Psychology & Psychiatry
Loneliness is plaguing Americans in 2024: poll
Americans are terribly lonely, a new poll reveals.
Feb 1, 2024
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News tagged with online forums
Inflammatory disorders
Transgender, gender-diverse individuals report acne-related stigma
Transgender and gender-diverse individuals report experiencing acne-related stigma, according to a study published online Jan. 3 in JAMA Dermatology.
Jan 4, 2024
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Health
How apps and influencers are changing the way we sleep, for better or for worse
Insomnia is not just a personal issue that affects an individual's health and well-being. It's a public health issue, affecting public safety. It's a socioeconomic issue, as poorer sleep is linked to a lower education and ...
Oct 27, 2023
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Neuroscience
Despite scientific squabbles, the decade-long Human Brain Project benefited neuroscience collaboration
Recent years have seen both impressive advances in computational technologies and neuroscience and increasing prevalence of mental disorders. These forces sparked the launch of brain science initiatives worldwide. In the ...
Mar 22, 2023
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Online forums help those with dementia find missing support and companionship
Online forums for people with dementia provide a much-needed sense of community and hope and fill an important gap in the support they receive after diagnosis, a new study has found.
Jan 31, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The making of an incel
Incels are men—primarily cisgender and heterosexual—who believe they are unable to find a romantic or sexual partner, despite wanting one. They blame their lack of relationships on women and women's sexual, social and ...
Jan 20, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Potentially life-changing impact of internet forums on those in remission from opioid use disorder
Active participation in internet forums has the potential to provide life-changing social benefits and well-being for people who are in remission from opioid use disorder
Sep 6, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Troubling rise in suicides linked with common food preservative
A recent increase in fatal sodium nitrite poisonings has some health experts calling for stricter regulation of the substance. Sodium nitrite is a white salt commonly used in curing meat. But in recent years, it's also being ...
Jul 18, 2022
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Surgery
Dissatisfied plastic surgery clients show the downsides of online research
A woman walks into a plastic surgeon's office with an image she has found online. She wants her body to look like the same, and thinks she knows how to get it. She tells the consulting surgeon exactly what she wants: round, ...
Feb 7, 2022
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Health
California makes it illegal to remove condom without consent
California has made it illegal to remove a condom during sex without verbal consent, a practice popularly known as "stealthing."
Oct 8, 2021
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