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  • Alcohol use significantly associated with mental illness symptoms in college women

    Alcohol use significantly associated with mental illness symptoms in college women

    The current study hypothesized that lifestyle factors, such as diet quality, alcohol consumption, sleep duration, and tobacco/nicotine use, both independently and jointly, were linked with MI symptoms (e.g., anxiety and depression) in college women.


    How to Find a Good, Well-Staffed Nursing Home

    How to Find a Good, Well-Staffed Nursing Home

    Nursing home industry officials say that there’s no one-size-fits-all ratio and that a study the federal government published last year found quality improved with higher staffing but didn’t recommend a particular level.


    Gene editing silences mutant microRNA, restores hearing in adult mice

    Gene editing silences mutant microRNA, restores hearing in adult mice

    The approach by a research team supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), reported in Science Translational Medicine, may eventually lead to potential treatments for inherited hearing loss in people.


    Relieving the Growing Burden of Medical Debt

    Relieving the Growing Burden of Medical Debt

    Beginning in 2022, Cook County has leveraged American Rescue Plan dollars — federal emergency funds made available during the coronavirus pandemic — to wipe out over $382 million in medical debt for more than 213,000 residents.


    Priority pathogens selected for wastewater surveillance during Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games

    Priority pathogens selected for wastewater surveillance during Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games

    More work is needed before implementing the strategy during the 2024 Paris games, and the authors recommend leveraging the existing network of 54 sites for monitoring SARS-CoV-2 circulation in wastewater treatment plants across France.


    Clozapine improves outcomes in treatment-resistant schizophrenia

    Clozapine improves outcomes in treatment-resistant schizophrenia

    In these cases, clozapine is the treatment of choice, but its use in real clinical practice is often delayed or insufficient," explains Dr Alba Toll, head of the Psychiatry and Mental Health Research Group at IGTP and one of the principal authors of the study.


    Colorado Dropped Medicaid Enrollees as Red States Have, Alarming Advocates for the Poor

    Colorado Dropped Medicaid Enrollees as Red States Have, Alarming Advocates for the Poor

    Colorado stands out among the 10 states that have disenrolled the highest share of Medicaid beneficiaries since the U.S. government lifted a pandemic-era restriction on removing people from the health insurance program.


    From Dr. Oz to Heart Valves: A Tiny Device Charted a Contentious Path Through the FDA

    From Dr. Oz to Heart Valves: A Tiny Device Charted a Contentious Path Through the FDA

    In a YouTube video posted by the Columbia University Department of Surgery several years ago, Mehmet Oz discussed the origins of MitraClip and, using a model of the heart, explained how the device is used to treat leaky mitral valves.


    Two Rival Hospitals Want To Join Forces. Will Patients Lose?

    Two Rival Hospitals Want To Join Forces. Will Patients Lose?

    Ballad Health spokesperson Molly Luton said the system’s performance has improved since statistics were collected for its 2023 fiscal year, which ended June 30, 2023, and that ER wait times have shortened.


    Experts produce consensus statement on sex and gender disparities in resilience to Alzheimer’s

    Experts produce consensus statement on sex and gender disparities in resilience to Alzheimer’s

    Assessing how sex and gender interact is crucial to understanding the mechanisms that maintain cognitive function and reduce the accumulation of pathologies in ageing and Alzheimer's disease, i.e. resilience and resistance factors."


    Why do aortic aneurysms form in specific locations?

    Why do aortic aneurysms form in specific locations?

    In order to find out what distinguishes the repeatedly affected vascular regions from others, Daniela Wenzel and her team from Bochum and Bonn, which is part of the Collaborative Research Center/Transregio 259 "Aortic Diseases", developed a method to specifically examine the endothelium of the aorta: the innermost layer of the blood vessel.


    Kenya increases access to modern contraceptives to drive down maternal mortality

    Kenya increases access to modern contraceptives to drive down maternal mortality

    Dennis Miskella, a senior medical officer and gynecologist in Embu County, Kenya, says it is important for women in Africa to have access to contraceptives to ensure proper spacing between pregnancies.