Health
Holiday togetherness can also mean family fights. But there are ways to try to sidestep the drama
The holidays, a time where families and friends can get together to talk, to laugh—or get into screaming arguments.
Dec 24, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Adolescent mental health problems can translate into GP costs in adulthood
Conduct and emotional problems in adolescents today could cost the NHS nearly £630,000 in annual cost of GP visits alone in adulthood, says new research published in the journal Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.
Jun 29, 2023
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Health
Mexico acknowledges 112 heat-related deaths so far this year, almost triple the figures in 2022
Mexican health authorities say there have been at least 112 heat-related deaths so far this year, acknowledging for the first time the deadliness of a recent heatwave that the president previously dismissed as an invention ...
Jun 29, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Vaccine campaign research highlights the power of individual self-interest
People who refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19 had low levels of social trust, weak attachments to the rule of law, and were less willing to honor collective commitments to the greater good, according to Cornell research ...
May 1, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The ethical dilemmas behind plans for involuntary treatment to target homelessness, mental illness and addiction
Over the past year, cities across the United States have unveiled new policy plans to address homelessness amid rising concerns about health and crime—for homeless people themselves, as well as for surrounding communities. ...
Feb 3, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Investigative reporter, who covered murder-suicides, explains how journalists are vulnerable to trauma
It never really dawned on me how vulnerable journalists were to trauma until I took a job as an investigative reporter. I spent most of 2021 and 2022 verifying, analyzing and writing stories about murder-suicides.
Jan 26, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Retracted anti-abortion paper contained undisclosed conflicts of interest
An anti-abortion paper retracted by a Frontiers journal the day after Christmas contained undisclosed conflicts of interest among its guest editors and peer reviewers, according to an analysis by Digital Science company Ripeta.
Jan 11, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study suggests COVID face masks don't impair most social interaction
A new study just published in Journal of Applied Social Psychology debunks the idea that wearing a mask to slow the spread of disease damages most everyday social exchanges.
Sep 7, 2022
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Health
COVID-19 misinformation bolsters anti-vaccine movement
More parents are questioning the necessity of routine vaccinations for young children. Adults are skipping shots as well, even for vaccines with a long safety record.
Jul 4, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
N. Korea reports another disease outbreak amid COVID-19 wave
North Korea on Thursday reported the eruption of another infectious disease in addition to its ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, saying leader Kim Jong Un has donated his private medicines to those stricken with the new disease.
Jun 16, 2022
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