Adults with schizophrenia have a suicide rate 4.5 times greater than the U.S. population, study finds
Schizophrenia patients have a suicide rate 4.5 times greater than the U.S. population, according to a new study
Younger patients - age 18 to 34 - had the highest risk with a suicide rate that doubled compared to older patients
Rates are also higher for men and patients with other mental health conditions in addition to schizophrenia
Understanding these characteristics can lead to more targeted treatment and prevention efforts
Detonation engine could propel aircraft to Mach 17: 10 top stories of the week 14 May 2021
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A conceptual hypersonic aircraft powered by an oblique detonation wave engine (Background image credit: NASA. Aircraft and composite image credit: Daniel Rosato, UCF)
Detonation engine could propel aircraft to Mach 17
Researchers at the University of Central Florida have developed a new type of detonation engine, which they say could propel aircraft to 17-times the speed of sound. The oblique wave detonation engine, also known as the standing wave engine, produces a continuous detonation that is fixed in space.
Huge underground source of energy going untapped
Test Your Mental Health a Year Into the Pandemic
Symptoms of anxiety and depression have risen since last March
by Mike Zimmerman, AARP, April 16, 2021 |
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En español | Yes, the pandemic is making you crazy, at least according to a 2021 report from Mental Health America, which screened 1.5 million Americans from January to September 2020. It found that 8 out of 10 respondents were experiencing “moderate to severe” symptoms of anxiety and depression. Those rates rose as the year progressed.
Your Post-COVID Health Checklist
On any given day, am I sadder or angrier than I was before the pandemic?
Poor mood is one of the first indicators that we re not processing stress the way we should, says David H. Rosmarin, assistant professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School. Stress is an imbalance between resources and demands. So when you have fewer resources and more demands, you re going to feel more stressed.
Key piece of Biden s $1 8T families plan expires after 2025 timesunion.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from timesunion.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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President Joe Biden couldn’t get everything he wanted into his own $1.8 trillion families plan.
His proposed child tax credit is set to expire after 2025. It would provide parents with $300 a month for each child under 6 and $250 a month for older children. Democratic lawmakers are pushing hard to make the credit a permanent policy, but the administration told them that the annual costs of roughly $100 billion were too high.
Biden is embracing a dramatic shift from four decades of politics in which presidents from both parties focused more on containing government than expanding it. But the resistance to making the child tax credit permanent is a sign that even in a White House that embraces big government, there are some limits.