Health
Consumer health: Back to school means head lice
For many families, the start of school is a busy, exciting time of year. For some families, though, returning to school also means unpleasant, unwelcome guests: head lice.
Aug 24, 2023
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Community-based services could reduce the risk of frailty in older adults with low care needs
Even if you are a lone wolf, considering some group activities may not be a bad idea, especially when it comes to health care. Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have found that community-based adult day services help ...
Aug 24, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
With COVID now endemic, modeling suggests targeted protection will be more effective than blanket measures
Interventions designed to limit the spread of COVID have been rolled back around the world. In New Zealand, the government removed all remaining public health measures last week.
Aug 24, 2023
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Pediatrics
Education levels and child age shaped caregivers' concerns amid COVID-19 pandemic, finds population-based study
A caregiver's education level and their child's age played large roles in determining their primary sources of stress during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers found in a recent study by NIH's Environmental influences on ...
Aug 23, 2023
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Medical economics
Gender-affirming surgeries in the US nearly tripled before pandemic dip, study finds
The number of gender-affirming surgeries in the U.S. nearly tripled from 2016 to 2019 before dropping slightly in 2020, according to a study published Wednesday.
Aug 23, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study analyzes the mental health cost of school closures
During the coronavirus pandemic, the mental health of adolescents suffered to an extraordinary degree. To what extent school closures contributed to or even caused this crisis was so far largely unknown.
Aug 22, 2023
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Health
Video: Reducing viral infection risks when sending kids off to school
It's back to school for many kids around the nation. And once they hit the classroom, you may notice more runny noses and other symptoms associated with viral and bacterial infections.
Aug 22, 2023
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Medications
Research team successfully tests new antifungal therapy for fungal meningitis
A team of University of Minnesota Medical School researchers successfully tested a new antifungal therapy to treat fungal meningitis. The trial results were published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Aug 22, 2023
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Pediatrics
The #1 enemy of good sleep for school kids: Screens
Video games and social media are keeping school kids up at night, according to a new survey from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM).
Aug 21, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Overuse of social media and devices top parent concerns as kids head back to school
As children head back to school, two issues have climbed higher on their parents' list of concerns: the role of social media and the internet in kids' lives.
Aug 21, 2023
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