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FRIDAY, Feb. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- As if being a teen mom isn't hard enough, two-thirds of young mothers are grappling with at least one mental health issue, researchers say. And close to 40% of mothers under 21 years of age have more than one issue, including depression, anxiety and hyperactivity, according to the research team from McMaster Children's Hospital in Ontario, Canada. That's up to four times higher than in teens who aren't parents and among mothers who are 21 and older, the findings showed. "Now that we understand that young mothers can struggle with problems other than just postpartum depression, our findings can be used to develop better screening processes, more effectively detect mental health problems in teenaged mothers, and direct treatment," said Dr....

FRIDAY, Feb. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Skin rashes in people with lupus may have high levels of disease-causing bacteria that can spread to other people, according to a new study. Researchers found that half of rashes in patients with lupus had abnormally high levels of Staphylococcus aureus (or staph), a common bacteria associated with skin infections. That means "the person with the rash is a carrier for the bacteria and can spread it to others," said senior author Dr. J. Michelle Kahlenberg, an associate professor of rheumatology at Michigan Medicine, from the University of Michigan. "In addition, we identified that a protein in the skin of patients with lupus, called interferon, increases the stickiness of staph aureus to their skin," she said in a university news...

FRIDAY, Feb. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have found more evidence from animal studies linking vitamin E acetate in vaping liquids to deadly lung damage in people who use electronic cigarettes. Vitamin E acetate is sometimes used in vaping liquids with THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. Since August, there have been more than 2,800 U.S. cases of EVALI (e-cigarette- or vaping-associated lung injury), resulting in 68 deaths, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Previous CDC research found that inhaling vitamin E acetate was strongly associated with EVALI, and this study offers new evidence in support. "We show conclusively that when vaped, vitamin E acetate, which is often used as a cutting agent in e-cigarette liquids containing THC,...

FRIDAY, Feb. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Race, gender and sexual orientation are tied to mistreatment of medical school students by faculty, physicians and fellow students, according to a new report. For the study, Yale University researchers analyzed more than 27,500 surveys of students at 140 accredited medical schools in the United States. The researchers found that women, Asians, under-represented minorities, and students who are multiracial, as well as those who are gay, lesbian or bisexual were mistreated more often than classmates who are straight, white and male. "There is a lot of data showing that although medical schools are slowly becoming more diverse, they are still not yet inclusive," said study co-author Dr. Dowin Boatright, an assistant professor of emergency...