Health
Toxic cooking fumes cause complications in some pregnant women
Exposure to indoor household pollution has been linked to poor pregnancy outcomes for women in low- and middle-income countries in a new study.
Nov 9, 2022
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Vaccination
Christian nationalism, vaccine hesitancy and science skeptics: Researchers delve into the sociology of COVID-19
Christian nationalists are less likely to get the COVID-19 vaccine while political conservatives express high skepticism toward the coronavirus in general, two new studies published by West Virginia University sociologists ...
Oct 19, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
If election stress is getting to you, you're not alone
(HealthDay)—For most Americans, the 2020 presidential election is a big source of stress, a new nationwide survey shows.
Oct 8, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Involve behavioral experts sooner for a healthy lifestyle
Healthy lifestyle campaigns are often unsuccessful. It is hard to get people to eat healthily or exercise more. Behavioral science expertise should be drawn on at a much earlier stage in policy development, say twelve behavioral ...
Sep 1, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The cost of Prop. 1: Newsom's plan to transform California's mental health system
If approved by voters on Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom's ballot measure to overhaul the state's mental health services system and sell bonds to finance more than 10,000 treatment beds across California could cost the state up ...
Mar 2, 2024
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Climate change trauma has real impacts on cognition and the brain, wildfire survivors study shows
Psychological trauma from extreme weather and climate events, such as wildfires, can have long-term impacts on survivors' brains and cognitive functioning, especially how they process distractions, my team's new research ...
Jan 22, 2023
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Health
Climate change, smog could mean more preemie babies: study
(HealthDay)—Here's more bad news associated with climate change: Pregnant women exposed to air pollution or heat waves face a greater risk of having a preterm or underweight baby, a new research review finds.
Jun 18, 2020
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Health
Pandemic has worsened global childhood physical inactivity crisis, and Scotland is no exception
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated shortfalls in children's physical activity around the world, including in Scotland, according to a new study involving the University of Stirling.
Oct 25, 2022
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Health
Four ways climate change and population growth combine to threaten public health, with global consequences
There are questions that worry me profoundly as a population- and environmental-health scientist.
Nov 10, 2022
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Neuroscience
Teen behavior, as explained by a neuroscientist
Teenagers are known for their sometimes-unpredictable behavior. One moment they're mature and clear-thinking, and the next they're irrational or engaging in risky behavior. Neurologically speaking, they can't help it, though ...
Apr 2, 2024
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