September 2, 2018
by Arthur Hunter
Universities champion diversity and inclusion, but when it comes to accessibility for students in wheelchairs, failures and obstacles are widespread. Harvard and UW are investigated for wheelchair friendliness.
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September 1, 2018
by Elizabeth Pratt
Having a former smoker in their social circle may help those with serious mental illness quit smoking
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August 31, 2018
by Tina Arnoldi
Is cannabis a safer alternative than opiods? Is legalizing it beneficial to the medical community and their patients? Those opposed say it is not backed by science - it is only hype with little education, especially in the area of mental health.
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August 29, 2018
by Kimberly Lucey
International Overdose Awareness Day is coming this Friday, and with a recent wave of high profile drug use, experts are looking at the link between substance addiction and mental illness.
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August 28, 2018
by Amy Rollo
15 years in practice, 6 years of graduate school, three professional licenses, countless continuing
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August 28, 2018
by Patricia Tomasi
One of the front line treatments for pregnant and postpartum women suffering from depression and anxiety is selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). But due to a lack of research on SSRIs in females, little is known about their effects across the maternal spectrum as well as on infants exposed to the drug through breast milk.
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August 24, 2018
by Tina Arnoldi
The East Cooper Republican Club, near Charleston, South Carolina recently hosted a forum to discuss the passage of the South Carolina Compassionate Care Act, with Senator Tom Davis, Representatives Lin Bennett and Nancy Mace, Jill Swing, President, SC Compassionate Care Alliance, and Christopher Pelic, MD Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC).
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August 21, 2018
by Elizabeth Pratt
Researchers have found a poor sleep can contribute to feelings of loneliness and make a person less socially desirable.
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August 20, 2018
by Patricia Tomasi
Although this is a study with mice, researchers believe that it does have relevance to human pregnancy because placental endocrine dysfunction could contribute to a mood disorder and the researchers have already published that a gene in the same family is abnormally expressed in the placenta of women with depression in pregnancy.
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August 17, 2018
by Tina Arnoldi
Although losing two family members to suicide is difficult to imagine, it is something Dennis Gillan, a mental health advocate has experienced.
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