Psychology & Psychiatry

Mental health expert says suicide prevention starts with talking

Suicide is preventable, but only if conversations about this taboo topic become more commonplace, according to Rheeda Walker, University of Houston psychology professor and expert on mental health and suicide prevention. ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Survey shows lack of brain health awareness among women

Nearly two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer's disease are women, but according to a Women's Alzheimer's Movement at Cleveland Clinic survey, 82% of women aren't even aware that they're at greater risk for developing the ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Indonesia announces its first case of monkeypox

A man in Indonesia has tested positive for monkeypox, making him the country's first confirmed case of the disease, authorities said late Saturday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Does decades-old smallpox vaccination protect against monkeypox?

Health officials are scrambling to stretch scarce doses of vaccine to slow the mounting monkeypox outbreak, but do older people already vaccinated as kids for the related but deadlier smallpox virus already have protection?

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