Spain's Catalonia to reimpose curfew as COVID cases surge Spain's Catalonia will reimpose a nighttime curfew starting Christmas Eve to fight a record surge in COVID-19 infections following a court ruling on Thursday. Dec 23, 2021 0 3
Schools have a small but important role in early adolescents' mental health A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) reports in adolescents 11–14 years old, that schools account for a small, but significant part of a young person's mental health. Dec 23, 2021 0 2
Influence of the pandemic on insomnia, hostility and depression in patients with other diseases Selene Valero and José Gil, researchers at the Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy of the University of Valencia, have studied the changes in sleep behavior and emotional stability of healthy patients and with previous ... Dec 23, 2021 0 5
How neurons that wire together fire together For amplifying sensory stimuli quickly and accurately, neuronal circuits require specific wiring. Some 70 years ago, the compelling idea that "neurons that fire together wire together" emerged. Yet, in computational models, ... Dec 23, 2021 0 443
Government inaction on climate change linked to psychological distress in young people Nearly half of global youth surveyed (45%) say climate anxiety and distress is affecting their daily lives and functioning—according to results from the largest scientific study into climate anxiety in children and young ... Dec 23, 2021 2 16
A fatty designer molecule shows promise as an HIV treatment A team of researchers at the Chinese Academy of Medical Science has found that a fatty molecule they created worked effectively against a monkey version of HIV. In their paper published in the journal Cell, the group describes ... Dec 23, 2021 report 0 60
Eight substances added to 15th Report on Carcinogens Eight substances have been added to the Report on Carcinogens, bringing the total list to 256 substances that are known, or reasonably anticipated, to cause cancer in humans. This is the 15th Report on Carcinogens, which ... Dec 23, 2021 0 17
Drugs and the sun: Your daily medications could put you at greater risk of sunburn With summer holidays underway, it's time to think about the sun and your skin. Australia has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world, so we need to be doing more to protect ourselves from the damaging effects of ultraviolet ... Dec 23, 2021 0 2
Stress is contagious in relationships: How to support your partner and boost your own health during the holidays With the flurry of shopping, spending money and traveling to see family, stress can feel inevitable during the holidays. Dec 23, 2021 0 12
Impacts of rainy weather on coronavirus outbreaks reveal economic benefits from earlier social distancing What can a few rainy days teach us about the economics of combating the coronavirus pandemic? Quite a lot, as it turns out. Dec 23, 2021 0 68
