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Children exposed to intimate partner violence twice as likely to have poorer health
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute via EurekAlert!
A new study has found up to half of all children with language difficulties and mental and physical health problems have been exposed to intimate partner violence, prompting calls for health and social care services to provide more effective identification and early intervention.
The research, led by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and published in The BMJ, showed children exposed to intimate partner violence from infancy were twice as likely to have a psychiatric diagnosis, emotional and behavioural difficulties, and impaired language skills at age 10. They were also more likely to have asthma and sleep problems.
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.FORENSIC NURSES UPDATES
Webinar: Safety for All: Addressing Intimate Partner Violence and Lethality
May 13, 2:00-3:30PM EST
David Thomas, International Association of Chiefs of Police
This webinar will focus on the nexus between intimate partner violence perpetrators and the danger they pose to their significant other, third parties, and law enforcement. It will look at the role lethality/risk assessments can play in mitigating the lethal violence committed by these individuals. Register Today.
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2021 Award Nominations Are Open!
This is your opportunity to recognize those who have contributed significantly to the advancement, growth, and success of forensic nursing and/or the Association. Which one of your colleagues has made an outstanding contribution to forensic nursing? Nominate them today! The deadline is May 15. Learn More.
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On the margins: Research finds higher rates of suicide attempts, ideation in transgender and gender-diverse patients
Harvard Medical School
A study led by researchers at Harvard Medical School and Cambridge Health Alliance’s Health Equity Research Lab has found that transgender and gender-diverse patients in an urban safety-net health system experienced more suicide attempts, suicidal ideation, and violence victimization than other patients in the health system. The research was published in World Medical and Health Policy and adds to the growing literature around mental health for people who are TGD. Ana Progovac, HMS instructor in psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance and lead author on the study, said, "We are joining a growing number of researchers globally who are filling in critical research gaps for a population whose health needs have remained largely invisible for many decades."
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Firearms laws curb rates of gun violence across United States
Rutgers Today
States with stricter firearms laws reported lower suicide and homicide rates, according to a Rutgers study.
The study, conducted by the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center, the Rutgers School of Public Health, the Rutgers University–Newark Department of Psychology, the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice, the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and the Rutgers–Newark Department of Social Work, was published in the Journal of Public Health and examined the association between firearm laws and suicide and homicide rates.
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Patients with traumatic brain injuries face challenges navigating healthcare system
Regenstrief Institute via EurekAlert!
Patients who suffer from traumatic brain injuries often need a great deal of healthcare services after the injury, but the extent of care utilization is unknown. A new study from research scientists affiliated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Regenstrief Institute and IUPUI is one of the first to analyze how much care TBI patients use and identify areas of unmet need.
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Worrisome cases of 'super-gonorrhea' reported throughout the world
Aldergrove Star
One of the most common sexually transmitted infections in the world is becoming stronger, as cases of “super-gonorrhea” have been reported throughout the world.
According to the World Health Organization, resistance in gonorrhea started after the introduction of antimicrobials – a class of drug that kills micro-organisms – in the beginning of the 20th century. And since then, resistance has been building.
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Rape victims in south Asia still face vaginal tests, report finds
The Guardian
Physical vaginal tests are still used to determine whether women and girls have been raped in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka, according to a new report.
The practice remains widespread in all three countries and some courts refer to the test in judgments, despite it having no scientific basis and being banned in India.
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What leads young women to disclose abuse in their first relationships?
Science Magazine
Women who experience partner violence at a young age don’t always show physical signs of abuse and don’t always disclose — or recognize — the dangerous position they’re in. A new study from Michigan State University is one of the first to examine multiple factors that influence young women’s disclosure of partner violence that occurred during their first relationships, when they were just under 15 years old, on average.
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60-year-old question on DNA replication timing sequence answered
San Diego Biomed via PhysOrg
Over the last 60 years, scientists have been able to observe how and when genetic information was replicated, determining the existence a "replication timing program," a process that controls when and in what order segments of DNA replicate. However, scientists still cannot explain why such a specific timing sequence exists. In a study published today in Science, Dr. David Gilbert and his team have answered this 60-year-old question.
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A new biomarker of traumatic brain injury?
Medscape
Plasma levels of von Willebrand factor may be a useful biomarker of traumatic brain injury and its severity, new research suggests.
"Reliable detection of this biomarker at very early time points may allow for prompt TBI detection and therefore intervention," study investigator Rachel Elizabeth Thomas, MD, PhD, a neurology resident at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, told delegates attending the virtual American Academy of Neurology 2021 Annual Meeting.
"The level reflects the degree of severity and provides some degree of prognostic information," she added.
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Panel: End commanders' power to block military sex cases
NewsNation
A Pentagon panel is recommending that decisions to prosecute service members for sexual assault be made by independent authorities, not commanders, in what would be a major reversal of military practice and a change long sought by Congress members, The Associated Press has learned.
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New blood analyzer tells human from animal samples on the spot
Scientific American
A sleepy driver on a dark road hears a loud “thump!” and later finds a speck of blood on the front bumper. Or police spot a tiny but suspicious bloodstain at a crime scene. Quickly determining whether such traces come from humans or animals is crucial, but the necessary tests can be time-consuming—and may destroy valuable evidence. Researchers say a new technique could help.
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Illuminating invisible bloody fingerprints with a fluorescent polymer
American Chemical Society via PhysOrg
Careful criminals usually clean a scene, wiping away visible blood and fingerprints. However, prints made with trace amounts of blood, invisible to the naked eye, could remain. Dyes can detect these hidden prints, but the dyes don't work well on certain surfaces. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces have developed a fluorescent polymer that binds to blood in a fingerprint—without damaging any DNA also on the surface—to create high-contrast images.
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