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Are 'deaths of despair' really more common for white Americans? A UCLA report says no
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoNakeya Fields is a licensed clinical social worker and chair of the Pasadena-based Black Mental...
Empathy, community are weapons against 'deaths of despair' | Opinion
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEditor's note: This commentary explores suicide. If you are at risk, please stop here and contact...
U.S. women now live 6 years longer than men—and a lack of male-targeted mental health care might be...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 7 months agoThe gap in life expectancy between U.S. women and men widened to nearly six years in 2021, reaching...
The Shady Statistics Behind the War on Painkillers
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 8 months agoLex Villena About twenty-three years ago, public health officials began to notice increases in what would later be called "deaths of despair," referring...
Drug-related deaths in England and Wales rise to record high
Press Association News via AOL· 2 years agoDrug-related deaths in England and Wales have reached a record high, driven primarily by opiates,...
L.A.'s best-kept secret: Where you can legally scatter someone's ashes
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMany people wish to have their ashes scattered after death. (Ross May / Los Angeles Times)...
What You Get Out of College Is Who You Put Into It
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 8 months ago(Picture via Getty Images) Americans who drive Volvos live far longer than those who drive most other cars. Who knew that driving a vehicle that looks...
National Suicide Prevention Month
WJAX via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSeptember is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), suicide is now the leading...
Death counts remain high in some states even as COVID fatalities wane
Stateline.org via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAug. 23—Several months after President Joe Biden ended the national emergency for COVID-19, preliminary health data indicates the historic degree to which the pandemic increased death rates ...
Deadly fentanyl-laced street drugs raise alarms in NY. Will drug injection sites open?
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDrug overdose spikes in upstate New York have authorities raising alarms about street dealers...