Medical economics
How health system hesitancies contributed to COVID risks
More than 1.2 million people have died in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic to date, more documented deaths than any other nation on Earth.
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Q&A: How to support someone with post-traumatic stress disorder
Question: I'm reaching out because I'm in a tough spot. A close friend rode out Hurricane Ian in Florida last year and it seems to me that he's struggling now. He's angry and jumpy, while being numb to what's happening around ...
Nov 16, 2023
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Medications
Ketamine can rapidly reduce symptoms of PTSD and depression, new study finds
The drug ketamine can reduce the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, and symptoms of depression in patients as early as a day after injection. That is the key finding of my team's new meta-analysis, just ...
Nov 9, 2023
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Health
Eliminating mold after natural disasters is vital for those with mold allergy, says research
Severe weather events such as hurricanes, floods and extreme precipitation have increased in recent years and are projected to become more frequent. With those events can come a surge in growth of mold throughout houses and ...
Nov 9, 2023
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Diabetes
Human insulin less temperature-sensitive than previously thought
A new article published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews has found that insulin can be kept at room temperature for months without losing potency, offering hope to people living with diabetes in regions with ...
Nov 2, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How floods kill, long after the water has gone: Sobering data from a global decade-long study
With New York's declared state of emergency following flash flooding, there is increasing concern such events will become more common globally.
Oct 4, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Is climate change increasing substance abuse?
We knew that climate change and its effects—natural disasters, pandemics, pollution—are negatively impacting mental and physical health around the world. Now a new study published in Perspectives on Psychological Science ...
Oct 4, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
No, stress won't dry up your milk. How to keep breastfeeding your baby in an emergency
Bushfires currently burning in Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania bring into sharp focus the fire risks Australian families face over the coming summer months.
Oct 4, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How community gardening could ease your climate concerns
Every day, we are bombarded with messages about a world in crisis. Alongside the ongoing reminders of wars, economic recessions and social unrest is news about natural disasters and extreme weather—be that prolonged droughts, ...
Sep 29, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers develop AI model to improve tumor removal accuracy during breast cancer surgery
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning tools have received a lot of attention recently, with the majority of discussions focusing on proper use. However, this technology has a wide range of practical applications, ...
Sep 25, 2023
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Disaster
A disaster is a natural or man-made hazard that has come to fruition, resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life, or drastic change to the environment. A disaster can be ostensively defined as any tragic event with great loss stemming from events such as earthquakes, floods, catastrophic accidents, fires, or explosions.
In contemporary academia, disasters are seen as the consequence of inappropriately managed risk. These risks are the product of hazards and vulnerability. Hazards that strike in areas with low vulnerability are not considered a disaster, as is the case in uninhabited regions.
Developing countries suffer the greatest costs when a disaster hits – more than 95 percent of all deaths caused by disasters occur in developing countries and underdeveloped countries, and losses due to natural disasters are 20 times greater (as a percentage of GDP) in developing countries than in industrialized countries.
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