Genetics
Editing disease in South Africa
Gene therapy—there is a long road ahead to mainstream techniques and ensure that the technology is cost-effective.
Nov 12, 2019
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Pediatrics
Admissions to ER's for adolescent sexual abuse have more than doubled
From 2010 to 2016, emergency department admissions for confirmed adolescent sexual abuse in the U.S. doubled, even as rates of child sexual abuse have steadily declined for decades.
Nov 4, 2019
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Medications
Safe injection rooms save lives – yet the UK government continues to oppose them
Urgent action is needed to stem the UK's overdose crisis, according to a group of cross party MPs, who have called upon the government to properly tackle the issue. Drug-related deaths rose to record numbers in 2018 in England ...
Oct 24, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers investigate the impact of police stops on youth's mental health
New research looks into the impact police stops have on the mental health of youth. Assistant professors Dylan Jackson, Chantal Fahmy and Alexander Testa in the UTSA Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice collaborated ...
Oct 9, 2019
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Health
Supreme Court to hear abortion regulation case
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to plunge into the abortion debate in the midst of the 2020 presidential campaign, taking on a Louisiana case that could reveal how willing the more conservative court is to chip away at abortion ...
Oct 4, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Emotional rape victims seen as more believable
Distressed rape complainants are perceived to be more credible than those who control their emotions, a University of Queensland study has found.
Sep 13, 2019
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Pediatrics
Young adults exposed to incarceration as children prone to depression
Young adults with childhood history of both parental incarceration and juvenile justice involvement were nearly three times more likely to have depression or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) compared to peers without ...
Sep 4, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How an online test might help identify mental illnesses
Outside prisons and jails, more than four million people in the United States are still monitored on probation and parole. Mental health disorders may affect about half a million of them—or perhaps more. No one is quite ...
Aug 28, 2019
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Other
DOJ moves to add more marijuana growers for research
The Justice Department said Monday it would move forward to expand the number of marijuana growers for federally authorized cannabis research.
Aug 26, 2019
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Pediatrics
Study finds that teens are using a highly potent form of marijuana
Nearly one in four Arizona teens have used a highly potent form of marijuana known as marijuana concentrate, according to a new study by Arizona State University researchers.
Aug 26, 2019
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