Do you live in an anti-depressant hotspot? Doctors in some parts of the country now write five times as many prescriptions for depression pills as others Judging by the volume of antidepressants prescribed by its GPs, Sunderland must be the most depressing place in England. In May this year, doctors in the NHS Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) prescribed 71,306 […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Two children have been diagnosed with monkeypox in the U.S., health officials said Friday. One is a toddler in California and the other an infant who is not a U.S. resident but was tested while in Washington, D.C., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The children were described as being in good health […]

Asian American or Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander patients and Black patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis are more likely to report a range of unmet supportive care needs than whites, according to a research letter published online July 11 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Catherine R. Butler, M.D., from the University of Washington in Seattle, and colleagues surveyed 997 adults who […]

A new study of student well-being during the pandemic by the University of Warwick has identified a worsened financial situation and sleep difficulties as key indicators of individuals at higher risk of developing mental health issues. The findings will be valuable to higher education institutions in identifying those students at higher risk of developing mental health issues, and will help […]

An international team of researchers, including those from UNSW’s School of Biotechnology & Biomolecular Sciences, have applied a promising new tool — CLASH — to capture hundreds of undiscovered mechanisms of gene regulation in a strain of multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The 500 mechanisms uncovered by the new tool were based on the mRNA of S. aureus. Normally serving […]

In a review published in the April issue of Frontiers in Surgery, the authors present an expert consensus for the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of endolymphatic hydrops in patients with suspected hydropic ear disease (Meniere disease). Yupeng Liu, from the Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, and colleagues developed an expert consensus statement on MRI of endolymphatic hydrops […]

Researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital combined genetic and clinical risk factors to create a method to predict which childhood cancer patients are most likely to develop severe or “morbid” obesity as adults. The tool will give physicians and survivors the information to help motivate positive lifestyle changes. The research was published today in Nature Medicine. Childhood cancer survivors […]

If you’ve ever found yourself sobbing, laughing or feeling angry during or after a workout, you’re not alone. Yoga can help to release pent-up emotion stored in the body, as one writer has been finding out. After really traumatic or distressing events, it’s a common survival tactic to bury our emotions. After eight unsuccessful attempts to have a baby through […]

Inner-city kids are known to be at greater risk for uncontrolled asthma. Now, new research suggests that violent crime and poor school achievement may be two reasons why. “Experiencing violent crime can result in toxic stress, and decreased educational attainment is associated with lower health literacy,” said study author Dr. Jordan Tyris, a hospitalist at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, […]

Harsh prison conditions, including solitary confinement, affect the mental health of incarcerated people. But few studies have considered how the criminalization of mental health status contributes to harsh treatment in the criminal justice system. A new study examined inequities in the incidence and duration of solitary confinement by mental health status. The study found high rates of punitive isolation among […]