Health
Pediatrician offers tips for fourth of July fireworks safety
On any other day of the year, would you hand your child matches or a flaming candle to play with? Probably, a hard no.
Jul 1, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study helps untangle the link between childhood maltreatment and adolescent substance use in South Africa
When adolescents who have experienced maltreatment use alcohol and drugs to cope with their negative feelings, their risk of developing problematic substance use is greatly increased, a new study has found.
Jul 1, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study shows how climate anxiety can catalyze activism
The looming uncertainty and dangers of climate change can be paralyzing and debilitating, but a new study from the University of Oregon suggests that such gloom is not wholly harmful.
Jul 1, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Improving treatment for rare acute myeloid leukemia sub-type seen in young adults and children
Peter Mac clinicians have described how a young patient with a rare, aggressive and only recently described form of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) has responded to genomically-guided targeted therapy.
Jun 27, 2024
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Cardiology
Researchers link urban green and blue spaces to less coronary artery calcification
Being near and having more exposure to urban green space and blue (water) space is linked to lower odds of having coronary artery calcification in middle age, which is an early marker of cardiovascular disease.
Jun 27, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
I've been diagnosed with cancer. How do I tell my children?
With around 1 in 50 adults diagnosed with cancer each year, many people are faced with the difficult task of sharing the news of their diagnosis with their loved ones. Parents with cancer may be most worried about telling ...
Jun 26, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Research suggests parenting styles affect whether a child uses drinking to cope with stress
Every parent wants their kid to have a healthy relationship with alcohol. But how do you help them get there? Is it by letting them drink while they're young in hopes of making alcohol less alluring? Or by taking a strict ...
Jun 24, 2024
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Addiction
Young adults' reasons not to drink point to potential for more effective prevention, treatment interventions
Young adults (aged 18–25) who use alcohol have varying personal reasons for not drinking on some days—reasons that could be harnessed to improve the effectiveness of programs preventing and treating alcohol use disorder ...
Jun 24, 2024
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Health
Certain early drinking experiences in teens and young adults may predict more rapid development of alcohol use disorder
Teens and young adults who experience social problems related to alcohol may be at risk of relatively rapid development of alcohol use disorder (AUD), a new study suggests. Other behaviors that meet certain diagnostic criteria ...
Jun 24, 2024
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Health
How firearm safety begins at home
Firearm violence has become the leading killer of children and young adults under 24, surpassing deaths from vehicle collisions since 2017. And while daily headlines emphasize news of mass shootings, most firearms-related ...
Jun 24, 2024
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