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Three mental health conditions increased the likelihood of violent offenses among jail detainees

Western Carolina University researchers find a disproportionate number of inmates with violent offenses suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, panic disorder and alcohol use disorder, and published their findings in the Journal of Criminal Psychology.

28 Jan 2021

Oral bacteria persist on wasted chewing gums for weeks

Researchers from the Institute of Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), a joint center of the University of Valencia and the CSIC, have analyzed the bacteria from used chewing gums from five different countries.

23 Oct 2020

Researchers receive more than $1 million NIH grants for COVID-19 pandemic-related projects

Researchers in Northern Arizona University's Center for Health Equity Research and the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative recently received four grants totaling more than $1 million from the National Institutes of Health for projects related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

21 Oct 2020

Efforts to keep COVID-19 out of prisons fuel outbreaks in county jails

When Joshua Martz tested positive for COVID-19 this summer in a Montana jail, guards moved him and nine other inmates with the disease into a pod so cramped that some slept on mattresses on the floor.

29 Sep 2020

Safety-net practices in poor areas have lower rates of payment bonuses, shows MIPS performance data

A team of researchers led by Kenton Johnston, Ph.D., an associate professor of health management and policy at Saint Louis University's College for Public Health and Social Justice, conducted a study to investigate how outpatient clinicians that treated disproportionately high caseloads of socially at-risk Medicare patients (safety-net clinicians) performed under Medicare's new mandatory Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

11 Sep 2020

High number of law enforcement officers in schools does not enhance safety, indicates study

Concern over the safety of students, teachers, and administrators in U.S. schools continues to grow, in part as a result of school shootings.

11 Aug 2020

Researchers to create expert recommendations for vulture poisoning control efforts in Southern Africa

University of Maryland (UMD) researchers across multiple colleges collaborated with other international leaders in wildlife conservation to produce an expert assessment and recommendations for vulture poisoning control efforts in Southern Africa.

24 Jul 2020

UCI researchers win $529 million in grants and contracts for fiscal 2019-20

From cutting-edge research and clinical trials focused on cancer care to creating a new center devoted to protecting personal data privacy, University of California, Irvine scholars, scientists and physicians are blazing new paths to help change the world.

20 Jul 2020

Bereavement multiplier provides a clear picture of how COVID 19 affects racial and ethnic groups

A new analysis finds more than one million Americans have been swept up in the tidal wave of grief resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

14 Jul 2020

Slow response to coronavirus led to unnecessary deaths in UK prisons, says expert

The government's slow response to recognize the impact of coronavirus on UK prisons has led to unnecessary deaths amongst its population, according to Loughborough University academic Dr Christopher Kay.

4 Jun 2020

New alcohol-monitoring program reduces risk of rearrest

An innovative statewide alcohol-monitoring program that requires drunk drivers to be tested frequently for alcohol use significantly lowers the likelihood that participants will be rearrested or have probation revoked, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

6 May 2020

Researchers identify way to measure frailty using patients' medical claims

A team of researchers, led by Kenton Johnston, Ph.D. of Saint Louis University's College for Public Health and Social Justice, identified a way to measure frailty using patients' medical claims that more accurately predict costs-of-care, especially for clinicians with disproportionate shares of frail patients.

7 Apr 2020

They fell in love helping drug users. But fear kept him from helping himself.

She was in medical school. He was just out of prison.

27 Feb 2020

New research highlights the extent of digital dating abuse among teens

With February being Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, new research is illuminating how this problem is manifesting online. "Digital dating abuse" as it has been termed, uses technology to repetitively harass a romantic partner with the intent to control, coerce, intimidate, annoy or threaten them.

12 Feb 2020

Marijuana use increases false memories finds study

A new study published this week has revealed that the use of marijuana or cannabis can implant false memories. The study titled, "Cannabis increases susceptibility to false memory," was published in the latest issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

11 Feb 2020

Most vulnerable patients are not reimbursed fairly by Medicare, research finds

Hospitals, doctors and Medicare Advantage insurance plans that care for some of the most vulnerable patients are not reimbursed fairly by Medicare, according to recent findings in JAMA.

10 Feb 2020

Study compiles data on female homicide victims in Spain

In a groundbreaking study, research carried out between the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and the University of Lausanne has compiled data on homicide victims in Spain, disaggregated by gender, from 1910 to 2014.

6 Feb 2020

Exploring the connections between hip-hop, mental health and resilience using Maino's lyrics

Born in Brooklyn, New York, the rap artist Maino (Jermaine John Colman) takes his experiences not only from growing up in the famous borough, but also the 10 long years he spent behind bars at Riker's Island Penitentiary.

30 Jan 2020

New program trains bystanders to feel more confident in responding to child mistreatment

It's a gut-wrenching experience. While shopping or eating out, a nearby parent's voice starts to raise, their patience exhausted with a child. Initial empathy turns to nervous monitoring as voices become harsh, language becomes threatening, arms are yanked and children swatted. As emotions, words and behaviors escalate, stakes feel high and people nearby may freeze with uncertainty, only to find themselves second-guessing their own response or inaction with guilt and regret afterwards.

11 Dec 2019

FAU and Georgia State collaborate to help children, families affected by addiction

About 8.7 million children live with a parent who has a substance use disorder. Addiction can have recurring and negative long-term effects on the child, the parent and the family.

10 Dec 2019