April 26, 2024 - Social media has proven a breeding ground for medical misinformation over the past decade, particularly during the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, but new research shows some platforms’ crowdsourced efforts to fight inaccuracies are paying off.
In a new JAMA article, researchers from the University of California San Diego’s Qualcomm...
April 23, 2024 - Only around half the kids displaying symptoms of anxiety or depression are getting a clinical diagnosis for the disorders, and even fewer are able to access care, according to a new United Hospital Fund report that paints a picture of the youth mental health crisis in America.
In 2021, only 39 percent of adolescents experiencing a major depressive...
April 18, 2024 - Even in the best-performing states, racial health disparities have left their mark, with new reporting from the Commonwealth Fund showing serious differences in life expectancy and preventable deaths between races/ethnicities.
Overall, Black and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) people in the United States are more likely to die from...
April 16, 2024 - Clinician empathy could be a key pain reliever for patients experiencing chronic pain, with a recent study in JAMA Network Open outlining how greater perceptions of empathy from their physicians were linked to lower reported pain levels.
To be clear, empathy doesn’t have the same physiological effects as taking ibuprofen or other pain...