Author: Leigh Hataway
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Youth experiencing economic hardship at higher risk of suicide, suicidal thoughts
Improving sleep quality may guard against mental health problems in children.
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Medical, recreational cannabis dispensaries lead to reduced opioid prescriptions
Medical marijuana isn’t one size fits all but could help mitigate prescription painkiller crisis.
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Finding meaning in your work may prevent burnout
Thinking your work makes a difference can mean the difference between sticking it out and…
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Countries with higher disease risk think more positively about the future of humanity
People in countries with higher risks of illness believe the human species is going in…
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The Most Important Medical Job You’ve Never Heard Of
With the goal of making health care a little less scary for the most vulnerable…
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Rainbow parrotfish may be behind coral bleaching in part of the Florida Keys
Parrotfish are eating corals in the Florida Keys and causing them to bleach.
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New vaccine works against multiple fungal infections
The vaccine proves effective against yeast infections, paving the way for clinical trials.
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Lack of sleep disrupts key brain functions in adolescents
More sleep could protect children’s mental health.
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Could poverty trigger the next pandemic?
Socioeconomic factors like poor access to health care are driving disease outbreaks.
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Rural Georgians lack access to Alzheimer’s disease treatment
Lecanemab slows the progression of Alzheimer’s disease but is hard to come by.
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A Bug’s Life
Let’s dissect insects
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Vacations are good for employee well-being, and the effects are long lasting
Unplug from work and engage in physical activities while on vacation.
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Being born into poverty negatively affects children’s behavior
Children born into poor families are more likely to act out but where they grow…
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Long COVID-19 is costing Americans money
Low income Americans are likely to suffer financial hardship when they develop long COVID.
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Combating Crises
Message matters
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The women and stress behind rural farming in America
Women are vital in American farming, but stress and mental health are major issues.
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High levels of omega-3, omega-6 may protect against cancer
Healthy fats in fish oil supplements and canola oil can help protect against cancer.
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The monarch butterfly may not be endangered, but its migration is
The breeding population of monarchs is stable. They’re dying on their way South.
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UGA partners with FDA to test U.S. dairy supplies for avian influenza
Pasteurization kills H5N1 in dairy. But raw products pose an infection risk.
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Prominent physiologist named GRA Eminent Scholar in Molecular Medicine
Yana Zavros will lead the new UGA School of Medicine’s research enterprise.
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People aren’t volunteering as much these days. What gives?
New study links U.S. decline in volunteering to economic conditions.
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Postpartum women filled more benzodiazepine prescriptions during pandemic
Postpartum diagnoses didn’t increase during COVID. Benzo prescriptions did.
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A New Public Health Enemy #1
Not quite the last of us
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Type 2 diabetes increased by almost 20% over a decade
Age, race, income and obesity all factor in the risk of developing diabetes.
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