Delirium is a type of confusion that develops suddenly—over the course of hours or days—and most commonly affects older adults who are hospitalized or in a long-term care facility. “We refer to ...

Most shareholders want to see their businesses succeed, but differences in opinion over how that should be achieved can lead to disputes. If left to fester long enough, those disputes can take on a ...

President Trump and former vice president Biden, the two major party candidates for the U.S. presidency, have repeatedly declared they will end so-called endless or forever wars. From Trump’s approach ...

Psychological interventions aimed at preventing PTSD following exposure to trauma—overview of research findings. A 2013 review (AHRQ Pub. No. 13-EHC062-1-EF April 2013) compared the efficacy, ...

Every viral pandemic since 1900 has been the result of spillover from animals to humans. Public health systems should take the steps outlined by Jay Varma and Neil Vora to limit the potential for ...

A Policy Forum article published today in Science shows that an annual investment of $30 billion should be enough to offset the costs of preventing another global pandemic such as COVID-19. Thus far, ...

In a man-in-the-middle attack, a message intended for a specific receiver is secretly intercepted by a third party. This allows the attacker to access confidential information (hence the alternate ...

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Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Individuals, families, and societies around the world are concerned about dementia and ...

In my senior year of college, I began my first job as a social worker, counseling victims of sexual assault. I began every morning determined to help my clients, who had experienced major trauma. But ...