Health
Study reveals how motivation affects nutrition and diet
New research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) suggests that people with a positive attitude are more likely to eat healthily.
Mar 16, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Attitudes about health affect how older adults engage with negative health news
To get older adults to pay attention to important health information, preface it with the good news about their health. That's one takeaway from a study that found older adults are more willing to engage with negative health ...
Mar 5, 2019
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Health
What do we really know about e-cigarettes and vaping?
E-cigarettes get teenagers hooked on nicotine. Or they aid cigarette smokers seeking to quit. Or they may be harmful in other ways. Those competing messages make the devices a tricky subject for health communicators, says ...
Feb 12, 2019
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Medications
Drug microdosing effects may not measure up to big expectations
Taking very small amounts of psychedelic substances on a regular basis – called 'microdosing' – may improve psychological and cognitive functioning, but the effects do not exactly match users' expectations, a new study ...
Feb 7, 2019
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Health
Study shows how vegans, vegetarians and omnivores feel about eating insects
Many non-vegan vegetarians and omnivores are open to including insects in their diet. For vegans, however, that is not an option, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows.
Jan 30, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Personality type could shape attitudes toward body weight of others, researchers say
Studies show there is a major link between personality traits and personal body image, but the relationship between personality and attitudes toward others' bodies has gone largely unexplored.
Jan 15, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Getting to the bottom of anti-vaccine attitudes
A study that helps explain why anti-vaccine attitudes still persist, despite clear evidence on the benefits of immunization to public health has been selected by an international scientific committee to be given the Atlas ...
Jan 15, 2019
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Health
About half of US adolescents report having private time with healthcare providers
Only about half of young people 13 to 26 years old in the United States report ever having time with their regular healthcare provider without a parent or someone else in the room, despite professional guidelines that recommend ...
Jan 9, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Implicit attitudes can change over the long term
Data from more than 4 million tests completed between 2004 and 2016 show that Americans' attitudes toward certain social groups are becoming less biased over time, according to research published in Psychological Science, ...
Jan 7, 2019
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Pediatrics
The gift of cooking: Five fun and healthy recipe books for kids
When we think about the holidays we often think about all of the great food that we will get to enjoy —your father's famous stuffing or your grandma's homemade cookies. Food brings us together, reminds us of loved ones ...
Dec 17, 2018
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