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Which factors fuel sexual violence in health care?
“One of the most disturbing aspects is that health care professionals are committing these acts of violence against women who are in a vulnerable...
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Weight-loss surgery has a big effect on marriage
The person who had surgery may feel unsupported in the new journey if the partner keeps advocating for unhealthy habits. And the person who didn’t...
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Stressed about weight gain? Well, stress causes weight gain
Plus: Smelling cancer with tiny brains, exchanging new blood for old doesn’t work, and making promises your alleged voice can’t keep.
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HCV reinfection uncommon among people who inject drugs
In a new study, most reinfections occurred within 24 weeks of completing treatment.
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The gut microbes have spoken: All fiber is good fiber
Plus: Bones have a favorite cheese, twins play the lottery, and wages affect cognitive decline.
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Guideline advises against depression screening in pregnancy
“We found the effect of screening in this study to be very uncertain for the important outcomes of interest.”
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Coming to a pill near you: The exercise molecule
Plus: Longevity and gonorrhea, alcohol use disorder begets food addiction, and medicated drivers.
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‘Ecotrauma’: The effects of climate change on mental health
Changes in the environment are directly and indirectly affecting people’s mental health and psychosocial well-being.
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Charcoal could be the cure for the common high-fat diet
Plus: Brains sleep through noradrenaline waves in one study and get insulted by investigators in another.
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Alcohol’s detrimental impact on the brain explained?
“We are finding harmful associations with iron within those low-risk alcohol intake guidelines.”
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Violent patient throws scalding oil on MD; other patient dangers
“Even though he was handcuffed to the bed, he heaved an oxygen tank into a window. He said he would be coming back to kill me.”