Native American art decorates a student lounge on the Duluth campus of the University of Minnesota Medical School, along with cedar bundles and sweetgrass. It is the school’s American Indian and Minority Health Center, a favorite place for Native American medical students to take a break. Connecting with each other, many say, is invaluable to …
Sign up for The Brief, the Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers informed about the most important news from Texas. For 24/7 mental health support, in English or Spanish, call the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s toll-free hotline at 800-662-4357. You can also reach a trained crisis counselor through Suicide and Crisis …
Tunisha Sharma’s suicide highlights mental health issues ignored in the entertainment industry It’s time to stop trivializing mental health issues in the workplace. It is sad that the people around are insensitive and do not understand the complexity of the problem. What we understand from the Tunisha Sharma suicide case is that it is time …
Dear Amy: My little sister died nearly two years ago by suicide after years of battling PTSD from sexual assaults when she was a teenager. I started a new job three months ago. I love all my colleagues. We are prosecutors and advocates for victims. It is hard and exhausting work. For my colleagues, this …
Recently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an alert recommending parents and caregivers not to use pillows to shape infants’ heads, as they can create an unsafe sleeping environment for infants and may increase the risk of suffocation and death. According to the FDA, pillows have not has been shown to be safe or …
Shutterstock Another study reinforced the link between urban green spaces and mental health. Research by ISGlobal, Barcelona’s Institute for Global Health, found that city dwellers had better markers of mental wellbeing when their living situation met certain criteria for access to greenery, but less so. 5% of the city’s inhabitants actually benefited from this access. …
Residents of greener neighborhoods have vastly superior mental health, study finds Read More »
On November 1, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2023 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule. CMS releases a PFS annually to make changes to policy and reimbursement federal health care. Changes to FSPs often spill over to the private sector, as private payers typically consult with FSPs when evaluating …
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image: Research team see After Credit: Tel-Aviv University An innovative technology developed at Tel Aviv University will enable bone regeneration to correct large bone defects by means of a special hydrogel. After successful testing in an animal model, the researchers are now planning to move on to clinical trials. The groundbreaking study was conducted by …
Although much of the attention to the health risks for women just before and after childbirth has focused on physical well-being, Rebecca Levine, senior maternal health adviser with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), observed that we may be missing a key piece of the picture. “Many are unaware that common perinatal mental health …
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As the EU sets out new measures to reach an ambitious ‘zero pollution’ target by 2050, it finds itself under fire from NGOs saying it is lagging behind and countries warning it is advancing too far. The plan, presented last year as part of the bloc’s Green Deal ambitions, commits the EU to reducing pollution …
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