Psychology & Psychiatry
Why life can get better as we age
People say life gets better with age. Now research suggests this may be because older people have the wisdom and time to use mindfulness as a means to improve wellbeing.
Mar 26, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Setting healthy boundaries with your teen
Ah, the teenage years. A time when your teen is looking to plant their flag of independence—and that's healthy. But there are times when your teen will see how far they can push boundaries, making you feel lost about how ...
May 26, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Embattled childhoods may be the real trauma for soldiers with PTSD
New research on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in soldiers challenges popular assumptions about the origins and trajectory of PTSD, providing evidence that traumatic experiences in childhood - not combat - may predict ...
Nov 19, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study investigates moral distress of physicians who care for older adults
In a new study, researchers from Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine and Indiana University Health provide insight into physician moral distress, a condition correlated with burnout and depression. ...
Feb 25, 2020
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Link between paid employment and slower age-related memory decline
Over the past century, patterns of employment, marriage and parenthood have changed drastically for women across the Western World. In a study presented today at the Alzheimer's Association Internal Conference 2019, researchers ...
Jul 17, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Pathways linking childhood stressors and socioeconomic status to longevity (Update)
After years of generalized theories and hypothesis, research has finally pinpointed certain aspects of childhood experience linked to people living longer.
Sep 18, 2019
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Genetics
Native Hawaiians face higher rates of accelerated biological aging, study finds
We normally associate our age with the year we are born. However, what if your age could be better associated with other factors like health, diet, exercise, occupation and education level?
Jul 29, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Older people offer resources that children need
When older adults contribute to the well-being of youth, it cultivates a sense of purpose and extends benefits both ways, according to a new Stanford report.
Sep 9, 2016
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Video: Researchers discuss their 'pace of aging' score
Five decades ago, Duke psychologists Terrie Moffitt and Avshalom Caspi began working with a long-term study of 1,000 people in New Zealand to get a better perspective on how childhood factors may have led to adolescent behaviors, ...
May 23, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Guilt: when it is useful — and what to do if it takes over your life
Many people feel guilty when watching horrific things happen to others on the news. It can also hit when we think about a time we broke someone's heart, snapped at a child or deeply hurt a friend's feelings. In fact, most ...
Apr 1, 2022
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