Health
'I feel dismissed': People experiencing colorism say health system fails them
Jonnae Thompson has felt for a long time that her dark brown skin and natural hair have made finding work in Hollywood especially hard.
Aug 13, 2024
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Addiction
Binge drinking more common in sexual- and gender-minority students
Sexual- and gender-minority (SGM) students report a higher prevalence of binge drinking than their peers, according to a study published online Aug. 6 in Pediatrics.
Aug 8, 2024
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Health
A mixed-methods investigation of patient food and dietary preferences
The socioeconomic and cultural factors that influence what people eat can cause inequities that are detrimental to health, especially in underserved communities. The Food is Medicine movement strives to reduce these disparities ...
Aug 7, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Very slow malaria pathogens could be suitable as a vaccine
Scientists have successfully tested a new approach for a malaria vaccine in animal experiments. They used genetically modified malaria parasites that developed normally in the mosquito but at a significantly slower rate in ...
Aug 6, 2024
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Health
Q&A: Understanding men's health risks: Why many avoid the doctor's office
Data has consistently shown that men are reluctant to seek medical care despite the fact they generally face higher mortality rates and shorter life expectancies than women across most causes of death.
Aug 2, 2024
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Health
Cultural clashes can make it harder for immigrants to parent. Better support can improve their child's mental health
More than 10% of children and young people worldwide have a diagnosable mental health problem. If these problems are not detected and treated, children may suffer the same or other mental health problems in adulthood.
Aug 1, 2024
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Health
Body appreciation varies across cultures: Study
People from different cultures show both similarities and differences in how body appreciation, sociocultural pressure, and internalization of thin ideals vary, according to a study published July 31, 2024 in the open-access ...
Jul 31, 2024
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Health
Adolescent girls face alarming rates of intimate partner violence, analysis reveals
Among adolescent girls who have been in a relationship, nearly a quarter (24%)—close to 19 million—will have experienced physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence by the time they turn 20 years old, as highlighted ...
Jul 30, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Does organizing your page help organize your mind?
If you have ever wondered how you manage to keep track of the immense amount of information coming to you each day, you might want to thank the positional tagging system in your mind.
Jul 26, 2024
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Biomedical technology
CDC warns of shortage of bottles needed for crucial blood tests
Hospitals and clinical laboratories across the United States are facing a critical shortage of bottles used to culture blood samples, federal health officials report.
Jul 24, 2024
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