Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Socially active 60-year-olds face lower dementia risk
Being more socially active in your 50s and 60s predicts a lower risk of developing dementia later on, finds a new UCL-led study.
Aug 02, 2019
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News tagged with longitudinal studies
Psychology & Psychiatry
Older people who go to church have better mental health
A new study released by the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity uncovers some of the relationships between faith and mental health in Ireland.
Aug 02, 2019
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Medical economics
Racism influences medical students' decision on practicing in minority or underserved communities
A longitudinal study of 3,756 U.S. medical students provides evidence that racism in medical schools influenced their decisions on whether to practice in minority or underserved communities.
Aug 01, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Harsh parenting might alter kids' brains
Children whose parents often get angry at them, spank them, yell at them or shake them as a way to discipline them could be adversely affected right into their teenage years, researchers at Université de Montréal and CHU ...
Jul 17, 2019
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HIV & AIDS
Methodological limitations keeping at-risk individuals from accessing lifesaving HIV prevention pill
Methodological limitations in HIV drug implementation studies help to explain why high-risk individuals are not accessing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) that can reduce the subsequent risk of HIV infection, according to ...
Jul 15, 2019
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Neuroscience
Gadolinium deposition occurs in early multiple sclerosis
A comprehensive, longitudinal study of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) that followed patients from the time of their diagnosis for an average of five years, has found that while a commonly used imaging linear contrast ...
Jul 08, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Combat veterans more likely to experience mental health issues in later life
Military veterans exposed to combat were more likely to exhibit signs of depression and anxiety in later life than veterans who had not seen combat, a new study from Oregon State University shows.
Jul 02, 2019
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Neuroscience
Predictors of cognitive recovery following mild to severe traumatic brain injury
Researchers have shown that higher intelligence and younger age are predictors of greater cognitive recovery 2-5 years post-mild to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). In contrast, injury severity, as measured by the duration ...
Jun 25, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Measles vaccination linked to health, schooling benefits among children in LMICS
While the measles vaccine has eliminated the virus in many high-income countries, the global burden of disease persists with an estimated 245,000 measles cases and 68,000 measles-associated deaths worldwide in 2016. India ...
Jun 20, 2019
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Pregnancy-specific anxiety may impact how long a woman exclusively breastfeeds her child.
Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended by the World Health Organization for the first six months of life because of the benefits for both mom and baby. In Canada, approximately 32% of women meet this recommendation.
Jun 18, 2019
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