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Medical Xpress / Addressing community mental health needs: A comparison of the federal and state models
In the decades following deinstitutionalization, the U.S. has yet to find an effective model of a comprehensive behavioral health continuum of care, from prevention to intervention, treatment and recovery. Federal Certified ...
Tech Xplore / Clean energy found in old coal mines
Cumberland, B.C. was built on coal mining—both literally and practically. Thousands of workers were employed and millions of tons of coal were exported over 80 years before the mines were shuttered, leaving deep holes in ...
Medical Xpress / Writing builds resilience by changing your brain, helping you face everyday challenges
Ordinary and universal, the act of writing changes the brain. From dashing off a heated text message to composing an op-ed, writing allows you to, at once, name your pain and create distance from it. Writing can shift your ...
Tech Xplore / Social media can be understood as a role-playing game like Dungeons & Dragons
It's a cliché that any "geek" who knows how to program computers will also probably play Dungeons & Dragons, or D&D. If you need to find someone at work who can explain to you the latest episode of Stranger Things, then ...
Phys.org / School matters: Resource program curbs high absenteeism rate
A program that puts caseworkers in schools where students struggle to regularly attend is apparently working in Michigan: The chronic absenteeism rate dropped by 8%.
Phys.org / High-rise living in Nairobi's Pipeline estate is stressful—how men and women cope
Within sight of Kenya's main international airport in Nairobi's east, Pipeline residential estate stands out like a sore thumb. Composed almost entirely of tightly packed high-rise tenement flats, the estate has been described ...
Medical Xpress / Untreated sleep apnea raises risk of Parkinson's, study finds
New research reveals that people with untreated obstructive sleep apnea have a higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease. However, they can significantly reduce the risk by improving the quality of their sleep by using ...
Medical Xpress / Africa's hidden stillbirth crisis: New report exposes major policy and data gaps
Nearly one million babies are stillborn in Africa every year. Behind every stillbirth is a mother, a family and a story left untold. Most of these are preventable, many unrecorded, and too often invisible. Each number hides ...
Phys.org / Global inequality is as urgent as climate change: The world needs a panel of experts to steer solutions
Given the escalating scale of inequality in the world, shouldn't countries be banding together to set up an international panel on the issue, along the same lines as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the ...
Phys.org / Scientists map badger roadkill hotspots in UK
A map of badger roadkill hotspots in the UK has been generated by a team from Cardiff University to help prevent wildlife-vehicle collisions in the future.
Medical Xpress / Mouse study reveals molecular mechanism that may underlie depressive and anxiety-like symptoms
In a JNeurosci paper, Tian-Ming Gao and colleagues, from Southern Medical University, explored how adenosine triphosphate (ATP) signaling relates to depression and anxiety using male mice. ATP is a molecule that not only ...
Phys.org / Motherhood changes how women spend, save and think about money
Mothers aren't just losing the income, promotions and career advancements that we've known about for quite some time. They're also quietly spending their own money, absorbing more day-to-day costs and making financial sacrifices ...
