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• TV Star Wears Red Palm Print on Face at Emmys to Protest Violence

  16-09-2024 17:59 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health News"Reservation Dogs" Emmy nominee D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai made a bold statement by wearing a red painted over his mouth at the awards ceremony in Los Angeles Sunday night. The mark on the actor's face was intended to raise awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women. "There is a really big epidemic in the United States and Canada where our sisters, our relatives, our two-spirited relatives are going missing at an alarming rate," he explained.
  
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• Asthma Inhalers Contribute to Climate Change, Study Shows

  16-09-2024 17:59 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportTiny puffs from asthma inhalers could be causing big climate problems, a new study warns. Each inhaler dose contains some of the most potent greenhouse gases known, and they are adding up, researchers reported recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Over 70 million inhalers are prescribed in the U.S. each year, creating more air pollution than the annual electricity use of 200,000 American homes, the researchers said.
  
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• Scientific American Endorses Kamala Harris for President

  16-09-2024 12:49 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Scientific AmericanFor only the second time in Scientific American's 179-year history, the magazine's editors have endorsed a candidate for president. That person is Kamala Harris. "She supports education, public health and reproductive rights. She treats the climate crisis as the emergency it is," the editors wrote September 16 in a detailed statement entitled "Vote for Kamala Harris to Support Science, Health and the Environment."
  
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• Vaping May Harm College Students' Brains, Experts Warn

  16-09-2024 12:48 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsVaping may look cool when you're young, but it may be dulling the brains of college students, a new study warns. College students who vape have lower cognitive function scores than those who don't, researchers reported Sunday at the American Neurological Association's annual meeting. Students who vaped 10 to 20 puffs per day had scores 9% lower than those who did not vape or smoke, while those who vaped more than 20 puffs a day had scores nearly...
  
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• Tech Companies Commit to Fighting Harmful AI Sexual Imagery

  16-09-2024 09:18 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportSeveral leading artificial intelligence companies pledged Thursday to remove nude images from the data they use to train their AI products, and committed to other safeguards to curb the spread of harmful sexual deepfake imagery. In a deal brokered by the White House, Microsoft, OpenAI, Adobe, Anthropic, and Cohere said they would voluntarily commit to removing nude images from AI training datasets "when appropriate and depending on the purpose...
  
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• Long Before Same-Sex Marriage Was Popular, Kamala Harris Embraced It

  16-09-2024 09:18 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportTwo decades ago, when a Democratic presidential nominee wouldn't dream of endorsing gay marriage, a newly elected district attorney named Kamala Harris performed one of the first same-sex unions in the U.S. The moment represents a stark difference between Harris and all previous Democratic presidential nominees, who didn't begin their political careers as gay marriage supporters. For LGBTQ leaders, Harris' history validates their deep support...
  
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• High Doses of ADHD Meds May Trigger Psychosis, Study Suggests

  16-09-2024 09:18 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsPrescriptions for amphetamine stimulants to treat ADHD have increased significantly in recent years. Unfortunately, high doses of stimulants like Adderall can increase the risk of psychosis or mania by more than fivefold, a new study finds. In fact, patients had a nearly 63% increased risk of psychosis or mania if they took any prescription amphetamine whatsoever within the past month, researchers reported Thursday in the American Journal of...
  
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• Florida School District Must Restore Books with LGBTQ+ Content

  16-09-2024 09:18 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportA Florida school district must put back in libraries three dozen books as part of a settlement reached Thursday with students and parents who sued over what they said was an unlawful decision to limit access to books containing LGBTQ+ content. Under the deal, Nassau County must restore access to titles such as "And Tango Makes Three," a children's picture book based on a true story about two male penguins that raised a chick together in Central...
  
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• New York City Lawmakers Approve Bill to Study Slavery and Reparations

  16-09-2024 08:28 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportNew York City lawmakers approved legislation Thursday to study the city's significant role in slavery and consider reparations to descendants of enslaved people. If signed into law, the package of bills passed by the City Council would follow in the footsteps of several other municipalities across the U.S. that have sought ways to address the country's dark history, as well as a separate New York state commission that began working this year.
  
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