HealthDay (6/16, Murez) reports, “When young adults are seeking a casual dating relationship, drinking is likely to follow,” while “those who are already in a serious relationship are likely to drink less,” researchers concluded in a study that “included more than 700 people in the Seattle area, aged 18 to 25, who filled out surveys every month for two years.” The findings were published online June 14 in the journal Substance Use & Misuse.

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— “Looking for Love? Young People’s Drinking Goes Up When Dating ” Cara Murez, HealthDay, June 16, 2021

HealthDay (6/16, Murez) reports investigators have “found a correlation between teachers’ depressive symptoms and math skills in early learners enrolled in Head Start programs.” In a study “sample of more than 1,500 children from 212 classroom in 113 centers at 59 Head Start programs in the” US, researchers found that “teachers’ depressive symptoms were significantly associated with children’s math achievement ,” with the linkage “through the quality of the teachers’ relationships with the families, which in turn affected young children’s motivation, engagement and persistence in learning, according to the investigators.” The findingswere published online in the journal Child Development.

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— “Treating Teachers’ Depression Could Boost Young Students’ Grades: Study ” Cara Murez, HealthDay, June 16, 2021

According to HealthDay (6/15, Norton), in a study involving “300 older adults with mildly impaired thinking and memory,” researchers found that “those using ‘lipophilic’ statins were more likely to develop dementia over the next eight years.” Among some “lipophilic statins” are “such widely used medications as simvastatin (Zocor), atorvastatin (Lipitor) and lovastatin (Altoprev).” The findings were scheduled for presentation at the virtual annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.

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— “Could a Type of Statin Raise Dementia Risks? ” Amy Norton, HealthDay, June 15, 2021

HealthDay (6/15, Murez) reports, “More teens in the United States are reporting their sexual identity as gay, lesbian or bisexual, nationwide surveys” indicate. In fact, “between 2015 and 2019, the percentage of 15- to 17-year-olds who said they identified as ‘non-heterosexual’ rose from 8.3% to 11.7%, according to nationwide surveys by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.” The findings were published online in a research letter in JAMA Pediatrics.

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— “Big Rise in U.S. Teens Identifying As Gay, Bisexual “Cara Murez, HealthDay, June 15, 2021

HealthDay (6/15, Preidt) reports research suggests that “many mass shooters in America suffered from a mental illness that wasn’t being treated when they committed their crime.” Investigators came to this conclusion after studying “35 mass shooting cases that occurred in the United States between 1982 and 2019 and involved shooters who survived and were brought to trial.” After analyzing “various sources of medical evidence on the mass shooters,” the study team found that 18 of the shooters “had schizophrenia and 10 had other diagnoses including bipolar disorder, delusional disorder, personality disorders and substance-related disorders.” What’s more, “of the 28 shooters with a mental illness diagnosis, none were medicated or received other treatment for their disorders prior to their crimes,” the study revealed. The findings were published online June 7 ahead of print in the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology.

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— “Many U.S. Mass Shooters Had Untreated Mental Illness: Study “Robert Preidt, HealthDay, June 15, 2021