to determine whether it improves outcomes.