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1. Mental health risks for racial and ethnic minorities can be persistent and long-lasting effects of trauma. 2. The National Institute of Mental Health’s Office for Disparities Research and Workforce Diversity is hosting a webinar

A large proportion of US adults who are prescribed Schedule II stimulants are simultaneously receiving other CNS agents including benzodiazepines, opioids, and antidepressants - a potentially dangerous practice.Investigators analyzed prescription drug claims for over 9.1 million US adults over a 1-year period and found that 276,223 (3%) had used a Schedule II stimulant, such as methylphenidate and amphetamines, during that time.

Long Covid can affect the quality of patient's lives more than certain cancers and as much as Parkinson's disease, a new study has suggested.Research led by University College London (UCL) and the University of Exeter examined the impact of long Covid on the lives of 3,754 people who were referred to a clinic for the illness.

Children in the north of England face poverty of a scale and severity that was unprecedented, an MP has said following a new report into the cost of living crisis The Child Poverty And The Cost Of Living Crisis report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) Child of the North, released on Tuesday, shows the problem, including fuel poverty and food insecurity, is higher in the north than the rest of England.

February 1, 2023-Registered nurse Brynn Macaulay, MPH '25, used to be reluctant to bring up nutrition with the high-risk pregnant patients she serves.She works at a safety net hospital, and thought it seemed inappropriate to tell people whose food budgets are much tighter than her own what they should be eating.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Population-wide screening for variations in thousands of genes is limited in its ability to accurately predict the risk of developing a disease, experts have warned.

Scientists at the University of Cambridge used wearable devices to accurately measure the fitness of individuals without requiring the users to exercise.The researchers compiled activity data from more than 11,000 study participants using wearable sensors, then tested a subgroup of 2,675 participants seven years later.

While the COVID-19 vaccines have made a dramatic difference in controlling the pandemic, researchers are still learning about the ways that the shots may affect people's health.One of those questions centers around how the vaccines might impact menstrual cycles.Reports of women experiencing changes in their cycleseither in the intensity and frequency of bleeding, or the length of their periodshave prompted more rigorous investigations of how COVID-19 vaccines may be affecting cycles.

Having trouble falling asleep?Staying asleep?Getting good sleep?More from Fortune: Your diet could be to blame.A new study from the University of South Carolina, published recently in the journal Nutrients, found that those who ate more inflammatory foods slept worse than those who ate less of them.

Middle-aged adults who spend just 9 additional minutes a day participating in moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) experience improved cognition in new findings that underscore the critical role brisk exercise, such as running and cycling, plays in brain health."Even minor differences in daily behavior appeared meaningful for cognition in this study," researcher John J Mitchell, MSci and PhD candidate, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom, told Medscape Medical News.

Eric Biondi, director of the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Division at Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Maryland, says the beds there are full.The center even opened surge beds, but those are now full too.The children's hospital is no stranger to fielding severe illness from RSV and the flu, but this year they've hit simultaneously.

T wo doctors who spent 3.2 million on a home refurbishment are suing their architect over claims he secretly used their builder for work on his own property, including a granny annex.Dr Stephen Pereira and his wife Dr Preeti Pereira enlisted architect Simon Whitehead in 2018 for their project in south London and allege he was to blame for the work overrunning by a year and costing an extra 1 million.

"If they're still infectious, it's still much smarter, it's wiser, to have them work from home if they can," she says."If you work in a local bakery[and] say you've tested positive and you're not sick, you have to tell the owner 'I'm going to wear a mask for seven days'," he says.However, people who work in high-risk settings will not be able to return to work for five days after testing positive, and the official health advice for all workers is still for people to work from home or avoid going to work if they test positive and have symptoms.