A U.S. pandemic of depression, too? Rates are triple pre-COVID-19 levels
(HealthDay)—As the coronavirus pandemic has swept across America, so has an epidemic of depression, a new study shows.
Sep 2, 2020
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(HealthDay)—As the coronavirus pandemic has swept across America, so has an epidemic of depression, a new study shows.
Sep 2, 2020
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Telehealth is a bit of American ingenuity that seems to have paid off in the coronavirus pandemic. Medicare temporarily waived restrictions predating the smartphone era and now there's a push to make telemedicine widely ...
Aug 30, 2020
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Dr. Michelle Barron, medical director of infection prevention and control at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, received an unusual call last month from the microbiology lab: confirmation of the third case this year ...
Jul 20, 2020
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Children and young people who grow up in care are up to four times more likely to suffer from poor health 30 years later than those who grew up with their parents, finds new research from UCL and King's College London.
Jul 20, 2020
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Children whose parents report poverty in pregnancy are nine times more likely to face additional traumatic experiences compared to their wealthier peers, UCL research finds.
Jul 10, 2020
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The coronavirus pandemic catapulted the country into one of the deepest recessions in U.S. history, leaving millions of Americans without jobs or health insurance. There is a lot of evidence that economic hardship is associated ...
Jul 7, 2020
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Over the past twenty years, huge efforts by a broad coalition of stakeholders, coordinated by the World Health Organization have curbed the latest epidemic of human African trypanosomiasis, a lethal disease transmitted by ...
May 21, 2020
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Fake and bogus cure claims are a longstanding, but neglected public health problem. Throughout recorded history, plagues have inspired anxiety and desperation. Time and again, this public nervousness has proved a fertile ...
May 18, 2020
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The mental well-being of the elderly refers to how they perceive their everyday existence, i.e.—if their outlook is positive or negative, which, in turn, makes their life pleasant or unpleasant.
May 6, 2020
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Pacific Islander young adults in the United States have an extremely high level of hazardous drinking and potential alcohol-use disorders, a study led by a health disparities researcher at the University of California, Riverside, ...
May 6, 2020
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