Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Understanding the link between long COVID and mental health conditions

Researchers have long understood that people with chronic health conditions, such as heart disease, are at increased risk for depression. The same may be true for people with COVID-19 symptoms that linger for months and sometimes ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Women reject promiscuous female peers as friends, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—College-aged women judge promiscuous female peers – defined as bedding 20 sexual partners by their early 20s – more negatively than more chaste women and view them as unsuitable for friendship, finds ...

Health

Social isolation puts elderly at health risk

One in five elderly adults is socially isolated from family or friends, increasing their risks for poor mental and physical health, as well as higher rates of mortality, according to a University of Michigan study.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Social isolation can cause physical inflammation

Social isolation could be associated with increased inflammation in the body, new research from the University of Surrey and Brunel University London has found.

Psychology & Psychiatry

How has COVID-19 affected the way we communicate?

Effective communication has always been the key to all healthy relationships. During the mandatory quarantine, many individuals are working from home with little to no face-to-face interactions, except with their families.

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