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More Women Than Men Experience Nonphysical Violence in Health Care Workforce
FRIDAY, July 12, 2024 – Women in the health care workforce are more likely to experience verbal abuse, sexual harassment, and bullying, while men are more likely to experience physical violence,...
Gun Laws Help Lower Suicides, not Murders, Among Children
FRIDAY, July 12, 2024 – Restrictive gun laws can decrease suicide rates among children and teenagers, but they don’t seem to lower their risk of being murdered, a new study says. States with laws r...
Natural Language Processing Review Can ID Health Care-Linked Violence
MONDAY, July 8, 2024 – A natural language processing-assisted review is feasible for surveillance of health care-associated violence (HAV) episodes, according to a study published online July 8 in...
How Handing a Child a Screen During a Tantrum Could Backfire Long-Term
TUESDAY, July 2, 2024 – When your preschooler pitches a fit, handing them a smartphone or tablet is probably the fastest – and the worst – way to stop it, a new study suggests. "If parents...
U.S. Surgeon General Declares Gun Violence a Public Health Emergency
TUESDAY, June 25, 2024 – Gun violence in the United States has become a national public health crisis, the U.S. Surgeon General declared Tuesday. "Today, for the first time in the history of our...
U.S. Gun Injury Rates in 2023 Topped Pre-Pandemic Levels
FRIDAY, June 21, 2024 – For the fourth year in a row, rates of gun injuries stayed above levels seen before the pandemic, a new government report shows. Race played a key role in who saw those...
2019 to 2020 Saw Increase in Rate of Firearm Injury EMS Encounters
FRIDAY, June 21, 2024 – The rate of firearm injury emergency medical services (EMS) encounters increased from 2019 to 2020 and remained elevated through 2023, according to research published in the...
Cyberbullying Common in the World of Online Gaming
THURSDAY, June 20, 2024 – Cyberbullying and sexual harassment are rampant in the world of professional video gaming and online gaming, a new study reports. Nearly 96% of 145 video game players from...
How 'Unruly' Sports Parents Harm Their Kids' Mental Health
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 – Everyone knows that specific type of sports parent – the over-the-top dad or mom who curses, shouts and even becomes physically aggressive during their kid’s match. While they m...
Parental Deaths to Guns, Drugs Harmed Nearly 100,000 U.S. Kids in 2020
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 – Nearly 100,000 U.S. children lost a parent in 2020 to gun violence or drug overdose, a three-fold rise since 1999, according to a new study. Overall, these two causes made up...
How Anger Could Raise Your Heart Risks
WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2024 – Feeling angry constricts blood vessels in unhealthy ways and could raise a person's long-term odds for heart disease, new research warns. “If you’re a person who gets angry a...
Warning Letters Can Reduce Quetiapine Overprescribing
MONDAY, April 29, 2024 – For patients with dementia, letters warning primary care physicians (PCPs) regarding overprescribing can reduce quetiapine prescriptions, according to a study published...
Medicare Warnings Stop Nursing Homes From Overusing Antipsychotic Meds
FRIDAY, April 25, 2024 – Warning letters sent by Medicare officials can prompt a decline in antipsychotic prescriptions for seniors with dementia, a new study finds. Letters sent to heavy...
Opioids During Pregnancy May Not Raise Psychiatric Risks for Offspring
THURSDAY, April 24, 2024 – Prescription opioids taken during pregnancy are not associated with a substantial increase in risk of developmental disorders like ADHD in children, a new study has found....
FDA May Ban Electroshock Devices Used on Some Psychiatric Patients
MONDAY, March 25, 2024 – Federal regulators are taking a second stab at banning the controversial use of electroshock devices to manage the behavior of patients with intellectual and developmental...
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