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Dementia Rates Decline Sharply Among Senior Citizens
Education and better heart health may deserve credit.
Dramática baja de la tasa de demencia en adultos mayores de Estados Unidos
Un nuevo estudio halló que la prevalencia de demencia ha caído considerablemente en los últimos años, en gran parte como resultado del aumento de los niveles de educación y la mejor salud cardíaca de los estadounidenses, factores que están directamente relacionados con la salud cerebral.
Avoiding The ER: Paramedics Link Patients To Local Mental Health Treatment
In California and other states, these first responders are learning to identify people with mental illness and get them help — or sometimes just chat and check in over snacks.
Surgeon General Murthy Wants America To Face Up To Addiction
More people struggle with alcohol or drugs than have cancer, and 1 in 5 Americans binge drink. It all costs the nation $420 billion a year. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says we know how to help.
Un sorprendente número de padres de California experimentaron abuso cuando niños
Uno de cada cinco adultos de California, con niños viviendo en sus casas, fueron golpeados, pateados o abusados físicamente cuando eran niños, y uno de cada 10 fue abusado sexualmente, según datos publicados por una fundación de salud infantil.
New Data: Surprising Number Of California Parents Experienced Abuse As Children
Focusing on parents can help end cycle of trauma for kids, experts say.
VA Shifts To Clinical Pharmacists To Help Ease Patients’ Long Waits
Some Veterans Affairs’ hospitals are cutting vets’ long waits for outpatient care appointments by authorizing specially-trained pharmacists to treat certain patients with chronic care needs.
Presidential ‘Parity’ Panel Offers Steps To Treat Mental Illness Like Other Disease
In a report released Friday, a task force recommends patient education and more funding to enforce the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act.
Divided Mental Health Care System Can Strand Medi-Cal Patients In The Middle
California law dictates that Medi-Cal patients with mild and moderate mental health conditions are covered by managed care plans and those with severe disorders by county agencies. But the real-life distinction is not that clear.
States See Peer-Recovery Coaches As A Way To Break The Addiction Epidemic
Rhode Island installed coaches in all of the state’s hospital emergency rooms and others are following its lead.