Pennsylvania has long had one of the highest death rates from drug overdose in the US. But new studies suggest counties throughout the state have different rates of opioid deaths.
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Studies Show Link Between Radicalized Individuals and Limited Access to Mental Healthcare
Futurity Mar 21, 2023Over two-thirds of radicalized individuals struggle with a stress or anxiety disorder but often fail to receive mental health services.
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How Can Personalized Learning Help Students After the Pandemic?
The Hechinger Report Mar 20, 2023At no point in our history have we had so much information about what motivates students and so many research-based insights about how to differentiate lessons to meet individual learning needs. We can overcome the obstacles we face by leaning in to personalized learning.
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Study Shows Multiple Sclerosis Often Goes Undetected in Kids
Futurity Mar 20, 2023Tools used to detect multiple sclerosis in at-risk adults may fail to predict the neurological disorder in children, a new study shows.
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Methadone Clinics Are More Difficult To Get To in the U.S.
Futurity Mar 19, 2023“Our research suggests that the US could benefit from adopting Canada’s more flexible regulatory approach to methadone treatment…”…
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Britney’s Conservatorship is One Example of How the Legacy of Eugenics in the US Continues to Affect Disabled Women
The Conversation Mar 18, 2023Britney Spears has been locked in a court battle 13 years in the making. While her father was suspended as conservator of her estate on Sep. 29, 2021, her conservatorship…
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Ozone Pollution Is Linked With Increased Hospitalizations for Heart Disease
Environmental News Network Mar 18, 2023A global perspective on environmental issues. Our mission is to inform, educate, enable and create a platform for global environmental action.
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More College Students Are Going to Therapy Than Before COVID
Futurity Mar 18, 2023College students report more anxiety and depression than ever before. The good news is more also report receiving therapy or counseling.
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The Plight of Telemedicine in Ukraine
Stanford Social Innovation Review Mar 17, 2023We’re seeing remarkable advances in telemedicine stemming from the international aid response to the war in Ukraine. What have we learned that could be applied in the United States and globally?
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The Intersection of Disability, Climate Change, and Mental Health
India Development Review Mar 17, 2023Advocacy to consider climate change as a human rights issue is incomplete unless interlinked with disability rights and mental health.
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Why it’s Hard for the US to Cut or Even Control Medicare Spending
The Conversation Mar 17, 2023The program’s expenses are rising rapidly as baby boomers retire and health care costs grow.
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As Bird Flu Continues to Spread in the US and Worldwide, What’s the Risk that it Could Start a Human Pandemic?
The Conversation Mar 17, 2023Avian influenza viruses have evolved to infect birds, but the current H5N1 outbreak is also infecting a wide range of mammals. This suggests that it could mutate into forms that threaten humans.
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