Psychology & Psychiatry

Negative stereotypes about the poor hurt their health

(Medical Xpress) -- Adolescents who grow up in poverty are more likely to report being treated unfairly, and this perception of discrimination is related to harmful changes in physical health, reports a new Cornell study ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Social-class discrimination contributes to poorer health: study

Discrimination felt by teenagers based on their social class background can contribute to physiologic changes associated with poorer health, according to a new study published online in Psychological Science, a journal of ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Breathless - understanding asthma

More than 5 million people in the UK suffer from asthma, and we still don’t know what causes it. Researchers have drawn up a long list of possible risk factors but findings are frequently contradictory. There is ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

The pandemic's psychological effect on those on society's fringes

According to a psychological study, those who feel disadvantaged in Germany are suffering in particular from the pandemic. Presenting the initial findings from the internationally unique research project "Coping with Corona" ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Thailand schools reopen with strict hygiene rules

Mask-wearing pupils catching up with friends at one Bangkok high school were quickly told to spread out as they headed back to lessons on Wednesday after months of distance learning due to coronavirus restrictions.

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