Psychology & Psychiatry
COVID-19 impact on suicide
Did you know, suicide is the 10th-leading cause of death in the United States? In fact, 48,000 Americans die by suicide every year.
Jul 28, 2020
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News tagged with health funding
Medications
We don't know whether most medical treatments work, and we know even less about whether they cause harm
Only one in 20 medical treatments have high-quality evidence to support their benefits, according to a recent study. The study also found that harms of treatments are measured much more rarely (a third as much) as benefits.
Jun 17, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Who's most likely to develop Alzheimer's and why? Researchers recruit diverse groups for studies
Researchers are beginning to discover how your genes, medical conditions, and environment affect your chances of getting Alzheimer's disease.
Feb 17, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study shows inexpensive, readily available chemical may limit impact of COVID-19
Preclinical studies in mice that model human COVID-19 suggest that an inexpensive, readily available amino acid might limit the effects of the disease and provide a new off-the-shelf therapeutic option for infections with ...
Oct 24, 2022
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Dentistry
JDR studies examine the trends and impact of NIH research funding to dental schools
Today, the International and American Associations for Dental Research (IADR/AADR) published three articles in the Journal of Dental Research that focus on the trends and impact of National Institutes of Health (NIH) research ...
Dec 21, 2016
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Medical research
Plan B for coronavirus: Research on vaccine and drug alternatives is urgently needed
The curve of the COVID-19 epidemic has been flattened in many countries around the world, and it hasn't been new antivirals or a vaccine that has done it. We are being saved by non-drug interventions such as quarantine, social ...
Apr 21, 2020
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Pediatrics
COVID vaccines will soon be available for kids under 5: Experts worry many parents won't see the need
Terry Golaner is counting the days until her two youngest children can be vaccinated against the coronavirus, continuing with masks and careful consideration of social activities.
Apr 6, 2022
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Medications
The respective roles of the public and private sectors in pharmaceutical innovation
The study identifies the respective contributions of direct and indirect government support in research and development of new pharmaceutical drugs.
Dec 15, 2011
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Health
Bioethicists call for oversight of consumer 'neurotechnologies' with unproven benefits
The marketing of direct-to-consumer "neurotechnologies" can be enticing: apps that diagnose a mental state, and brain devices that improve cognition or "read" one's emotional state. However, many of these increasingly popular ...
Jan 18, 2019
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Medical economics
Air pollution from oil and gas production responsible for $77 billion in annual US health damages, study finds
Despite global efforts to transition from fossil fuels to clean energy, oil and gas (O&G) production is nearing record levels in the United States, posing concern among health experts about what this O&G growth means for ...
May 8, 2023
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