Today is World Mental Health Day, a global public health awareness campaign with a call to action for 2019 to “Focus on Suicide Prevention. “40 seconds of action” is also a part of the campaign as someone loses their life to suicide every 40 seconds. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), …
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services defines bullying as any, “unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Both kids who are bullied and who bully others may have serious, long lasting problems.” …
A study published in the January 2018 issue of the journal, Science, introduced the experimental blood test, CancerSEEK. The researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in Baltimore, Maryland, shared that this new blood test can detect 8 common cancers: esophageal, bowel, ovarian, liver, stomach, pancreatic, lung, and breast cancers. This exciting breakthrough promises …
October is Eye Injury Prevention Month. This health national health awareness campaign “aims to raise awareness about the types of eye injury that occur that could be avoided, as well as highlighting the need for more people to use protective eye wear appropriately.” Because accidental eye injury is one of the leading causes of eye …
The American Psychiatric Association (APA), estimates that 8.4 percent of children and 2.5 percent of adults have ADHD. The APA explains that ADHD is an acronym for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and that it is one of the most common mental disorders affecting children. However, ADHD also affects adults. October is ADHD Awareness Month and the …
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