Psychology & Psychiatry

Language matters in preventing suicide

Of all the issues in psychiatry, even in all of medicine, suicide may be the most challenging to discuss responsibly in public.

Health

Guidance on energy and macronutrients across the lifespan

In the long history of recommendations for nutritional intake, current research is trending toward the concept of "food as medicine"—a philosophy in which food and nutrition are positioned within interventions to support ...

Diabetes

Could lack of sleep increase your risk of type 2 diabetes?

Not getting enough sleep is a common affliction in the modern age. If you don't always get as many hours of shut-eye as you'd like, perhaps you were concerned by news of a recent study that found people who sleep less than ...

Oncology & Cancer

Adjuvant alectinib improves disease-free survival in lung cancer

Adjuvant alectinib improves disease-free survival compared with platinum-based chemotherapy among patients with resected ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a study published in the April 11 issue ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

A friendly pat on the back can improve performance in basketball

A free throw in basketball will have every eye glued to one person. It's an intensely stressful situation. A research team led by the University of Basel studied whether a friendly tap on the shoulder increases the odds of ...

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