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Most mental health patients answer firearm question
Study shows patients will usually answer a question about firearm access, providing key information for suicide prevention.
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Patient collaboration sparks care innovations
By partnering with patients, KPWHRI researchers developed 2 new interventions to boost lung cancer screening.
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COVID-19 booster trial seeks unvaccinated volunteers
KPWHRI to access the benefits of mixing different vaccine types in NIAID-sponsored study.
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Tools and support for people thinking about suicide
Now Matters Now helps people cope with suicidal thoughts by sharing the strategies of people who have been there.
Research
Air pollution linked to higher risk of dementia
With data from the ACT Study, researchers associated increased levels of fine particle pollution with a greater risk of dementia.
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A study led by Julie Richards, PhD, MPH, could help to advance efforts to prevent suicides from firearms.
Patients willing to discuss whether they own guns with their doctors, study suggests
Forbes, Aug. 6, 2021
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