Gerontology & Geriatrics
How do you handle it if a parent is refusing aged care? Four things to consider
It's a shock when we realize our parents aren't managing well at home.
Jan 31, 2024
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Medical economics
More Americans support government assistance for care of older adults
Prior to the pandemic, the majority of American adults thought that families should be responsible for the daily care of older adults—and that families should cover the cost of this care.
Jan 29, 2024
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Health
Four people have died, as of Dec. 15, from salmonella-tainted cantaloupe in the United States
In an outbreak of Salmonella illness tied to cantaloupes that began last month, 302 people in 42 states have now fallen ill. As of Dec. 15, four people had died and 129 had been hospitalized, according to the U.S. Food and ...
Dec 20, 2023
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Pediatrics
What a Mayo Clinic pediatrician says about the flu vaccine and kids
Young children and older adults are particularly susceptible to severe flu-related illness. That's why Dr. Angela Mattke, a pediatrician with Mayo Clinic's Children's Center, says it's important that kids and adults get their ...
Nov 8, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Excess mortality during pandemic was higher among workers in critical occupations
While numerous news reports and previous studies have revealed disparities in COVID-19-related deaths among certain populations, including older adults, people of color, and people with pre-existing medical conditions, researchers ...
Nov 6, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Calls for verbal abuse of children by adults to be formally recognized as form of child maltreatment
A new systematic review by researchers at UCL and Wingate University has highlighted the importance of identifying childhood verbal abuse by adults as a standalone subtype of child maltreatment, to ensure targeted prevention ...
Oct 2, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
'It's not fair!' Kids grumble and complain for a reason, here's how to handle it
Parents have no doubt heard all the classic grumbles from children and teenagers. From "It's not fair!" to "Not spinach again!" and our personal favorite, "Why do 'I' have to do all the work?"
Sep 12, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why do people crave the approval of an abusive or narcissistic parent? And what can they do about it?
In the phenomenally successful TV show "Succession," wealthy media magnate Logan Roy (played by Brian Cox) is frequently cruel to his adult children. He insults them, pits them against each other and can be cold or menacing. ...
Apr 17, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Readers found to rely on word spelling rather than sound in reading
Skilled readers are known to extract information not only from the word they are looking at but from the one directly following it. This phenomenon is called pre-processing. Researchers from the HSE Centre for Language and ...
Mar 21, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
People who experience childhood sexual abuse tell us it affects their entire life—and research backs them up
When survivors of childhood sexual abuse tell their own stories in court or through government inquiries, they often describe the pervasive personal impact across many aspects of their life. In the words of one survivor, ...
Mar 14, 2023
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