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Black and Hispanic Medicare patients with lung cancer had more emergency room and intensive care unit visits, as well as higher odds of death in a hospital during the last month of life, than non-Hispanic whites.

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

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PhD students in Belgium have a greater risk of developing mental health problems than others in higher education, possibly due to low job control, work interfering with family life, and high job demands.

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Having a binge eating disorder (BED) is associated with unhealthy sleep patterns, which may contribute to the worsening of BED symptoms.

Nature Neuropsychopharmacology

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian adults reported increases in alcohol use and alcohol-related problems, which were worse for people with depressive symptoms, low social connectedness, income loss, or children aged 18 or younger living at home.

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Poor quality of sleep was associated with more frequent depression symptoms for Chinese physicians.

NCBI

People who exercise along side depression treatment may experience greater benefits than standard treatment alone.

Journal of Affective Disorders

African American patients were more likely to be recommended diet counseling, such as eating less sodium, for high blood pressure.

Wiley

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Primary care doctors are less likely to prescribe opioids to Asian or Pacific Islander, Black, or Hispanic seniors compared to White seniors for new back pain.

JAMA Network

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Pregnant women who got the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines passed temporary antibodies to their babies, which could protect them in the weeks after birth.

Compared to non-Hispanic White pediatric patients, African-American patients had a higher mortality risk, but both African-American and Hispanic patients were less likely to receive a transplant within a year of starting dialysis.

PubMed

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