Young people have a nuanced view of how their digital lives affect their mental health and want more support and involvement from the adults around them. This is shown in an international study published in The Journal of Adolescent Health by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in collaboration with UNICEF.

Dane Scantling, DO, MPH, FACS, assistant professor of surgery at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, has received a three-year, $500,256 K08 grant from the NIH’s National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to fund his project, “Improving access to trauma care for victims of firearm violence.”

Compassionate release, or medical parole, describes a legal pathway for people who are incarcerated to be released because of severe illness. Almost every state has policies overseeing the release of individuals who are medically vulnerable, which includes a terminal diagnosis of less than six to 18 months. While these laws are offered as a form of compassion as well as to lessen the burden on the prison system, are they actually working?