Suicide, a leading global health concern, ranks fourth among young people. Although many studies have reported temporal variations in suicide risk, most are limited to Western countries. Addressing this gap, researchers from Korea and Japan in collaboration with other countries conducted a multi-country multi-city study to investigate variations in suicide risk based on the day of the week and national holidays, revealing key insights that could help form effective and targeted suicide prevention action plans.

Physicians often work for extended hours to provide medical care for patients, which can result in sleep loss and affect their optimal functioning. Researchers from Juntendo University have conducted a national survey and used a computer-based psychomotor vigilance test (PVT) to assess the impact of long work hours and sleep duration on alertness and the psychological health of Japanese physicians. Poor PVT performance was significantly associated with physician depression and burnout.

As the world celebrated the highest level of athletic excellence in Paris during the Summer Olympics this year, champions of fracture care worldwide were also performing at gold-medal levels in secondary fracture prevention and osteoporosis management. These champions are the dedicated teams behind specialized post-fracture care coordination programs, commonly known as Fracture Liaison Services (FLS), that play a critical role in preventing future osteoporotic fractures in patients with osteoporosis who experience a first fracture. To mark this campaign, top-performing FLS services were invited to share their insights about how they deliver gold-standard care. Eighteen Gold-level FLS within the Capture the Fracture^® network of more than 1000 FLS worldwide, shared images and inspiring quotes from their teams, which will be disseminated via social media channels in the coming year.