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American Psychological Association Applauds House Action on Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act
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- Written by Kim I. Mills
Washington, DC - The American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Association Practice Organization praised the House Energy and Commerce Committee today for approving the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, which contains many important provisions to improve the nation’s approach to mental health care treatment.
Eye study underscores the long-lasting benefits of controlling diabetes
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- Written by Dustin Hays
Washington, DC - People with type 2 diabetes who intensively controlled their blood sugar level during the landmark Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) Trial Eye Study were found to have cut their risk of diabetic retinopathy in half in a follow-up analysis conducted four years after stopping intensive therapy. Investigators who led the ACCORD Follow-on Eye Study (ACCORDION) announced the results today in New Orleans at the American Diabetes Association annual meeting. The study was supported by the National Institutes of Health’s National Eye Institute (NEI).
Did Gravitational Wave Detector Find Dark Matter?
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- Written by Arthur Hirsch
Baltimore, Maryland - When an astronomical observatory in the United States this winter detected a whisper of two black holes colliding in deep space, scientists celebrated a successful effort to confirm Albert Einstein’s prediction of gravitational waves. A team of Johns Hopkins University astrophysicists wondered about something else: Had the experiment found the “dark matter” that makes up most of the mass of the universe?
Six in Ten Adults Prescribed Opioid Painkillers Have Leftover Pills
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- Written by Susan Murrow
Baltimore, Maryland - In the midst of an epidemic of prescription painkiller addiction and overdose deaths, a new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health survey suggests that more than half of patients prescribed opioids have leftover pills – and many save them to use later.
President Obama on the Observance of Juneteenth
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- Written by White House
Washington, DC - President Barack Obama: "Just outside the Oval Office hangs a painting depicting the night of December 31, 1862. In it, African-American men, women, and children crowd around a single pocket watch, waiting for the clock to strike midnight and the Emancipation Proclamation to take effect. As the slaves huddle anxiously in the dimly lit room, we can sense how even two more minutes seems like an eternity to wait for one’s freedom. But the slaves of Galveston, Texas, had to wait more than two years after Lincoln’s decree and two months after Appomattox to receive word that they were free at last.
Team Navy Breaks Records During First Day of Warrior Games Competition
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- Written by Shannon Leonard and Robin Hillyer-Miles
West Point, New York - The first full day of competition of the Department of Defense (DoD) Warrior Games began June 16 with track and field competitions at the U.S. Military Academy's Shea Stadium in West Point, New York.
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