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Social determinants recorded in only 0.2% of mental health contact cases

The environmental and social circumstances of individuals using mental health services in a North West city region– including those diagnosed with "post-traumatic stress disorder"—were recorded in only 0.2% of cases, according to new analysis published in the Journal of Mental Health. [...]

COVID delta variant rise looms as K-12 schools prepare to reopen

Infections from the COVID-19 delta variant are rising across the country just as most K-12 schools are preparing to reopen. [...]

Fasting may have become a health fad, but religious communities have been doing it for millennia

The practice of fasting has entered popular culture in recent years as a way to lose extra pounds. Featured in the bestselling book "The Fast Diet," it advocates eating normally on select days of the week while drastically reducing calories on the remaining days. [...]

Aboriginal people near the Ranger uranium mine suffered more stillbirths and cancer. We don't know why

The Ranger uranium mine, surrounded by Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory, operated for 40 years until it closed in 2021. During this time, Aboriginal people in the region experienced stillbirth rates double those of Aboriginal people elsewhere in the Top End, and cancer rates almost 50% higher. [...]

3D 'heat map' shows how seizures spread in the brains of patients with epilepsy

For 29 years, from the time she was 12, Rashetta Higgins had been wracked by epileptic seizures—as many as 10 a week—in her sleep, at school and at work. She lost four jobs over 10 years. One seizure brought her down as she was climbing concrete stairs, leaving a bloody scene and a bad gash near her eye. [...]

COVID vaccine trial for kids on track

UMass Medical School's principal site investigator for Moderna's TeenCOVE and KidCOVE mRNA COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials said that trial sites are on track to expand the number of children in the Moderna KidCOVE trial, as requested this week by the Food and Drug Administration. [...]

Internet CBT for depression reviewed and analyzed

Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for depression is often just as effective as traditional CBT. This is clear from an international study involving scientists at the University of Gothenburg. However, some online treatments have components that can be harmful. [...]

Vaccinations, masks are best tools against Delta variant

The U.S. is once again experiencing an increase in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths due, in part, to the rapid spread of the virus' highly transmissible Delta variant. [...]

Increased risk of acute myocardial infarction the first two weeks following COVID-19

A large nationwide study based on all COVID-19 patients in Sweden performed at Umeå University, concludes that the risk of acute myocardial infarction and stroke is three-fold increased the first two weeks following COVID-19. The study was published in The Lancet. [...]

Elite athletes more likely to experience mental health disorders

American gymnast and four-time Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles is the latest high profile athlete to withdraw from a major tournament citing mental health reasons. [...]