Addiction
Young Australians would use cannabis if it were legal to do so
A number of young Australians say they would use cannabis for the first time if it were legal, a UQ study has found.
Jul 30, 2020
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Not children, but 'super-happy families' the aim of assisted reproduction
Researcher Judith Lind has studied how staff at fertility clinics view the assessments that childless couples and women undergo in order to access assisted reproduction. It emerges in the interviews that the assessment of ...
Jun 4, 2020
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Health
Survey identifies learning opportunities related to health impacts of climate change
An international survey of Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE) membership found that the majority of members—health professions schools and programs, including medical, nursing, and public health—offer ...
May 28, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A quick pivot turns an infectious disease class into timely education
Biologist David Roos studied influenza as a grad student, and he typically kicks off his advanced course on infectious disease biology with a focus on that virus. That's how he began this semester, too, with plans to also ...
Apr 7, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Reconnecting with nature key for the health of people and the planet
Individuals who visit natural spaces weekly, and feel psychologically connected to them, report better physical and mental wellbeing, new research has shown.
Feb 13, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
As syphilis invades rural America, a fraying health safety net is failing to stop it
When Karolyn Schrage first heard about the "dominoes gang" in the health clinic she runs in Joplin, Mo., she assumed it had to do with pizza.
Apr 23, 2019
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HIV & AIDS
Tracking HIV's ever-evolving genome in effort to prioritize public health resources
Every county in the United States tracks HIV cases, sequencing the virus' genome to see if it is resistant to current medications and looking for trends. More recently, local health departments and the Centers for Disease ...
Feb 11, 2019
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Health
New set of recommendations developed to improve quality of cost-effectiveness analyses
The Second Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine reviewed the current status of the field of cost-effectiveness analysis and developed a new set of recommendations, with major changes including the recommendation ...
Sep 13, 2016
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Health
Interventions requiring less individual agency should be prioritized to fight obesity
Public health interventions that require individuals to invest fewer individual personal and psychological resources are likely to be most effective and equitable; such "low-agency" approaches should therefore be central ...
Apr 5, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Requiring some patients to get mental health treatment saves money
Mandating outpatient treatment for certain people with severe mental illness, while controversial, results in substantial cost savings by cutting hospitalizations and increasing outpatient care, according to a financial analysis ...
Jul 30, 2013
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