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The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a growing number of lung disease possibly linked to vaping in states across the country now including Georgia.
Environmental pollution, toxic air in particular, is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths from acute lower respiratory infections, numerous premature deaths and, according to the World Health Organization, it routinely puts children at greater risk for chronic diseases.
The Colombian government on Thursday confirmed that a deadly fungus threatening banana plantations in the Eastern Hemisphere has officially arrived in the Americas, prompting a declaration of a national state of emergency. Latin America is the hub of the global banana export industry, according to National Geographic.
It’s not quite the Joaquin Phoenix-Scarlett Johansson love story from 2013 romance “Her,” but researchers believe an artificial intelligence chatbot may help relieve human loneliness, particularly in seniors.
Every year, thousands of American children either die or become severely disabled due to traumatic brain injury, according to the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Days after a photograph of three University of Mississippi students posing with guns beside the often-vandalized memorial for lynching victim Emmett Till made the rounds online, a commission has proposed the 50-pound purple marker should be replaced yet again — but this time with a bulletproof sign.
First responders and volunteers flocked to the shore when at least 20 pilot whales beached themselves on St. Simons Island’s East Beach Tuesday evening, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
According to new research from scientists with Emory University and the University of Rochester, teens who can describe negative emotions “in precise and nuanced ways” are more likely to stave off increased depressive symptoms after stressful life events compared to those who can’t.
Toxic workplaces have been previously linked to compromised employee health, but new research suggests a major tenet of workplace incivility—the toxic boss—particularly increases risk of heart disease.
In 2014, the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, the American Nurses Foundation and Little Bird Games created a post-traumatic stress disorder toolkit for nurses working with patients experiencing the mental health condition.
But nurses, too, are at risk.
Nearly one-third of American adolescents and adults are affected by anxiety, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. It’s the most common mental health disorder in the country.
Researchers with Vanderbilt University Medical Center have identified more than 100 high-risk genes for schizophrenia, a serious mental disorder known to cause people to interpret reality abnormally.
The number of teens and children visiting emergency rooms for suicidal thoughts or attempts doubled between 2007 and 2015, according to new research published this week.
In October 2010, the Institute of Medicine released the first “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health” report with recommendations “for an action-oriented blueprint for the future of nursing,” the single largest segment of the health care workforce.
To examine the role of financial anxiety in America’s rising suicide rate, scientists with the University of North Carolina’s GIllings School of Global Public Health have been looking at the impact of wage changes.
New research has found empirical evidence that climate change could increase mental health issues in the United States.
A new Bloomberg analysis based on U.S. Census Bureau calculations and the distribution of household income ranks Atlanta the most unequal large city in the United States.
New research suggests women’s exposure to daily discrimination may contribute to rising blood pressure over time, a risk factor that, if left untreated, can increase risk of heart disease and stroke.
A grim report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that if governments don’t act on climate change soon, more devastation is to be expected.
In a survey of 750 adult men in the United States, conducted between Oct. 20-21, 2017 via the survey platform Pollfish, men answered questions about their experience and thoughts on sexual harassment and assault.
