Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic – recent survey showed 40% of US adults struggling with mental health or substance use - CDC COVID-19 Response Team

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https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6932a1.htm?s_cid=mm6932a1_w

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/managing-stress-anxiety.html

Modifying 12 risk factors throughout life could delay or prevent 40% of dementia cases, according to The Lancet Commission on dementia.

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https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/tl-pss_1072820.php

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30367-6/fulltext

Cannabis use shows substantial risks and apparently no benefits for cardiovascular health – American Heart Association

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https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/aha-cus073120.php

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000883

In African Americans the risk of severe COVID-19 infection requiring admission to the ICU was related to higher Body Mass Index. These more obese patients in the ICU had a mortality rate of 37% - Tulane University

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https://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releases/2020-08/tos-aab072820.php

 The first-ever randomized clinical trial of CBD for cannabis use disorder suggests that prescribed doses of the non-intoxicating constituent part of the cannabis plant could help people kick the habit.

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https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/uob-pcc072820.php

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(20)30290-X/fulltext

Children under 10 years of age are unlikely to drive outbreaks of COVID-19 in daycares and schools - and so far, adults were much more likely to be the transmitter of infection than children. Study funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada.

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https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/mu-rfc072920.php

https://www.nccmt.ca/uploads/media/media/0001/02/09e652c44a7de3cfcb8d85e093cd20d8d90dc2ba.pdf

ELVIS is an augmented reality system that appears to improve physician accuracy during heart ablation procedures. Could improve patient outcomes and reduce the need for repeat ablation procedures.

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https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/wuis-whh072120.php

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9133121

When it comes to happiness, what's love got to do with it? Turns out in this study that staking happiness on being married is not a sure bet. Michigan State University

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https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/msu-wic072320.php

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17439760.2020.1791946?journalCode=rpos20

Home quarantine ideally means being confined to a separate bedroom and bathroom. More than 1 in 5 homes in the U.S. lack sufficient space and plumbing facilities. The proportion of homes unsuitable for quarantine is particularly high among minority and low-income households.

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https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/pfan-8ma072120.php

https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-4331

Hearing is thought to be the last sense to go in the dying process. New research supports that some people may still be able to hear even while in an unresponsive state near the end of life – University of British Columbia

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https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/uobc-urs070720.php

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-67234-9