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Unpredictable parental behavior may impair brain circuit formation in infants

UCI Health — June 1, 2022

Irvine, Calif. — Researchers at the University of California, Irvine are conducting pioneering research into the concept that unpredictable parental behaviors, together with unpredictable environment, such as lack of routines and frequent disasters, disrupt optimal emotional brain circuit development in children, increasing their vulnerability to mental illness and substance abuse…

UC Davis Health receives AMSN PRISM Award® for exemplary practice

UC Davis Health — June 1, 2022

The Orthopaedic/Trauma Unit has received the prestigious AMSN PRISM Award®, an honor recognizing exceptional nursing practice, leadership, and outcomes in hospital medical-surgical units. This recognition marked UC Davis’ eighth AMSN PRISM Award®, which is tied for the most earned by any institution.

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Study Evaluates How to Eliminate Telemedicine’s Virtual Waiting Room

UC San Diego Health — June 1, 2022

Your virtual visit with your doctor is at 1:00 p.m. It’s now 1:20 p.m. and your physician has not yet logged in. Do you call the clinic? Hang up and log back in? Groan in frustration? Being stuck in a virtual waiting room and staring at a blank computer or…

How to resist peer pressure when you’re the only one wearing a mask

UC Davis Health — June 1, 2022

Indirect or unspoken peer pressure – the peer pressure to conform to specific behaviors based on what other members of a group are doing – is motivating people to ditch their masks, despite their best judgment. Here’s how to avoid the pressure to conform.

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