Health
Puerto Rico betting on medical marijuana to help ease crisis
Puerto Rico is joining more than two dozen U.S. states in pinning a little of its future on medical marijuana.
Aug 1, 2017
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News tagged with economic crisis
Psychology & Psychiatry
Negative health impact of economic recession unevenly distributed among groups in Spain
A study carried out in Andalusia, Southern Spain, following the 2007/2008 economic recession detected increasing inequalities in male mortality rates. Men with lower educational levels saw an increase in mortality compared ...
Feb 21, 2017
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Health
Less driving linked to a decrease in roadway fatalities
Each year, more than 30,000 people die in car crashes in the U.S. Despite safety improvements, motor vehicle fatalities continue to be a leading cause of early mortality. A new study in the American Journal of Preventive ...
Feb 9, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researcher determines populations most at risk of suicide during stressful situations
In an exhaustive study of the evolution in suicide rates in the municipality of Barakaldo during the 2003-2014 period, a UPV/EHU lecturer in psychiatry uncovered the social groups in which there was an increase in the number ...
Sep 13, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Global economic downturn linked with at least 260,000 excess cancer deaths
The economic crisis of 2008-10, and the rise in unemployment that accompanied it, was associated with more than 260,000 excess cancer-related deaths—including many considered treatable—within the Organization for Economic ...
May 25, 2016
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Health
Venezuela watchdog urges access to medicine in crisis
Venezuela's state ombudsman urged the government Tuesday to speed production of basic medicines in an economic crisis that has caused severe shortages.
Apr 6, 2016
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Health
The effect of the economic crisis on birth outcome in Spain
The unprecedented post-war European economic crisis which began in 2007 and the resulting fiscal austerity policies are generally considered to have had a negative impact on public health. A study published in the Annals ...
Apr 5, 2016
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Pediatrics
Weight levels dropped in Greek children during the economic crisis
A new study indicates that for a 2.5 year period shortly before and during the early years of the Greek economic crisis, the prevalence of overweight and obesity decreased in Greek schoolchildren. This was accompanied by ...
Aug 18, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
One in five suicides is associated with unemployment
Every year, around 45,000 people take their own lives because they are out of work or someone close to them is affected by unemployment, as a study by the University of Zurich now reveals. It includes data of 63 countries ...
Feb 10, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Sharp, sustained increases in suicides closely shadowed austerity events in Greece
Sharp and significant increases in suicides followed select financial crisis events and austerity announcements in Greece, from the start of the country's 2008 recession to steep spending cuts in 2012, Penn Medicine researchers ...
Feb 2, 2015
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