Psychology & Psychiatry
Fire-walking inspires a heart-to-heart
Fire-walkers' heart rates sync with those of onlooking family and friends during the ritualistic walk across the coals, a PNAS study finds.
May 5, 2011
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study: Social connectedness essential for successful mental health interventions
Individuals with chronic health conditions are more likely to also struggle with mental health, a problem that only intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers from Canada and the UK have now uncovered the 'best ...
Dec 15, 2021
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Social isolation: The COVID-19 pandemic's hidden health risk for older adults, and how to manage it
As coronavirus cases rise again, it can be hard for older adults to see any end to the need for social isolation and the loneliness that can come with it.
Jul 7, 2020
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Health
Aging with an intellectual disability—new longitudinal report
Increased rates of important health screenings and access to GPs amongst people with an intellectual disability have been highlighted in a new report launched this week. These health gains, however, are potentially being ...
Dec 7, 2017
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Health
Quitting smoking easier for social media users
Smoking is a major public health problem, killing approximately 443,000 people every year in the United States. Quitting smoking can have a profound effect on a person's health, but it is also one of the hardest addictions ...
Sep 26, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Social isolation health message fails to cut through
Social isolation has been shown to pose a greater health threat than smoking, poor diet and lack of exercise – but that message is failing to get through to the community.
Feb 5, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New research looks at life satisfaction in pandemic-era teens with mental health histories
New research from the NIH's Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program suggests that during the COVID-19 pandemic, some teens with a history of depression, anxiety, autism and ADHD experienced more severe ...
Oct 30, 2023
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Study hard and you might lower your chances of dementia
Every year hundreds of elderly students gather in Toronto for convocation, in-person and online, anxiously awaiting their diplomas. Some are in their nineties; some have dementia.
Nov 1, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Virtual connections shown to combat loneliness
Positive virtual contact with neighbors is a key antidote to feeling lonely, according to new research.
Jun 11, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Lifestyle medicine interventions help pediatricians manage adolescent depression
With the rising prevalence of depression in adolescents, screening requirements are increasingly falling on pediatric primary care providers, who are encountering more at-risk patients. A new literature review in the Harvard ...
Sep 15, 2022
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