MENTAL HEALTH

HEALTH 50 mins ago

Alzheimer's experimental drug may slow progression of disease, but there are risks: experts

A study just published in the New England Journal of Medicine indicates that the experimental drug lecanemab showed a slowing of cognitive decline progression by 27% in those with early Alzheimer's.

California 22 hours ago

10 middle school students in Los Angeles appear to have overdosed on marijuana edibles

Ten middle school students, between the ages of 12 and 15, may have overdosed on cannabis edibles in Los Angeles, California. Some of the children were then taken to medical centers.

MENTAL HEALTH 22 hours ago

Service restored to 988 mental health hotline after outage

Service was restored to the nationwide 988 hotline, intended to assist individuals going though mental health crises. The hotline had previously experienced a daylong outage.

MENTAL HEALTH 23 hours ago

Yale University sued for alleged 'systemic discrimination' toward students suffering from mental health issues

Yale University is being sued by several students who claim that the institution did not properly handle their mental health issues and in some cases forced them to withdraw.

US 1 day ago

Teenage brains aged faster during the pandemic from stress, anxiety: study

After comparing pre-pandemic MRI scans of older teens to scans taken during COVID-19, researchers at Stanford University discovered the pandemic aged teens' brains by about three years.

Canada 1 day ago

Canadian fashion company promotes assisted suicide's 'beauty' in ad

Canadian fashion company La Maison Simons released a promotional video last month titled "All Is Beauty" promoting the 'beauty' of voluntary euthanasia.

VIDEO 1 day ago

Los Angeles County endures spike in fentanyl poisonings

Former acting DEA administrator Uttam Dhillon joined 'America's Newsroom' to discuss the surge in fentanyl-related deaths and who is to blame for the tragic trend. 

VIDEO 2 days ago

CBP expands mental health resources for border officials as employee suicides surge

Texas Army veteran Frank Lopez joined 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss how the border crisis has impacted border officials and what the government can do to help reduce employee suicides. 

VIDEO 2 days ago

NYC resorts to involuntary hospitalizations of mentally ill homeless people to alleviate crime

New York City public advocate Jumaane Williams weighs in on New York City’s growing crime problem and the current efforts that the city is implementing to attempt to lessen the crisis. 

Los Angeles 3 days ago

Fentanyl scourges streets of LA as opioid deaths continue to rise

Opioids such as fentanyl has become a scourge across the U.S. In Los Angeles, annual overdose deaths among the homeless increased by 56% during the pandemic.