Addiction
Research highlights gap in methamphetamine use figures
Methamphetamine use could be two to four times higher than estimated figures in national surveys, researchers at The University of Queensland have found.
Dec 20, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Pandemic's effect on already rising suicide rates heightens worry
Officers in Los Alamos, New Mexico, were called to check on an individual earlier this year, and after breaching the door realized they were too late.
Aug 11, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Uruguay facing world-record COVID-19 infection rate
Uruguay has reported a 24-hour record coronavirus death toll, as it has gone from one of the least-affected countries to registering the most new daily cases per capita in the world.
Apr 13, 2021
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
1 in 5 people who died from COVID-19 during 2020 and 2021 had dementia, new figures confirm
Alzheimer's Research UK says Government must take greater action to speed up the development and deployment of new dementia treatments after it's been revealed that just over one in five (21.8%) individuals who died of COVID-19 ...
Jul 5, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New coronavirus may have emerged in summer 2019, study suggests
A surge in hospital visits and internet searches related to COVID-19 symptoms from the Chinese city of Wuhan suggests the coronavirus may have been circulating since August 2019, according to a preliminary study by researchers ...
Jun 10, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
The All of Us Research Program has analyzed the genes of 150,000 Americans. The results are coming in
Michelle Anderson recently learned her body metabolizes medicines more slowly than average.
Dec 13, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 vaccines appear safe and effective, but key questions remain
The recent rollout of two newly authorized COVID-19 vaccines is a bright ray of hope at the pandemic's darkest hour.
Jan 4, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 contact tracing reveals ethical tradeoffs between public health and privacy
As scenes of how COVID-19 was overwhelming the Italian health-care system were shown on newscasts, they were juxtaposed with images of young people, seemingly oblivious to the pandemic, enjoying spring break in Florida. As ...
May 13, 2020
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Overweight & Obesity
Nearly 4 in 10 U.S. adults now obese (Update)
(HealthDay)—Almost forty percent adults in the United States are now obese, continuing an ever-expanding epidemic of obesity that's expected to lead to sicker Americans and higher health care costs.
Oct 13, 2017
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HIV & AIDS
In US, people with HIV often go 3 yrs without knowing
People who are infected with HIV in the United States often go for years without being diagnosed, with the median, or midpoint, being three years, according to US government data Tuesday.
Nov 28, 2017
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