An epidemic of anxiety among the over-60s is unearthed after Dr Ellie Cannon revealed her own 15-year mental health struggle Dr Cannon revealed her ‘irrational’…
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More heart infections and strokes in the U.S. linked to national opioid epidemic
The ongoing U.S. opioid epidemic may have led to an increase in the number of strokes due to more bacterial infections of the heart, or…
How the media may be making the COVID-19 mental health epidemic worse
Since the pandemic began, anxiety rates in the U.S. have tripled; the rate of depression has quadrupled. Now research is suggesting the media is part…
Study published on strategies hospitals adopt to address opioid epidemic
While the world’s attention to public health remains focused on COVID-19, Berkeley Franz, Ph.D., assistant professor at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine,…
UK under pressure as COVID-19 epidemic doubling every 9 days
The British government is under pressure to develop a national strategy to combat a surge of COVID-19 cases and “rescue Christmas” as scientists warn that…
Wuhan, Ground Zero for coronavirus epidemic, re-opens all schools
Students in face masks returned to class Tuesday in Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the coronavirus first emerged last year, as the city opened…
Chinese official says slow response made virus epidemic worse
Credit: CC0 Public Domain China’s delayed response to the discovery of a deadly new coronavirus infection worsened the epidemic, the most senior official from the…
Still at war with the tobacco epidemic, Indonesia must control e-cigarettes too
Several countries are banning e-cigarettes due to revelations of health risks to both users and bystanders. But in Indonesia, the world’s second-largest cigarette market, the…