Psychology & Psychiatry
Social media can reveal who needs the most help
Language use in social media can be a useful tool for social scientists, because it reflects living conditions in areas the posts originate from.
Feb 8, 2024
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News tagged with lower income
Health
People with lower incomes particularly benefit from nature, suggests study
Data from a representative sample of the Austrian population suggests that the connection between contact with nature and well-being is stronger among people with lower incomes than among people with higher incomes. However, ...
Feb 7, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mental health care during the COVID-19 era remains inaccessible to many distressed US adults
U.S. adults experienced considerable psychological distress and adverse mental health effects as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic according to a study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University ...
Feb 5, 2024
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Cardiology
Childhood relationships, experiences may have good and bad effects on adult heart health
Throughout adulthood, adverse family experiences in childhood including abuse may increase the odds of poor cardiovascular health, while stable, nurturing caregiver relationships during childhood may increase the chances ...
Jan 23, 2024
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Health
Salt seekers: Sodium reduction initiative thwarted by consumers
As a group, Americans consume more salt than recommended by health experts, and when presented with reformulated products containing less sodium, they opted for saltier alternatives, essentially negating a pivotal initiative ...
Jan 10, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Giving video games this Christmas? New research underlines need to be aware of loot box risks
Recent controversy has surrounded the concept of loot boxes—the purchasable video game features that offer randomized rewards but are not governed by gambling laws.
Dec 20, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
More than 10% of samples from a stool-based colorectal cancer test may be unsatisfactory
More than 10% of fecal immunochemical tests (FIT) used for routine colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in a safety-net health system contained unsatisfactory samples that could not be processed, according to a new study.
Nov 15, 2023
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Medical economics
COVID-19 imposed new burdens on already disadvantaged groups and left pre-existing social inequalities in place: Study
An article by Stockholm University researchers, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), relies on data for the entire Swedish population and uncovers how the COVID-19 pandemic created new ...
Nov 13, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Depression found to increase risk of death among diabetics
In a newly published study, a New Mexico State University researcher found that depression can cause premature death among adults in the United States diagnosed with diabetes.
Oct 27, 2023
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Addiction
New York City's tobacco retailer density policy mitigates longstanding neighborhood inequities in tobacco access: Study
Tobacco retail licenses in New York City decreased by over 30 percent since 2018, when the City established a policy to cap the number of licenses in each of its 59 community districts, according to a study just released ...
Oct 18, 2023
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