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Keeping Mentally Healthy | does Social Media cause social Isolation?

Mental Health Matters | How much Social Media is too much?

So here you are, gazing into a screen when you could be meeting with a colleague, salsa dancing, or sharing lunch with a friend.

What effect is all of this online time having on your health? And what—if anything—should you tell your patients about their own Internet use?

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Benzodiazepines

Mental Health | Benzodiazepine Prescribing By Primary Care Doctors has gone up

Benzo use is up | The drugs Clonazepam and Diazepam are both benzodiazepines;

they're better known by the brand names Klonopin and Valium. The drug class also includes Ativan, Librium and Halcion.

The percentage of outpatient medical visits that led to a benzodiazepine prescription doubled from 2003 to 2015, according to a study published Friday. And about half those prescriptions came from primary care physicians.

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