Community-level risk & protective correlates of violent crimes - Reidy DE, Huntington C, Smith HW, Bogen KW, Estefan LF, Orchowski LO.
Despite declining rates over the past several decades, violence continues to be a pervasive public health problem. To date, we have very little knowledge about the factors at the outer layers of the social ecology that may serve to protect or exacerbate vi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 23, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Huntington Harbour Boat Parade a go, but traveling to see it is discouraged
Other Orange County cities have canceled similar holiday events, but around 70 boats are expected this weekend in Huntington Beach. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - December 11, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Matt Szabo Source Type: news
NIH researchers link cases of ALS and FTD to a mutation associated with Huntington ’s disease
Previously unknown genetic connection could be a target for gene therapy. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - December 4, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NIH researchers link cases of ALS and FTD to a Huntington's disease-associated mutation
(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) A study led by researchers at the National Institutes of Health has made a surprising connection between frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), two disorders of the nervous system, and the genetic mutation normally understood to cause Huntington's disease. This large, international project, which included a collaboration between the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and the National Institute on Aging (NIA), opens a potentially new avenue for diagnosing and treating some individuals with FTD or ALS. (...
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 4, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Letters to the Editor: Right-wing media have turned Huntington Beach into Angrytown
In the right-wing media, liberals are lazy and dangerous, and Gov. Gavin Newsom is destroying the Constitution instead of battling a pandemic. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - November 29, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Suicide in frontotemporal dementia and Huntington disease: analysis of family-reported pedigree data and implications for genetic healthcare for asymptomatic relatives - Sexton A, West K, Gill G, Wiseman A, Taylor J, Purvis R, Fahey M, Storey E, Walsh M, James P.
OBJECTIVE: Genomic testing for early-onset dementia is becoming more accessible, along with predictive testing for at-risk relatives; however, complex counselling issues are important to address. The topic of suicide often has stigma associated, and though... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 27, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Column: How Huntington Beach became Angrytown, USA
Huntington Beach has always been conservative, but the governor, masks rules and a new coronavirus curfew have fueled all-out rage. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - November 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Gustavo Arellano Source Type: news
Protesters demonstrate in Huntington Beach in defiance of coronavirus curfew
Protesters gathered Saturday at Huntington Beach Pier in defiance of the state's coronavirus curfew that went into effect at 10 p.m. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - November 22, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rosanna Xia Source Type: news
Local Theaters Get Creative – And Go Digital – To Survive COVID
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Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 18, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Covid-19 Boston, MA Entertainment Events Seen On WBZ-TV Beverly News Coronavirus Source Type: news
One of L.A.'s most important art exhibitions is stuck in COVID-19 limbo
The Hammer Museum's 2020 biennial, this year presented with the Huntington, waits for pandemic restrictions to lift. It could take months — or not happen at all. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - November 12, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Deborah Vankin Source Type: news
Review: Extreme alienation reigns in the Hammer Museum's (unopened) biennial
Abhorrence is an undercurrent of "Made in L.A.," this year installed at the Hammer and the Huntington — both still waiting to reopen galleries closed by COVID-19. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - November 10, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christopher Knight Source Type: news
Letters to the Editor: What's the point of mask mandates without penalties?
Refusing to wear a mask may be just as dangerous as drunk driving, an offense for which there are penalties, a retired Huntington Beach doctor writes. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - November 1, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Study helps explain why motivation to learn declines with age
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) MIT neuroscientists have identified a brain circuit critical for learning to make decisions that require evaluating the cost or reward of an action. They showed this circuit is negatively affected by aging and in Huntington's disease. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 28, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Restaurant workers face smaller tips, mask resistance as Huntington Beach struggles with COVID-19 slump
Two customers on the outdoor patio. $6 in a tip jar labeled 'For College'. Few masks in sight. This is the reality of Huntington Beach service workers during the pandemic. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - October 22, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Stephanie Lai Source Type: news
FDA places hold on Huntington's gene therapy trial
A clinical hold has been placed on Voyager's potential Huntington ’s disease drug, VY-HTT01. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - October 13, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Allison DeAngelis Source Type: news
