Cart is empty Daily low or moderate alcohol intake is not significantly associated with all-cause mortality risk, but risk increased at higher consumption levels, particularly for women, according to a review published online March 31 in JAMA Network Open.
Disparities seen in declines in smoking prevalence
Declines in smoking prevalence occurred more slowly for young adults with less formal education from 2002 to 2019, according to a research letter published online March 30 in JAMA Network Open.
Major Australian study reveals two-thirds of people who suffer childhood maltreatment suffer more than one kind
This week, we released results from the Australian Child Maltreatment Study. It is the first national survey of the population aged 16 years and older about their experiences of child maltreatment. It’s also the first study globally to examine combined exposure to all five specific domains of child maltreatment and associated family risk factors for multiple types of child maltreatment.
Initiative improves alarm management, reduces alarm fatigue
A Florida hospital surgical intensive care unit (SICU) improved clinical alarm management practices and reduced nurses’ self-reported alarm fatigue, according to a study published in Critical Care Nurse .
Postpartum women filled more opioid prescriptions during pandemic, finds new study
Women who gave birth during the COVID-19 pandemic filled significantly more prescriptions for opioid medications, according to new research from the University of Georgia.
Caregiving for someone with cancer
A cancer diagnosis can be tough to take, and not just for the patient.
Cardiovascular disease: Researchers pinpoint missing piece of treatment puzzle
With new findings that the immune system plays a key role in conditions affecting the heart or blood vessels, options emerge for new cures.
Silk confirmed as a promising material for repair of injured nerves
The treatment of nerve injuries with the aid of nerve guidance conduits has led to the desired regenerative success in some, but by no means all, cases. In a recently published study, a research team from MedUni Vienna and the University of Oxford has used silk as a promising material for repairing severed nerves.
How a night of poor sleep can affect your next day at work. Here are four ways to function better
Think back to a night when you slept poorly. How productive were you the next day at work? Did you struggle to get started? Did the day drag on and on? Did you procrastinate on Twitter or TikTok rather than doing your work?
In Canada’s two-tiered mental health system, access to care is especially challenging in rural areas
Rural Canadians face mental health concerns to the same degree as their urban counterparts, but rural communities have less access to psychologists, and that access may be eroding. Psychologists can be found in the public system (for example, schools, hospitals, public health offices), but increasingly are choosing to work in private practice, in fee-for-service clinics.