Psychology & Psychiatry
Families of victims of violent assault have double the risk of anxiety—new study
Every year, about a million people in England and Wales are victims of violent crime.
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Health
Intimate partner violence shown to take toll on women's cognitive performance
As we age, it is likely harder to repeat a phone number we just heard. Memory impairment is considered a normal part of aging. However, due to various risk factors, some people experience greater decline. A new study suggests ...
Sep 10, 2024
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Health
LGBT adults in California face increased risks of firearm violence
Though a smaller percentage of LGBT adults in California had firearms in their households than non-LGBT adults, they reported higher rates of risk for firearm-related injury or mortality, including serious thoughts of suicide ...
Sep 10, 2024
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Health
Examining women's health in China
Women in China are now healthier than ever, but as the economy grows and China's culture becomes more westernized, the country faces new challenges due to changing social norms and expectations, say experts in a special collection ...
Aug 30, 2024
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Cardiology
Positive experiences can protect children's heart health
Experiencing childhood adversity can harm a child's heart health but positive experiences provide a buffer, according to a new study.
Aug 29, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study: Parents who experience intimate partner violence show higher potential for stress, child maltreatment
Parents who recently experienced intimate partner violence reported more parenting stress and higher potential for child maltreatment, and were less likely to use positive parenting strategies, according to UTHealth Houston ...
Aug 26, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Adverse childhood experiences tied to later household firearm ownership
Cumulative adverse childhood experience (ACE) exposure is associated with higher odds of household firearm ownership in adulthood, according to a study published online Aug. 15 in JAMA Network Open.
Aug 20, 2024
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Editorial: US abortion restrictions are causing widespread harm
In an editorial published in BMJ, CUNY SPH Senior Associate Dean Terry McGovern and Ph.D. student and adjunct professor Ira Memaj, along with Northeastern University's Samantha Garbers, shed light on the devastating consequences ...
Aug 19, 2024
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Medications
Hispanic women are less likely to get PrEP treatment—new intervention could change that
In the U.S., Hispanic women have been disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic in recent years. Yet they've been less likely to take advantage of PrEP, a medication that significantly reduces the risk of getting HIV.
Aug 15, 2024
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Violence
Violence is the expression of physical force against self or other, compelling action against one's will on pain of being hurt. Variant uses of the term refer to the destruction of non-living objects (see property damage). Worldwide, violence is used as a tool of manipulation and also is an area of concern for law and culture which take attempts to suppress and stop it. The word violence covers a broad spectrum. It can vary from between a physical altercation between two beings where a slight injury may be the outcome to war and genocide where millions may die as a result.
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