Health

NY Times  -  The rate of children’s primary care visits that included a mental health diagnosis rose dramatically from 2014 to 2023 in Massachusetts.  Anxiety showed the largest jump of any mental health condition tracked, with a 300% relative increase over the decade.

The Guardian -   Individuals bear at least 80% of the responsibility for their ill health in old age, according to a report aimed at challenging the belief that physical decline is either inevitable or primarily the responsibility of the state.

The report, launched at the Smart Ageing Summit in Oxford last week, argues that individuals have far greater control over their longevity than is commonly understood. The authors call on the government to take legislative action on alcohol comparable to restrictions on smoking.

Newsweek -  Emergency room visits for tick bites have climbed to the highest levels for this time of year since 2017 in every U.S. region except the South Central states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in warning earlier this morning.