Health
Prenatal yoga may help ease stress, improve fitness during pregnancy
Butterfly. Cat. Pointer dog. More than pretty critters, these are yoga poses experts say could be part of a healthy pregnancy.
Mar 13, 2024
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News tagged with physical health
Psychology & Psychiatry
Hope for treating sleep disorders, no pills required
Are sleeping pills the only solution for insomnia? Not according to Flinders University's Dr. Alexander Sweetman, who says that using self-guided digital behavioral therapy is an alternative solution that should be considered.
Mar 13, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How the pandemic made its mark on personality traits
Major life changes can affect personality, and the COVID-19 pandemic was the rare big life event that all humans shared together.
Mar 12, 2024
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Health
Paying people to exercise can be motivating, but the financial rewards don't have to last forever to work
If physical activity came in a bottle, it would be the most prescribed medicine of all. Just walking 10 more minutes a day may yield clinically significant outcomes such as improved mental health, less pain and better sleep. ...
Mar 12, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Happiness can be learned, but you have to work at it, study finds
We can learn to be happy, but only get lasting benefits if we keep practicing, a new study has revealed. "Long‑term analysis of a psychoeducational course on university students' mental well‑being," was published in Higher ...
Mar 11, 2024
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Cardiology
Regular e-cigarette use could lead to premature vascular dysfunction, study finds
Regular electronic cigarette use has been linked with signs of premature vascular dysfunction, raising concerns about potential long-term health effects, according to a study by Virginia Commonwealth University researchers.
Mar 6, 2024
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Cardiology
Taking 9,000 to 10,000 steps daily may counteract risk of death and cardiovascular disease in highly sedentary people
Every additional step up to around 10,000 steps per day reduces the risk of death and cardiovascular disease (CVD), regardless of how much remaining time is spent sedentary, reports a large population-based study published ...
Mar 5, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
People with experience of mental health conditions should be paid to help others, says researcher
For anyone diagnosed with physical illnesses, like cancer, it's common for services and organizations to provide peer-support programs.
Mar 5, 2024
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Health
Study reports on the health of adolescents in Germany
Most students in German schools rate their health as good. However, almost all of them get too little physical activity and their health situation is heavily dependent on wealth, age and gender. These are some of the findings ...
Mar 4, 2024
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Health
More than one billion now afflicted by obesity: Lancet
More than one billion people around the world are now suffering from obesity with the number having more than quadrupled since 1990, according to a study released by The Lancet medical journal.
Mar 3, 2024
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