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Study shows mental health challenges of U.S. healthcare workers during COVID-19

A new study finds that healthcare workers in the United States are struggling with a suite of mental-health challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.

30 Jul 2020

Poor nutrition, reduced physical activity during COVID-19 lockdown adversely affected England’s mental health

Poor nutrition and less physical activity, during lockdown, adversely affected mental health in England, according to preliminary findings today from an Oxford University study.

30 Jul 2020

GlobalData: UK's foodservice businesses need to find ways to allure consumers to offer sensitive data

Following the UK Government’s guidance that foodservice outlets keep a temporary record of visitors for a period of 21 days, the country’s foodservice businesses are looking for innovative ways to allure consumers back and make them feel safe enough to offer their personal, sensitive data.

30 Jul 2020

Pediatric experts provide tips about transitioning back to school

Whether returning to a school building, online learning, or a hybrid school environment, it is normal for children and adolescents to have some stress or anxiety about going back to school.

29 Jul 2020

Mental health problems peak alongside COVID-19 in Australia

A new study has found that during the peak of the outbreak in Australia, the rates of psychological distress, anxiety, and depression symptoms rose among adults. The study is published in the latest issue of the journal PLOS ONE.

29 Jul 2020

CHOP surgeons outline framework for prioritizing pediatric spine surgeries amid COVID-19 pandemic

As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, hospitals across the country cancelled elective procedures in an effort to flatten the transmission curve and prioritize personal protective equipment for frontline health care workers. Among those procedures were pediatric spine surgeries for patients with conditions like scoliosis and thoracic insufficiency syndrome.

28 Jul 2020

Cognitive behavioral therapy helps food allergic children with severe phobia of anaphylaxis

Imagine a young girl with a peanut allergy, so stricken by fear of anaphylaxis that she no longer takes part in everyday activities many children take for granted.

28 Jul 2020

Is medication exposing us to hormone-disrupting chemicals?

News-Medical speaks to Dr. Robert M. Sargis about his research into whether medication is exposing us to hormone-disrupting chemicals.

28 Jul 2020

Lithium in drinking water may have a protective effect against suicide

Naturally occurring lithium in public drinking water may have an anti-suicidal effect - according to a new study from Brighton and Sussex Medical School and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London.

27 Jul 2020

College students more anxious, depressed during initial COVID-19 outbreak, study finds

College students were more anxious and depressed during the initial outbreak of COVID-19 than they were during similar time frames in previous academic years, according to a Dartmouth study.

27 Jul 2020

Researchers track the wellbeing of British population before and during COVID-19 pandemic

The coronavirus outbreak caused life satisfaction to fall sharply, but lockdown went a long way to restoring contentment - even reducing the "wellbeing inequality" between well-off professionals and the unemployed, according to a new study.

27 Jul 2020

Olfactory cell types are most vulnerable to COVID-19 infection, shows study

Temporary loss of smell, or anosmia, is the main neurological symptom and one of the earliest and most commonly reported indicators of COVID-19.

25 Jul 2020

New study analyzes the effects of employment and mental health during lockdown

Furloughing workers, as well as reducing worker hours, has helped to stem the tide of mental health problems expected to result from the coronavirus crisis, according to a team of sociologists led by the University of Cambridge.

24 Jul 2020

Simple urine test could speed up adrenal cancer diagnosis

Using a simple urine test alongside routine imaging for patients with adrenal masses could speed up adrenal cancer diagnosis, improving patient's prognosis and reducing the need for invasive diagnostic procedures, a new multi-centre study published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology has found.

23 Jul 2020

Trained service dogs are most helpful to veterans with PTSD

Science has shown that service dogs can benefit some veterans with PTSD. But the exact role service dogs play in the day-to-day lives of veterans - and the helpfulness of the tasks they perform - is less known.

23 Jul 2020

Racially motivated hate crimes increase in the U.S.

Under the Hate Crime Statistic Act, hate crimes are defined as "crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on race, gender and gender identity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity."

22 Jul 2020

Study sheds new light on anxiety

Tension while waiting for test results, the fear of not making it, the feeling of being under pressure, apprehension: these emotional states often come with physical illnesses like backache, headache, nausea, tachycardia, tremors, difficulty breathing, dizziness.

21 Jul 2020

Positive emotion skills intervention to reduce burnout in nurses

Making a concerted effort to increase positive emotion shows promise as a way to improve wellness and address burnout in nurses, according to an article in AACN Advanced Critical Care.

21 Jul 2020

Study assesses the stress levels of U.S. physicians during COVID-19 pandemic

Amid the COVID-19 chaos in many hospitals, emergency medicine physicians in seven cities around the country experienced rising levels of anxiety and emotional exhaustion, regardless of the intensity of the local surge, according to a new analysis led by UC San Francisco.

21 Jul 2020

Study shows feasibility of using Masimo SET pulse oximetry for CCHD screening

Masimo today announced the results of a prospective study published in the International Journal of Neonatal Screening in which researchers in Marrakesh, Morocco, conducted the first Moroccan study on critical congenital heart disease screening for newborns using Masimo SET pulse oximetry.

21 Jul 2020