Health
A look at who supports legal marijuana
The United States is experiencing a drastic change in attitudes towards marijuana and marijuana policy.
Nov 12, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The tipping point: Service sector employees are more susceptible to mental health issues
Approximately 102 million Americans work in the service industry, according to the Pew Research Center, filling critical positions in restaurants, salons and transportation. In many cases, these jobs offer base pay at rates ...
Jul 31, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Coronavirus news on social media stressing you out? Here's how to handle the anxiety
Pandemic. Politics. An upending of life at a level that few Americans have ever experienced. And all of it amplified by social media.
Mar 20, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Online dating: Super effective, or just... superficial?
According to the Pew Research Center, 1 in 10 American adults have landed a long-term relationship from an online dating app, such as Tinder, OKCupid and Match.com. But what compels people to "swipe right" on certain profiles ...
Mar 6, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
'Men are stuck' in gender roles, data suggest
Brent Kroeger pores over nasty online comments about stay-at-home dads, wondering if his friends think those things about him. The father from Rowland Heights, east of Los Angeles, remembers high school classmates laughing ...
Dec 29, 2013
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Health
Research into Asian American health doesn't always reflect their diversity
Large health studies sometimes paint a rosy picture of Asian Americans in comparison with other groups. But when researchers aren't using a broad brush, the portrait can be quite different.
May 18, 2021
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Addiction
Dependence alters the brain's response to pot paraphernalia
New research from The University of Texas at Dallas demonstrates that drug paraphernalia triggers the reward areas of the brain differently in dependent and non-dependent marijuana users.
Jul 16, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How social media affects your teen's mental health: A parent's guide
Mental health issues among teens have been rising for more than a decade, and some experts wonder how much social media use is to blame. If you're a parent questioning if—and how—you should monitor the way your teenager ...
Jan 19, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
'Boomeranging' back to a parents' home negatively affects young adults' mental health
The number of young adults living in their own household has dropped dramatically in the last decades in the United States for a number of economic and social reasons. In a study that will soon be published in the peer-reviewed ...
Nov 19, 2018
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Vaccination
Undocumented Latinx patients got COVID-19 vaccine at same rate as US citizens, study finds
For undocumented Latinx patients who sought care in the emergency room during the pandemic, the reported rate of having received the COVID-19 vaccine was found to be the same as U.S. citizens, a new UCLA Health study found.
Apr 26, 2024
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