Health
Top-level sportsmen may live 13 percent longer than the average man
Professional sportsmen may live up to 13 percent longer than those in the general population, a new statistical report has found.
Jun 1, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study: Culture influences mask wearing
Around the world and within the U.S., the percentage of people wearing masks during the COVID-19 pandemic has varied enormously. What explains this? A new study co-authored by an MIT faculty member finds that a public sense ...
May 20, 2021
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Neuroscience
Does your neighborhood affect your stroke recovery?
Stroke survivors who live in neighborhoods with lower socioeconomic status—areas with lower household income, education levels and occupational status—may have worse recovery three months after a stroke than people who ...
Apr 28, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hispanic immigrants of working age at highest risk of dying from COVID-19
Hispanic immigrants of working age—20 to 54 years old—are over 11 times more likely to die of COVID-19 than U.S.-born men and women who are not Hispanic, according to a USC study of California death certificate data from ...
Apr 8, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
For 80% of Americans with resolved drug problem, significant personal achievements
Addiction is associated with social exclusion, loss of access to resources, and general disengagement from civic life. Now, a study recently published in the journal Psychology of Addictive Behaviors and led by David Eddie, ...
Apr 5, 2021
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Pediatrics
Low parental socioeconomic status during pregnancy alters early fetal brain development
Maternal socioeconomic status impacts babies even before birth, emphasizing the need for policy interventions to support the wellbeing of pregnant women, according to newly published research from Children's National Hospital.
Mar 29, 2021
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Pediatrics
State laws can bolster physical education among children, study finds
The presence and strength of state physical education (P.E.) laws positively affected P.E. attendance and the frequency and duration of physical activity throughout the day, suggests a new analysis from the Brown School at ...
Mar 29, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Higher education levels linked to greater well-being for Australian women, survey shows
Higher education levels are linked to higher levels of well-being for Australian women, according to a study published March 24, 2021 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Dai Binh Tran and colleagues from Vietnamese-German ...
Mar 24, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Socioeconomic status plays a major role in cognitive outcomes after childhood cancer
Childhood cancer and its treatment can result in cognitive struggles. Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital are studying the risk factors. They looked at social and economic issues in children with brain tumors ...
Mar 1, 2021
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Vaccination
Education is now a bigger factor than race in desire for COVID-19 vaccine
New findings from the Understanding Coronavirus in America survey reveal that when it comes to attitudes and beliefs about the COVID-19 vaccine—from willingness to get the vaccine to knowing someone who has been vaccinated ...
Feb 26, 2021
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