WEDNESDAY, April 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Being jailed puts teens with untreated psychiatric disorders at increased risk for long-term mental health struggles, researchers say. “These are not necessarily bad kids, but they have many strikes against them,” said study lead author Linda Teplin. “Physical abuse, sexual abuse and neglectContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Being jailed puts teens with untreated psychiatric disorders at increased risk for long-term mental health struggles, researchers say. “These are not necessarily bad kids, but they have many strikes against them,” said study lead author Linda Teplin. “Physical abuse, sexual abuse and neglectContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — More than 60% of American adults who vape say they want to stop, a new study reports. Some use electronic cigarettes to try to quit smoking traditional cigarettes, then end up vaping and smoking, the researchers found. “While e-cigarettes may work for someContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Pandemic-related stress has prompted many smokers to light up more often, new research shows, while others smoked more because they could. “Working at home allows me to smoke at will rather than being in a smoke-free environment for 8 hours per day,” oneContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Over half of high-risk children in the United States are not receiving behavioral health services critical to their mental, emotional and physical well-being, new research warns. “It’s a pretty simple and kind of widely agreed upon finding that there are a lot ofContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A new medication may offer hope to children with achondroplasia, a rare bone growth disorder that causes very short stature coupled with disproportionate limb and trunk size. The experimental drug is called vosoritide. By tamping down overactive growth plate signaling that impedes boneContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Exercise, mental stimulation and massage are among the drug-free therapies that are as good or better than medication in treating depression in dementia patients, researchers say. They reviewed 256 studies that included a total of more than 28,000 people with dementia with orContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — It was bound to happen: As the pandemic wore on, many older Americans couldn’t resist the urge to bring home a furry friend. According to a new poll from the University of Michigan, about 10% of all U.S. adults between the ages ofContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The first drug approved in the United States to treat thyroid eye disease may come with an unwelcome side effect for many: A small, new study finds that up to two-thirds of patients who take the medication experience hearing problems. Teprotumumab (Tepezza) wasContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Cancer survivors, especially older ones, have an increased risk of heart disease over the next decade, a new study finds. Ohio State University researchers analyzed data from more than 15,000 U.S. adults, aged 40 to 79, who were followed from 2007 to 2016.Continue Reading