Psychology & Psychiatry
Mental health crisis teams aren't just for cities anymore
Jeff White knows what can happen when 911 dispatchers receive a call about someone who feels despondent or agitated.
Oct 6, 2022
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Addiction
Lack of naloxone led to increased overdose deaths in rural Pennsylvania, study finds
Pennsylvania has one of the highest rates of opioid overdose in the nation, and, according to Penn State researchers, one's chances of surviving that overdose can depend on where the person lives.
Sep 29, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Breaking the cycle of gun violence with hospital-based intervention
When he was 19 years old, Cecilio "Pepe" Vega was shot in the leg while sitting on his deck playing cards. With his back to the scene, he never saw the passing driver who attacked him that day in New Haven in 1989.
Aug 12, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Down syndrome project shatters quality of life myths
Young adults living with Down syndrome have high aspirations and a great zest for life according to an Australian first study by researchers from The University of Queensland.
Aug 10, 2022
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Health
New research shows how Indonesia's drug control victimizes women and puts their health at risk
On a balmy day in 2009, Adinda Amalia (not a real name) and her boyfriend were arrested after they were caught injecting heroin in an informal shooting gallery—a derelict property in a South Jakarta slum. The arrests followed ...
Jun 24, 2022
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Health
Strengthened road safety measures associated with fewer traffic injuries and drunk-driving
A study led by researchers from the Division of Health Economics, Policy and Management of the School of Public Health, LKS Faculty of Medicine at The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) found that strengthened road safety policies ...
May 4, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Untrained disaster responders are more prone to suicide years after World Trade Center attack
Construction workers, clean-up staff and other untrained non-traditional emergency employees who assisted in recovery efforts at the World Trade Center in New York following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, are more ...
May 2, 2022
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Other
How to help someone with a gunshot wound
When police officers and paramedics arrived at the scene of the Pittsburgh shooting in the early hours of April 17, they rushed to transport the injured to the hospital.
Apr 28, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New Zealand to remove pandemic mandates as omicron wanes
New Zealand will remove many of its COVID-19 pandemic mandates over the next two weeks as an outbreak of the omicron variant begins to wane.
Mar 23, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Omicron is latest blow to pandemic-weary front-line workers
Staff absences for COVID-19 tripled this month in London's hospitals, and nearly 10% of the city's firefighters called out sick.
Dec 24, 2021
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