Pandemic prevention practices such as masking and social distancing have upended expectations for the arrival of "sick season," the traditional wave of colds, flu, and other respiratory illnesses that rise as temperatures ...
Oct 21, 2022
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We developed a new method for assessing health risks that our research suggests should make it a lot easier for people to determine which health advice to follow—and which to ignore. The approach, recently published in ...
Oct 21, 2022
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Technological solutions to fill the gap in mental health care are alluring. They can appear to be a cheap, scalable way to solve the knotty problem of mental distress, without requiring investment in people, communities and ...
Oct 20, 2022
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Almost 500 million people will develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes or other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) attributable to physical inactivity, between 2020 and 2030, costing US$ 27 billion annually, if governments ...
Oct 20, 2022
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A survey of more than 1,000 registered physicians who used telehealth services to treat patients with opioid-use disorder during COVID-19 found that an overwhelming majority favor making telehealth a permanent part of their ...
Oct 13, 2022
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Published in the international journal Child Abuse & Neglect, University of Minnesota researchers found parental incarceration and foster care were separately linked with mental health problems. However, youth who had experienced ...
Oct 13, 2022
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Many children with autism or intellectual disability had poor attendance or even deregistered from school, often due to unmet needs, after their schools switched to online learning, reports a study and associated policy briefing ...
Oct 12, 2022
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New research shows that older adults may be better supported as they age when their personalities are considered—for example, are they more like orchids or dandelions?
Oct 11, 2022
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Simplistic stereotypes of Australians living with obesity blame the individual and fail to consider the complex causes, according to a blueprint that seeks to overhaul the way the nation deals with obesity.
Oct 11, 2022
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Cuts to public services and living standards across Britain from 2010 contributed to 335,000 excess deaths—twice as many as previously thought, according to new research. These austerity measures were introduced by the ...
Oct 7, 2022
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