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University Hospital Newark first in the nation to get accreditation for pre-hospital blood transfusion program
4+ hour, 55+ min ago (184+ words) News12 | New Jersey Extreme Heat Warning in effect though Saturday University Hospital Newark first in the nation to get accreditation for pre-hospital blood transfusion program Summer is often referred to as "trauma season." It's a time when hospitals see an increase…...
Mississippi firefighter suicides bring focus to mental health
3+ hour, 27+ min ago (832+ words) By Morgan Gill, Roy Howard Community Journalism Center | Originally published by Mississippi Today Mississippi fire service leaders are raising concerns about first responders mental health as the state's suicide rate remains above the national average." Mental health professionals and first…...
The Illusion of Loyalty in Generational Trauma
5+ hour, 53+ min ago (933+ words) Posted July 3, 2026 | Reviewed by Davia Sills This is part 2 of a 3-part series (When Parts Merge). Read part 1 here. Recently, while sitting with these reflections, I found myself listening to Not Made for the Cage by Kelly Boesch. The song…...
Childhood Trauma Memories Stable, More Change in Kids
10+ hour, 22+ min ago (293+ words) Traumatic memories of childhood maltreatment typically remain consistent over time, according to a major new study led by King's College London and published in Nature Mental Health. The study also found that roughly one in five participants changed what they…...
A different kind of summer camp
8+ hour, 15+ min ago (556+ words) At Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo, Ava Boruff placed her first I. V. into a "patient." Boruff and several other area students visited the hospital as part of Indiana University Kokomo's Health Professions Exploration Camp, led by the School of Nursing and Allied…...
Oregon merges psychedelic mushroom, medical marijuana regulators, proposes fee hike
4+ hour, 21+ min ago (293+ words) MMJDaily The Oregon Health Authority is merging two agencies'Oregon Psilocybin Services and the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program'into a single Oregon Psilocybin and Medical Cannabis Section by September 1, 2026 Both programs have faced budget shortfalls, and officials determined that consolidation was the…...
Facts of the Matter: Vagus serves as messenger between brain, other organs
11+ hour, 23+ min ago (321+ words) Friday, July 3, 2026 75" Today's Paper Its name comes from the Latin word for "wanderer." Emerging from the brain stem, the vagus travels through the neck into the chest and abdomen, branching like the limbs of a great tree to reach the…...
New research challenges the idea that memories of childhood maltreatment can't be trusted
5+ hour, 10+ min ago (701+ words) People are often treated as unreliable narrators of their own past, and this scepticism runs especially deep around emotionally charged early experiences. Researchers have long worried that memories of abuse and neglect might shift depending on someone's mood, mental health…...
Research Questions Reliability of Childhood Abuse Memories
9+ hour, 30+ min ago (656+ words) People are often treated as unreliable narrators of their own past, and this scepticism runs especially deep around emotionally charged early experiences. Researchers have long worried that memories of abuse and neglect might shift depending on someone's mood, mental health…...
Trojan horses, mitochondrial mischief, and infant brain injury
12+ hour, 12+ min ago (1383+ words) Open Access Government Trojan horses, mitochondrial mischief, and infant brain injury Lee J. Martin, Professor of Pathology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, discusses neonatal encephalopathy, which often results from hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), and his recent research into neonatal brain…...