Health
Unique market ensures St. Louis gets its 'Medicine' – healthy food
Every other Thursday, Kathryn McNary watches out the window of her apartment in St. Louis for the mail truck to arrive.
Nov 1, 2019
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HIV & AIDS
Syringe exchange programs prevented thousands of new HIV cases in Philadelphia, Baltimore
Syringe exchange programs established in Philadelphia and Baltimore prevented a total of 12,483 new cases of HIV over a ten-year period, according to a study published today. The averted HIV infections also saved both cities ...
Oct 29, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Online suicide and the dark psychology of internet insult forums
Leon Jenkins was 43 when he took his own life in July 2018. He livestreamed his suicide on an internet forum where users can freely – and viciously – insult, berate, provoke and abuse each other. The idea is to make people ...
Aug 21, 2018
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Health
How one health system is shifting from volume to value
(HealthDay)—ACCESS Health System, which operates 36 health centers, is transitioning to a patient-centered, physician-friendly health system that provides a continuum of care to underserved populations, according to the ...
Apr 22, 2016
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Addiction
Opioid addiction starts at the ER, according to studies
Legitimate prescriptions of opioids as painkillers are a contributing factor in long-term addiction to these substances. This is what Sarah Eichmeyer of Bocconi's Department of Economics and Jonathan Zhang of McMaster University ...
Aug 2, 2023
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Health
Report offers solutions to help prevent deaths during WA heat waves
Two years after the 2021 heat dome, Washington's deadliest weather-related disaster, researchers are still trying to pin down its full impacts and what lessons can be learned.
Jul 10, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study reveals the COVID toll on Australia's community health workforce
Australia's community health service workforce was pushed to its limits by the COVID-19 pandemic with new research revealing high levels of stress and burn-out among staff as many consider leaving the sector altogether.
Mar 10, 2023
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Health informatics
Analysis of health-related tweets paints worrying picture in Ukraine
Since the onset of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the international community has voiced its concerns about the deteriorating conditions in the country.
Dec 22, 2022
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Health
A blueprint for more equitable care in public health crises
A testing lab set up within eight days, teams focused on testing and treating COVID-19 in the Black and Latinx communities, and the launch of one of the largest testing studies in the nation—these are a few examples of ...
Dec 9, 2022
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Health
Climate change will fuel diseases, warns Global Fund
Climate change will end up killing people by fuelling infectious diseases, the head of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said Tuesday.
Nov 23, 2022
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