Psychology & Psychiatry
New insights on the significance of willpower to self-control
In Greek mythology, the story of Odysseus and the Sirens illustrates a paradigmatic example of self-control.
Aug 10, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Minorities bore disproportionate mental health impact of pandemic
Racial and ethnic minorities bore a disproportionate mental health burden during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Andrew Chan of Harvard Medical School, ...
Aug 10, 2022
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Health
Public health policy conversations should include nurses
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical role nurses play in health care—millions of nurses worldwide have been essential administers of care on the front lines of the global health crisis. Yet in debate around ...
Aug 3, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
COVID-19 can be less stressful for the LGBTQ+
For lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) people, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought a lot of inequities faced by their community to the fore, including the precarious state of their mental health.
Aug 3, 2022
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Health
Twitter health amplifiers combat COVID-19 misinformation
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when false information about the virus began to spread on Twitter, physicians and scientists from Northwestern Medicine and other institutions banded together to combat the deadly ...
Jul 25, 2022
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Cardiology
Mobile app for improving heart health among African Americans shows promise, study finds
Mobile apps are popular tools for people looking to improve their health, but are they effective? They can be if the app is culturally tailored to the needs of its users.
Jul 18, 2022
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Addiction
To reduce smoking rates in prisons, cessation programs must be expanded and extended
More than half of all people incarcerated in the U.S. smoke cigarettes, a hidden health crisis that has long been under-researched and under-resourced.
Jul 5, 2022
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Pediatrics
Countering misinformation about COVID-19 shots for young children
When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for all children ages six months to five years on June 18, 2022, it opened the door for nearly 20 million ...
Jun 27, 2022
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Addiction
Is a ban on menthol cigarettes a step toward health equity and social justice?
As the Food and Drug Administration goes forward with its proposal to ban menthol cigarettes, Rutgers researchers insist the move is a step toward social justice and better health equity in the Black community, where menthol ...
Jun 6, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study finds conversion messages effective in reaching vaccine-hesitant populations
Health communicators, medical professionals, politicians and even average citizens have struggled with ways to convince those hesitant about COVID-19 vaccines to get inoculated. New research from the University of Kansas ...
May 31, 2022
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