Katie Riddle
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NPR News: 03-19-2025 4PM EDT
During the pandemic, many adults started taking stimulants for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The researchers who conducted this study looked at how people are using these drugs in light of this new demand. They underscored that most people do use stimulants safely and effectively and emphasized that it's important to keep them widely available.
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NPR News: 03-19-2025 4PM EDT
However, they did also find that more than 25% of adults with a prescription reported misuse. That means taking too much of a drug or too often or any other ways their doctor did not prescribe. This kind of behavior is correlated with substance use disorder of other kinds that can be quite dangerous. The researchers called for careful monitoring of people using these drugs. Katie Ruttle, NPR News.
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NPR News: 04-16-2025 2PM EDT
Researchers define binge drinking as five drinks in one occasion for men and four for women. Bryant Shuey is a professor of medicine at University of Pittsburgh and one of the authors of this study.
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NPR News: 04-16-2025 2PM EDT
Roughly 31% of young women indicated binge drinking in the last month compared to 30% of males. Shuey points out that overall, younger people have been drinking less in recent years. This study just shows that younger men and women have similar drinking patterns.
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NPR News: 12-25-2024 8PM EST
Some of the people most in need of mental health services here are children. Thousands of students are at a crucial point in their recovery and need help processing their traumatic experiences in order to avoid developing post-traumatic stress disorder. Pacovia-Levitt works for the North Carolina schools. She says helping students in a situation like this, there's just not that much precedent.
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NPR News: 12-25-2024 8PM EST
Levitt says mountain communities are seeking help and advice from people in coastal North Carolina. That part of the state is more prepared for hurricanes. Katie Riddle, NPR News, Asheville, North Carolina.
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NPR News: 03-20-2025 4PM EDT
The entire industry of gambling has undergone a tectonic shift in recent years, as gambling is now legal in 38 states. More people are struggling with problem gambling. Experts warn it triggers the same pathways in the brain as substances can. Ben Yu struggled for years with problem gambling.
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NPR News: 03-20-2025 4PM EDT
Yu is in recovery now. He says some parts of his life are damaged permanently. Katie Riddle, NPR News.
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NPR News: 05-15-2025 6AM EDT
Some clinicians caution women who are in their late 30s through early 50s don't assume all maladies are related to perimenopause. There's a lot of other health conditions that can show up in midlife. Nanette Santoro is a gynecologist in Colorado.
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NPR News: 05-15-2025 6AM EDT
Santoro says testing for hormone levels can be inconclusive and is not always that helpful. Katie Riddle, NPR News.
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NPR News: 04-10-2025 10AM EDT
There are already a lot of AI therapists on the market, but many aren't effective and some are even dangerous. Researchers at Dartmouth College decided to train a bot over five years in therapeutic best practice. Nick Jacobson is a clinical psychologist who worked on this effort. He says with a therapy bot, no appointments are necessary.
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NPR News: 04-10-2025 10AM EDT
Researchers say it will be some time before the tested therapy bot is widely available. Katie Riddle, NPR News.
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NPR News: 04-10-2025 10AM EDT
The White House Budget Office ordered a pause on all federal grants and loans.
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NPR News: 05-04-2025 1AM EDT
Attempts by the leader of the opposition coalition, Peter Dutton, to take from the Trump playbook, such as forcing public servants to stop working from home... didn't work out.
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NPR News: 05-04-2025 1AM EDT
It was celebration, relief and some disbelief too among Labour supporters that this win was called so quickly. This is quite the turnaround for Anthony Albanese. Going into these elections, it was a tight race. But Donald Trump changed that. Voters opted for an incumbent, a familiar face in an uncertain world.
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NPR News: 04-28-2025 2PM EDT
Cost of living, inflation, health care and housing have consistently been top issues here.
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NPR News: 04-28-2025 2PM EDT
Shannon Young voted for the Liberals, headed by current Prime Minister Mark Carney. She fears conservatives might cut dental care and doesn't like the way their leader, Pierre Polyev, talks about the LGBT community. It kind of reminded me a little bit of Trump. Every major party wants to stand up to the U.S. president.
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NPR News: 04-28-2025 2PM EDT
But at an advance poll last week, Drake McNeil said Trump would not impact his vote at all.
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NPR News: 04-28-2025 2PM EDT
He voted conservative. For NPR News, I'm Katie Toth in Halifax. It's NPR News.
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NPR News: 04-21-2025 4PM EDT
Confidentiality between the patient and the clinician can be significant. protected with things like four walls and a door so that people aren't seeing who's with the therapist or hearing what's being said.
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NPR News: 04-21-2025 2PM EDT
For people who have been fired, moving on means establishing a new identity. Like for this man, John, who worked for the CDC. He's using only his first name for fear of being doxxed. John says taking his oath on his first day there was one of the proudest moments of his life. And...
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NPR News: 04-21-2025 2PM EDT
upholding that oath. He says he's not sure who he is if not a public servant. Those who study job loss say for people like John, it's important to find a new way to use skills rather than becoming paralyzed with grief.
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NPR News: 03-17-2025 4PM EDT
It's not so much time spent watching screens, but what they're watching that can be dangerous for teens. That's why talking to them is important. Mitch Prinstein is chief science officer with the APA.
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NPR News: 03-17-2025 4PM EDT
Parents don't need to have all the answers, says Prinstein. They just need to stay engaged. Katie Riddle, NPR News.