Two-thirds of Americans say their lives have been affected by addiction: Poll
Millions of Americans are addicted to drugs or alcohol, and millions more struggle with an addicted family member or friend, a new poll finds.
Aug 15, 2023
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Millions of Americans are addicted to drugs or alcohol, and millions more struggle with an addicted family member or friend, a new poll finds.
Aug 15, 2023
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Autistic females (assigned sex at birth) have an 83% increased risk of self-harm leading to emergency health care relative to non-autistic people, according to a new study from ICES and the Center for Addiction and Mental ...
Aug 8, 2023
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Exposure to relatively high levels of air pollution is linked to increased use of community mental health services by people with dementia, finds a large long term study focusing on a large area of London with heavy traffic ...
Aug 7, 2023
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Type 2 diabetes is associated with increased risks for hospital bed-days for a wide range of medical conditions, according to a study published online Aug. 4 in PLOS Medicine.
Aug 7, 2023
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In some states, new laws banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth are dissuading health care providers from offering mental health services and other medical care that isn't explicitly banned by those laws.
Aug 2, 2023
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A global study co-led by researchers from The University of Queensland and Harvard Medical School has found one in two people will develop a mental health disorder in their lifetime.
Jul 31, 2023
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The COVID-19 pandemic and mitigation measures changed how people accessed health care services and engaged in their communities. Access to appropriate services and accommodations help autistic individuals in maintaining employment, ...
Jul 31, 2023
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Severe mental illness such as major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia have a tremendous impact not only on the affected individual, but on their families. Children of parents with severe mental illness ...
Jul 28, 2023
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A routine trip to the doctor's office almost always includes being weighed, a request that can be stressful. However, stepping on the scale isn't always necessary and as more people learn they can decline being weighed, researchers ...
Jul 25, 2023
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The prevalence of arthritis is 305 per 100,000 children and adolescents in the United States, with higher prevalence among non-Hispanic Black or African American versus non-Hispanic White children and adolescents, according ...
Jul 21, 2023
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