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Cleveland Clinic and FitNow launch comprehensive diet and health app

Cleveland Clinic and app developer FitNow, Inc.  have launched the Cleveland Clinic Diet app, which offers health and diet advice built upon evidence-based nutrition science and clinical success, paired with a comprehensive food and fitness tracker.

28 Jun 2024

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': SCOTUS ruling strips power from federal health agencies

In what will certainly be remembered as a landmark decision, the Supreme Court's conservative majority this week overruled a 40-year-old legal precedent that required judges in most cases to yield to the expertise of federal agencies.

28 Jun 2024

Supreme Court OKs local crackdowns on homelessness, as advocates warn of chaos

The U.S. Supreme Court's watershed decision on homelessness Friday will make it easier for elected officials and law enforcement authorities nationwide to fine and arrest people who live on streets and sidewalks, in broken-down vehicles, or within city parks — which could have far-reaching health consequences for homeless Americans and their communities.

28 Jun 2024

Survey reveals public awareness gaps in opioid use disorder treatment by primary care physicians

Results from a national survey indicate that many Americans, 61%, are unaware that primary care physicians can prescribe medications for opioid use disorder, and 13% incorrectly believed that they could not.

28 Jun 2024

People are commonly given misleading information about depression, study shows

A recent Finnish study shows that people are commonly given misleading information about depression. According to the researchers, the inaccurate information makes it harder for people to understand the causes of their distress.

28 Jun 2024

$2 million disbursed to victims and community groups in wake of Super Bowl mass shooting

Surprised. Blessed. Overwhelmed. Already gone. Those were reactions from some of the 20 gunshot victims from the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade shootings who were awarded $1.2 million from the #KCStrong fund on Thursday, with individuals receiving payments ranging from $22,000 to $100,000.

28 Jun 2024

Leading By Example: Bedfont® Encourages Employee Well-being for World Well-being Week 2024

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Study shows digital devices hinder emotional growth

Children learn much about self-regulation – that is affective, mental, and behavioral responses to certain situations – during their first few years of life. Some of these behaviors are about children's ability to choose a deliberate response over an automatic one. This is known as effortful control, which is learned from the environment, first and foremost through children's relationship with their parents.

28 Jun 2024

Global physical inactivity rises, challenging 2030 reduction targets

Researchers analyzed data from 163 countries to investigate global physical inactivity trends from 2000 to 2022. They found an increase from 23.4% to 31.3%, indicating challenges in meeting the 15% reduction target by 2030 set by global health bodies.

27 Jun 2024

Study reveals mental health challenges among LGBTQ+ farmers in the U.S.

LGBTQ+ people involved in U.S. farm work are over three times more likely to experience depression and suicidal intent and about two and a half times more likely to experience anxiety than the general population.

27 Jun 2024

Discovery of nanoparticle-based drug delivery system could revolutionize schizophrenia treatment

Schizophrenia is a complicated mental health disorder accompanied by wide range of symptoms such as hallucinations, impaired cognitive ability, and disorganized speech or behavior.

27 Jun 2024

Psilocybin mushrooms in America: Usage trends and policy implications

Psilocybin mushrooms are the psychedelic substance most often used in the U.S., with its popularity outpacing other psychedelic drugs such as MDMA (known as ecstasy), according to a new RAND report.

27 Jun 2024

New study links COVID-19 to lasting neuropsychiatric issues, highlights vaccination benefits

COVID-19 survivors face significantly higher risks of developing neuropsychiatric conditions, but vaccination reduces these risks over time.

27 Jun 2024

School readiness predicts future absenteeism

Children who are not considered "school ready" by their teachers are more than twice as likely to become persistently absent at some point in their education, according to a new study led by the University of Leeds.

26 Jun 2024

Study finds lower cancer risk with alcohol abstinence and rehabilitation

A new study conducted by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Bordeaux University Hospital, France, and the World Health Organization (WHO) has found that individuals with alcohol dependence who undergo rehabilitation or maintain abstinence experience significantly lower risks of developing alcohol-associated cancers.

26 Jun 2024

Continuous sports participation linked to better mental health in adults

Adults who continuously played organized sports through their youth have fewer symptoms of anxiety and depression than those who never played or those who dropped out, a new study finds.

26 Jun 2024

Nearly one third of adults worldwide failing to meet physical activity recommendations

New data show that nearly one third (31%) of adults worldwide, approximately 1.8 billion people, did not meet the recommended levels of physical activity in 2022.

26 Jun 2024

Every Walk You Take: Promoting active aging with an innovative mHealth app

Promoting active and healthy ageing of citizens through a new mobile application that shows walking routes through green areas in Barcelona with data on geolocation, obstacles, pollution and weather in real time: this is the aim of the citizen science project Every Walk You Take, promoted by a team from the University of Barcelona.

26 Jun 2024

Study sheds light on the intricate relationship between depression and brain activity

A significant new study published in the Cyborg Bionic Systems journal by Fanli Kong and colleagues sheds light on the intricate relationship between depression and brain activity, particularly focusing on the basolateral amygdala (BLA) in rats.

26 Jun 2024

Social media use does not impact all adolescents in the same way, study suggests

A new study that looked for relationships between early social media use and depression across adolescence and into young adulthood found that certain factors may make social media more risky or protective regarding depression.

26 Jun 2024

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Mental Health News and Research

Latest Mental Health News and Research

Cleveland Clinic and FitNow launch comprehensive diet and health app

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': SCOTUS ruling strips power from federal health agencies

Supreme Court OKs local crackdowns on homelessness, as advocates warn of chaos

Survey reveals public awareness gaps in opioid use disorder treatment by primary care physicians

People are commonly given misleading information about depression, study shows

$2 million disbursed to victims and community groups in wake of Super Bowl mass shooting

Leading By Example: Bedfont® Encourages Employee Well-being for World Well-being Week 2024

Study shows digital devices hinder emotional growth

Global physical inactivity rises, challenging 2030 reduction targets

Study reveals mental health challenges among LGBTQ+ farmers in the U.S.

Discovery of nanoparticle-based drug delivery system could revolutionize schizophrenia treatment

Psilocybin mushrooms in America: Usage trends and policy implications

New study links COVID-19 to lasting neuropsychiatric issues, highlights vaccination benefits

School readiness predicts future absenteeism

Study finds lower cancer risk with alcohol abstinence and rehabilitation

Continuous sports participation linked to better mental health in adults

Nearly one third of adults worldwide failing to meet physical activity recommendations

Every Walk You Take: Promoting active aging with an innovative mHealth app

Study sheds light on the intricate relationship between depression and brain activity

Social media use does not impact all adolescents in the same way, study suggests

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

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