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How Anger Could Raise Your Heart Risks
WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2024 – Feeling angry constricts blood vessels in unhealthy ways and could raise a person's long-term odds for heart disease, new research warns. “If you’re a person who gets angry a...
Warning Letters Can Reduce Quetiapine Overprescribing
MONDAY, April 29, 2024 – For patients with dementia, letters warning primary care physicians (PCPs) regarding overprescribing can reduce quetiapine prescriptions, according to a study published...
Medicare Warnings Stop Nursing Homes From Overusing Antipsychotic Meds
FRIDAY, April 25, 2024 – Warning letters sent by Medicare officials can prompt a decline in antipsychotic prescriptions for seniors with dementia, a new study finds. Letters sent to heavy...
Opioids During Pregnancy May Not Raise Psychiatric Risks for Offspring
THURSDAY, April 24, 2024 – Prescription opioids taken during pregnancy are not associated with a substantial increase in risk of developmental disorders like ADHD in children, a new study has found....
Angry? Venting to Others Probably Won't Help You
TUESDAY, March 19, 2024 – Grumbling and grousing to others isn’t an effective way of reducing rage, a new review shows. Folks who vent about a source of anger might feel better in the moment, but t...
U.S. School Shootings Have Risen 12-fold Since 1970
FRIDAY, March 8, 2024 – During the past half-century, the United States’ annual number of school shootings has increased more than twelvefold, a new study finds. What’s more, children are now four ti...
American Indian/Alaska Natives, Blacks Have High Level of Firearm Access
TUESDAY, March 5, 2024 – American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN) and Black adults have high access to firearms and cite protection as a main reason for owning or carrying a firearm, according to a...
Past 25 Years Saw Increase in Number of School Shootings in America
MONDAY, March 4, 2024 – In the past 25 years, there has been an increase in the number of school shootings in the United States, but no increase in the number of school mass shootings, according to...
School Lockdown Drills Help Students Feel Safer: Study
FRIDAY, Feb. 23, 2024 – Lockdown drills have become a shudder-inducing part of American life, preparing kids to lie low and keep quiet if a gunman chooses to roam their school. But a new study finds...
Anger Won't Help You Get Ahead in the Workplace
TUESDAY, Feb. 20, 2024 – Being an angry hard-charger won’t win you any points in the workplace, new research has found. Prior evidence had suggested that workers who express anger are judged to be c...
Lifting of Federal Ban on Gun Research Funding Has Spurred More Studies
FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 – U.S. research into gun violence has started to expand following the ending of a two-decade drought of federal funding for such studies, a new report finds. Firearms violence...
Study Links Use of Acetaminophen in Pregnancy With Child Behavioral Issues
THURSDAY, Jan. 18, 2024 – Expecting moms who often turn to acetaminophen for their aches and pains are more likely to wind up with kids who have behavioral issues, a new study warns. Children...
Machine Learning Can Predict Aggressive Behaviors in Youth With Autism
THURSDAY, Dec. 21, 2023 – For inpatient youths with autism, machine learning analyses of preceding changes in peripheral physiology can predict imminent aggressive behaviors before they occur,...
Holidays Can Be Tough on Kids With ADHD, Anxiety: Some Tips for Parents
THURSDAY, Dec. 21, 2023 – Kids with emotional problems or ADHD can find the holidays a very challenging time, as all the routines that provide a sense of order are jumbled in a whirl of activities....
Too Often, Unlocked, Loaded Guns Are Fatal Playthings for America’s Children
THURSDAY, Dec. 14, 2023 – A loaded revolver left out on a nightstand, a curious child – and unimaginable tragedy. Moments like this have occurred in American homes hundreds of times over the past...
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