Healio (6/24, Herpen) reported, “Prevalence of depression in parental dyads was greatest during…the postnatal interval, while persistent throughout the perinatal period,” investigators concluded in a 23-study systematic review and meta-analysis encompassing “29,286 couples.” The findings were published online June 24 in JAMA Network Open.
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— “Parental depression greater in postnatal period, study finds “Robert Herpen, Healio, June 24, 2022
The Washington Post (6/23, McGinley) reports Juul “was grounded Thursday by federal regulators who ordered all of its e-cigarette products off the market, a move they blamed on ‘inconsistent and conflicting data’ on safety.” Also, the FDA “said it was denying Juul’s applications to continue selling the company’s e-cigarette device and pre-filled cartridges in menthol and tobacco flavors.” Furthermore, “the agency said the company failed to provide sufficient information proving the products were safe – for people of any age.”
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According to Health IT Analytics (6/23, Kennedy), research indicates that “a new Kaiser Family Foundation… analysis reveals that the national suicide death rate increased 12 percent from 2010 to 2020, with rates rising fastest among people of color and younger individuals.” The analysis utilized the CDC’s WONDER database to look at “trends in suicide rates over time and by race and ethnicity, sex, age, and state.”
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— “Suicide Death Rates Spiked Over Decade, Especially Among People of Color ” Shania Kennedy, Health IT Analytics, June 23, 2022
HealthDay (6/23, Norton) reports, “Hate crime laws that protect gay, lesbian and transgender people may have an unexpected benefit: fewer teen suicide attempts, among kids of all sexual orientations,” investigators concluded in a study revealing that “teen suicide attempts dipped by an average 16%, compared to rates before the laws.” Included in the study were “responses from more than 679,000 U.S. high school students who took part in a federal health survey between 1991 and 2018.” The findings were published online June 23 in the journal Psychology, Public Policy, and Law.
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— “Youth Suicide Attempts Drop in U.S. States With Hate Crime Laws “Amy Norton, HealthDay, June 23, 2022
Healio (6/22, Herpen) reports, “Despite advances in treatment, patients with schizophrenia have faced obstacles in obtaining an education, with the largest gap occurring in high-income countries,” researchers concluded in a 3,321-study systematic review and meta-analysis that encompassed 318,632 patients. The findings were published in the July issue of The Lancet Psychiatry.
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— “Patients with schizophrenia face more educational obstacles in higher-income nations “Robert Herpen, Healio, June 22, 2022
Reuters (6/22, Khandekar) reports, “Nearly 1 in 5 American adults who reported having COVID-19 in the past are still having symptoms of long COVID, according to survey data collected in the first two weeks of June, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday.” The data collected by the “Census Bureau and analyzed by the” CDC also “found that younger adults were more likely to have persistent symptoms than older adults,” and women were “more likely to have long COVID than men.”
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— “Nearly 1 in 5 adults who had COVID have lingering symptoms – U.S. study “Amruta Khandekar, Reuters, June 22, 2022
Healio (6/22, Herpen) reports, “Prevalence of clinically significant anxiety and depression among adults in the United States increased during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with prior years,” researchers concluded after examining data “from the CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System…a state-based monthly telephone survey in which 1,429,354 adults responded (1,093,663 from 2017 to 2019; 335,691 from March to December 2020).” The findingswere published online June 15 in JAMA Network Open.
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— “Prevalence of anxiety, depression in U.S. adults elevated in first year of pandemic ” Robert Herpen, Healio, June 22, 2022
The Washington Post (6/21, McGinley) reports, “The Biden administration said Tuesday it plans to develop a rule requiring tobacco companies to reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes sold in the United States to minimally or nonaddictive levels.” This is “an effort that, if successful, could have an unprecedented effect in slashing smoking-related deaths and threaten a politically powerful industry.” The Administration’s notice “said the Food and Drug Administration intends by May 2023 to develop a proposed standard ‘that would establish a maximum nicotine level in cigarettes and certain finished tobacco products.’”
The New York Times (6/21, A1, Jewett, Jacobs) and Reuters (6/21, Shakil, Khandekar, Sharma) also report.
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CNN (6/21, Hunt) reports, “An inability to stand on one leg for 10 seconds in later life is linked to nearly double the risk of death from any cause within the next decade, according to a new study.” This “simple balance test may be useful to include in routine physical exams for people in middle and old age,” according to the research. The findings were published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
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— “Wobbly on one leg? Ability to balance is linked to a longer life, study finds “Katie Hunt, CNN, June 21, 2022
Healio (6/21, Herpen) reports, “Rates of suicide among adults in the United States decreased following the 2014 expansion of Medicaid, with the sharpest subsistence occurring for young adults,” researchers concluded in a study that “obtained information from the National Center for Health Statistics included all individuals from the United States aged 20 to 64 between January 2000 and December 2018” among whom “a total of 553,912 deaths by suicide were recorded.” The findings were published online June 15 in JAMA Network Open.
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— “Suicide rates, incidence in U.S. adults decreased following Medicaid expansion “Robert Herpen, Healio, June 21, 2022