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Barriers to health care for violence victims
Medical Xpress
Violence is a serious health concern and is one of the leading causes of death for adults under the age of 45 in the United States. Among those who are injured during a violent crime, only half of those who need medical treatment use health care services. Penn State researchers are exploring violence victims' barriers to care.
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Neighborhood conditions associated with children's cognitive function
National Institutes of Health
A study published recently in JAMA Network Open shows that children from poorer neighborhoods perform less well on a range of cognitive functions, such as verbal ability, reading skills, memory, and attention, and have smaller brain volumes in key cognitive regions compared to those from wealthier neighborhoods. While multiple studies have shown that household socioeconomic status affects a child’s cognitive development, less is known about the effect of the broader neighborhood context.
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Over half of American adults with advanced MS experience mistreatment by caregiver, survey shows
Everyday Health
More than 1 out of 2 people with advanced multiple sclerosis (MS) reported some form of mistreatment or abuse at the hands of their unpaid caregiver, according to new research.
The paper, published in the November 2020 issue of Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, found that 11.2 percent experienced physical abuse and 8.3 percent experienced sexual abuse; many of the participants experienced more than one form of abuse.
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Pentagon study says not enough rape cases are going to trial with proper evidence
Military Times
A group of criminal justice experts who reviewed nearly 2,000 military rape cases found that a good number had been sent to court-martial without enough evidence to convict, and that those cases undermine the military justice system’s ability to properly prosecute sexual assaults. They found that of all of the “penetrative sexual assault” cases sent to trial, 30 percent of them — or 73 total cases — did not have enough evidence for a conviction, according to the October report, dooming them from the start.
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Criminals are using Google Drive to infect hospitals with ransomware
Slate
In September, hundreds of health care centers operated by the Universal Health Services network were hit by Ryuk ransomware. In October, the University of Vermont Health Network announced it had been forced to revert to using paper records due to an attack with the same malware. The Sky Lakes Medical Center in Oregon, the St. Lawrence Health System in New York, and the Dickingson County Healthcare System in Michigan and Wisconsin all confirmed they had fallen victim to Ryuk as well, interfering with their ability to provide patient care and forcing them to fall back on manual work-arounds as they lost access to their digital systems.
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New Zealand names Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence
The Diplomat
Despite winning an outright majority in last month’s New Zealand election, the Labor Party has offered the Greens a “cooperation agreement” that will include some shared policy platforms. The agreement will also provide the Greens with two ministerial portfolios, although these two ministers will sit outside the cabinet.
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