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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — It’s known that sexual assault affects a woman’s physical and mental health. Now, researchers say these traumatic incidents may also harm her brain health. A new study found that traumatic experiences, including sexual violence, may be linked to greater risk of dementia, strokeContinue Reading

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TUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Living within a few blocks of a shooting increases the risk that a child will end up visiting the emergency department for mental health-related problems, researchers say. The new study found significant increases in mental health-related ER visits in the two weeks afterContinue Reading

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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The psychological strains of the pandemic can be powerful tinder for political unrest and violence, researchers warn. “The pandemic has disrupted our normal way of living, generating frustrations, unprecedented social exclusion, and a range of other concerns,” said study author Henrikas Bartusevičius, aContinue Reading

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THURSDAY, July 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — California plans to approve reparations of up to $25,000 to some of the thousands of people who were sterilized decades ago by the state’s government. California will be the third state — after Virginia and North Carolina — to compensate victims of theContinue Reading

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MONDAY, June 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The vast majority of editors at leading medical journals are white — with few of those influential spots going to Black or Hispanic professionals, a new study finds. The study comes on the heels of a controversy that prompted the resignation of theContinue Reading

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MONDAY, June 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — What can make a young person vulnerable to eating disorders? Teasing them about any extra pounds they may carry, researchers say. “Our findings add to the growing evidence that weight-based mistreatment is not helpful and is often harmful to the health of youngContinue Reading

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THURSDAY, June 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The color of your skin may very well determine how your headache gets treated, a new study warns. The same percentage of white, Black and Hispanic Americans — about 15% — suffer from severe headaches and/or migraines, the investigators noted. But the currentContinue Reading

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THURSDAY, June 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 lockdowns had at least one welcome upside: a significant drop in crime in cities worldwide, according to an international study. Researchers analyzed crime data from 27 metro areas (including Chicago; London; Sao Paulo; Barcelona, Spain; Tel Aviv, Israel; and Brisbane, Australia) andContinue Reading

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TUESDAY, June 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Because of controversial statements about racism made by a staff member, the editor-in-chief of JAMA and JAMA Network will step down on June 30, the American Medical Association (AMA) announced Tuesday. Dr. Howard Bauchner, JAMA‘s chief since 2011, has been on administrative leaveContinue Reading