Psychology & Psychiatry
Dealing with caregiver stress and burnout: A guide
If you've been suffering from caregiver stress, you've got plenty of company.
Mar 23, 2023
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News tagged with stressful conditions
Cardiology
When chest pain isn't a heart attack
Aside from injuries, the second most common reason adults in the United States go to the emergency department is chest pain, accounting for more than 6.5 million visits annually. Despite the growing prevalence of cardiovascular ...
Feb 20, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Prenatal stress may underlie tumors, inflammation in mice
A new mouse study suggests prenatal stress during late gestation can lead to inflammation in adult male offspring and tumor development in adult female offspring, according to researchers at the University of Toulouse in ...
Jan 20, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Firearm injuries in kids leave lasting mental scars, study finds
Children and teens who survive a firearm injury have a high rate of developing new mental health diagnoses in the year afterward, even compared with kids who suffered injuries in a motor vehicle crash, a new study shows.
Dec 1, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Patients with PTSD are less likely to survive COVID than those without, finds new research
A new study shows that patients with COVID-19 who also had post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were more likely to die or be hospitalized than those without a psychiatric disorder. For patients with other mental illnesses, ...
Nov 22, 2022
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Health
Study examines current state regulations, public health risks of growing medicinal and recreational marijuana market
A new study urges that state and federal regulators need to take a closer look at health and safety risks of the growing medicinal and recreational cannabis market.
Sep 14, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Veterans are reluctant to seek help for sleep problems or substance use
American military veterans are least willing to seek treatment for the health conditions that are most prevalent in their communities—including sleep and alcohol use problems—according to a new study from the University ...
Aug 11, 2022
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Health
Climate change is turning air conditioning into a matter of life and death. But government help is lacking
If it were up to Jacques Wallace, no Chicagoan would find a loved one dead of heat stress, without air conditioning, ever again.
Aug 11, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychological strain and eating habits in the pandemic
Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have investigated possible changes in adult dietary habits and body weight after more than two years of pandemic. The results: 35% of those surveyed have gained weight, ...
Jul 29, 2022
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Health
Extreme heat at Texas prisons an 'ongoing, but preventable disaster,' report says
As millions of Americans continue to sweat through triple-digit temperatures this week, the incarcerated population within most of Texas' prisons are living without air conditioning. According to a new report, dying from ...
Jul 22, 2022
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