Health

Social isolation puts elderly at health risk

One in five elderly adults is socially isolated from family or friends, increasing their risks for poor mental and physical health, as well as higher rates of mortality, according to a University of Michigan study.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Study starts to unravel stigma around chronic fatigue syndrome

A study has thrown crucial new light on the relationship between the mental and physical health of people who suffer from three stigmatizing disorders whose symptoms are not medically explained, including chronic fatigue ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Study links mental health to poor school results

A national survey led by The University of Western Australia has painted a bleak picture of the effect of mental disorders on Australia's school students with the results revealing poorer academic outcomes, more absences ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Cooking with 'dirty' fuels affects women's mental health

About 2.6 billion people—nearly half of the global population, most of them in Africa, Asia and central and south America—rely on biomass fuels, like wood and charcoal, or kerosene to cook meals, heat and light their ...

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