July 2023

There's been a surge in heart attacks among younger people. Here's the real reason why. (upworthy.com)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) · 7/29/2310:21 AM

via RDNE Stock project/Pexels A young man suffering a heart attack is administered CPR. To read more of Tod Perry's article, please click here. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, heart attack deaths have become more common in the United States, and the largest increase has been among younger people. According to a September 2022 study by Cedars Sinai Hospital , heart attack deaths among those aged 25 to 44 rose 29.9% over the first two years of the pandemic. The same study showed that over...

A doctor leaves a lasting impression on a woman caring for her dying mom (npr.org)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) · 7/28/238:01 AM

Julia Minson and her mom. Julia Minson To read more of Laura Krewel's article, please click here. When Julia Minson was in graduate school, her mother was diagnosed with advanced-stage lung cancer. It was a difficult time, and to cope, Minson became a student of the disease. She read through clinical studies and learned all the terminology she could. Her research uncovered something she found promising: a new experimental drug that had a small chance of helping her mom. But when she brought...

Shame Thought Traps and Adverse Childhood Experiences

Dr. Glenn Schiraldi · 7/18/237:22 AM

Disturbing thought patterns linked to shame are learned. They can be challenged and replaced.

Sharpen Eating Disorder Prevention for Physicians

Robyn Hussa Farrell · 7/16/239:28 AM

Trauma-informed, disordered eating prevention training for physicians launches in South Carolina after 13 years of collaborative efforts.

With nowhere else to go, kids needing foster care sleep on the floor in county offices (northcarolinahealthnews.org)

Carey Sipp · 7/7/234:51 PM

Photo Credit: Walt Stoneburner, Flickr Creative Commons By Michelle Crouch, The Charlotte Ledger, July 5, 2023 -- With foster homes in short supply, more than 55 children over the past year have spent at least one night sleeping on an air mattress in a Mecklenburg government conference room; “It’s as bad as it’s ever been.” Dozens of children have been forced to sleep on the floor of Mecklenburg County offices over the past year because of a severe shortage of foster homes and crisis beds,...

Health disparities

‘Falling through the cracks’: Why ADHD is under-diagnosed among Asian Americans (statnews.com)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) · 7/2/234:05 PM

At 23, after navigating school and college in a nearly perpetual state of panic, Emily Chen was diagnosed with ADHD. VANESSA LEROY FOR STAT To read more of Olivia Goldhills' article, please click here. Behind a veneer of accomplishment, underneath good grades and musical talents, Emily Chen was in disarray. She never knew what she was missing, perpetually cycling through potential mistakes in her mind in a desperate attempt not to slip up. “I was using anxiety to motivate and power myself.

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