Health
Make efforts to protect your hearing
About 48 million Americans have some degree of hearing loss, but there are ways to preserve this important sense.
Mar 3, 2023
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News tagged with social relationships
Psychology & Psychiatry
Q&A: The role of attraction in our partner preferences
Research Associate Meike Scheller, from Durham University's Psychology Department, tells us about her research into the diverse types and levels of attraction that drive our partner choices, and what we can learn from other ...
Feb 24, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Satisfying mid-life relationships linked to lower multiple chronic disease risk in older age
Satisfying relationships in midlife with partners, friends, or work colleagues are linked to a lower risk of accumulating multiple long term conditions in older age—at least among women—suggests research published in ...
Feb 21, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Four habits of happy people—as recommended by a psychologist
What makes you happy? Maybe it's getting up early to see the sunrise, hanging out with family and friends on a weekend, or going for a dip in the sea. But what does science say about the things happy people do?
Feb 21, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers find adolescent cyberbullies also more likely to be victims
Early adolescents who engage in cyberbullying are more likely to become victims, according to new research from the University of the Sunshine Coast.
Feb 20, 2023
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Health
Self-fulfilling prophecy: When physicians associate race and culture with poor health outcomes
A novel study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine is the first to show a direct relationship between belief in race as a cultural phenomenon driving health disparities and the use of race in care. It found that ...
Feb 9, 2023
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Health
Being married may help people maintain lower blood sugar levels
People living with a spouse seem to have a higher likelihood of being healthy in terms of maintaining lower blood sugar levels regardless of how harmonious or acrimonious their relationship is, suggests a study published ...
Feb 6, 2023
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Neuroscience
Technologically assisted communication may impair brain development
Videoconferencing services are proliferating—there's Zoom, Teams, Messenger, FaceTime, Skype, WhatsApp—and since the COVID-19 pandemic they have been seeing heavier use than ever before.
Jan 17, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Marriage provides health benefits—and here's why
The new year is traditionally a time when many people feel a renewed commitment to create healthy habits, such as exercising regularly, drinking more water or eating more healthfully.
Jan 16, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Placebo can reduce feelings of guilt, even when administered openly
Guilt is an uncomfortable feeling and can be burdensome. Researchers at the University of Basel have shown that placebos can help reduce feelings of guilt, even when the placebo is administered openly.
Jan 12, 2023
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