fMRI radiomics, AI spot social anxiety in young adults
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MRI reveals brain changes caused by depression, anxiety (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - August 19, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist receives grant to support teen and young adult cancer patients
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist has received a two-year $380,000 grant from Teen Cancer America and First Citizens Bank to support programs for teens and young adults with cancer.
The grant enables Wake Forest Baptist to develop an oncology program specifically for adolescents and young adults (AYA) undergoing cancer treatment at their NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and at Brenner Children ’s Hospital. Funding helps support a medical program manager, patient navigator and medical… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - August 14, 2022 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Source Type: news
South Africa: Women's Month - UCT-Led Clinic a 'Godsend' in the Fight Against Cervical Cancer
[UCT] As it intended almost three decades ago, the Khayelitsha Cervical Cancer Screening Project (KCCSP) has touched and changed the lives of thousands of women and adolescent girls living in Khayelitsha. The clinic is one of the community's most prized possessions - bringing renewed hope in the global fight against cervical cancer. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 11, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
STELARA ® (ustekinumab) Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to Treat Pediatric Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis
HORSHAM, PENNSYLVANIA, August 1, 2022 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved STELARA® (ustekinumab) for the treatment of pediatric patients six years of age and older with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA). This rare disease that resembles adult PsA affects five to eight percent of children and adolescents with chronic inflammatory arthritis.*1-7 Two of the four indications for STELARA now include pediatric patients, further expanding its treatment profile since the first approval in 2009 for adults living with moderate...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - August 1, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Q and A: When your teenager needs to see a gynecologist
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My daughter is 13, and her pediatrician recently reminded us that she should get the HPV vaccine because it can prevent cervical cancer. That got me thinking about gynecologic health for my daughter. She began her menstrual cycle at age 12, but I'm unsure if there are conditions and issues that I should talk to my daughter about or when to have her visit a gynecologist. ANSWER: Taking time to discuss gynecologic issues with… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - July 24, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Knowing Maternal BRCA Carrier Status Does Not Harm Child QOL
Adolescent and young adult children of BRCA+ mothers more concerned about cancer, had stronger beliefs about genetic risk (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - July 21, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Family Medicine, Gynecology, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Pediatrics, Journal, Source Type: news
Familial Cancer Risk Knowledge Doesn't Spur Healthier Choices in Young People
(MedPage Today) -- Disclosing a mother's BRCA status had no effect on cancer risk-associated behaviors in her adolescent and young adult children, a study found.
Behaviors such as tobacco and alcohol use or physical activity were unchanged whether... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - July 21, 2022 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
Improving Sun Protection for Children and Adolescents Improving Sun Protection for Children and Adolescents
Because much of a person ' s lifetime UV exposure occurs before age 21 years, encouraging appropriate sun protection among children and adolescents is an important way to prevent skin cancer.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines - July 15, 2022 Category: Dermatology Tags: Dermatology News Source Type: news
What is Prolonged Grief Disorder?
Discussion
Grief is the process of experiencing different emotions, expressions and action in response to the death of someone the person cares about. This is a personal and private process. Grief can occur for other significant losses such as a divorce, job, or health. People may overlook loss of routine and special activities, presumed safety, and autonomy that can also cause loss and grief. Additional traumas of these loss types have been magnified especially in the past couple of years as the world lives with Covid. Mourning is a public process of showing grief. This often involves religious beliefs and customs, and cu...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - July 11, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
'Well he's better now' - Man who survived leukaemia as a teen calls for more understanding
UNDERGOING treatment for cancer is a difficult time for all patients, both physically and mentally. And if the patient is just a teenager it can be challenging for so many other reasons too. That was the case for Rian Harvey, from Dorset, who was only 14 years old when he was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - June 26, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
High Risk for Persistent Opioid Use in Young People With Sarcoma High Risk for Persistent Opioid Use in Young People With Sarcoma
Roughly one quarter of adolescents and young adults with sarcoma will continue to use opioids after their cancer treatment, a new study shows.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - June 8, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Loneliness Is a Public Health Emergency. Here ’s What Helps, According to Experts
When the pandemic first began, many experts feared that even people who managed to avoid the virus would suffer from unprecedented levels of loneliness. What would happen when millions of people were told to stay at home and distance themselves from friends and loved ones?
Two years of research later, experts have found that the pandemic did make Americans slightly more lonely—but loneliness levels were already dire enough to pose a threat to mental and physical health. Here’s what you need to know about loneliness and how to address it in your own life.
Who got lonelier during the pandemic?
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Source: TIME: Health - June 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Loneliness Is a Public Health Emergency. Here ’ s What Helps, According to Experts
When the pandemic first began, many experts feared that even people who managed to avoid the virus would suffer from unprecedented levels of loneliness. What would happen when millions of people were told to stay at home and distance themselves from friends and loved ones?
Two years of research later, experts have found that the pandemic did make Americans slightly more lonely—but loneliness levels were already dire enough to pose a threat to mental and physical health. Here’s what you need to know about loneliness and how to address it in your own life.
Who got lonelier during the pandemic?
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Source: TIME: Health - June 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
COVID and Discrimination Aggravated Maternal Mortality in Latin America
Adequate maternal care during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period is essential to curbing the high maternal mortality rates in Latin America, which stopped falling due to women's health care problems during the COVID pandemic. CREDIT: Government of Tigre / ArgentinaBy Mario OsavaRIO DE JANEIRO, May 27 2022 (IPS) Brazil had the dubious distinction of champion of maternal mortality in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a 77 percent increase in such deaths between 2019 and 2021.
A total of 1,575 women died in childbirth or in the following six weeks in the year prior to the pandemic in Latin America&...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 27, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mario Osava Tags: COVID-19 Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Gender Headlines Health Latin America & the Caribbean Population Regional Categories TerraViva United Nations Women's Health Brazil Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) Pan-American Source Type: news
Long-Term Mortality Rates Elevated for Adolescent, Young Adult Leukemia Survivors
FRIDAY, May 13, 2022 -- Adolescent and young adult (AYA) leukemia survivors have increased mortality rates, even decades after survival, according to a study published online May 13 in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers& Prevention.
Amy M.... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - May 13, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
