Many parents fretted over their children's screen use during the pandemic with good reason, according to a new study in JAMA Pediatrics. UC San Francisco-led researchers found that 12- to 13-year-old children in the United ...
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Research led by the University of Sheffield has shed light on the links between loneliness and the demand for primary health care services such as general practitioner (GP) appointments.
Oct 25, 2021
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The emotional connection between a mother and her newborn baby can lay the foundation for the child's development and the family's outcomes. But poor mental health after giving birth can make it difficult for a mother to ...
Oct 14, 2021
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Socially isolated older adults who enter intensive care units (ICUs) are more likely to die and are at increased risk of disability after discharge compared with those who are more connected to family and friends, a new Yale ...
Sep 7, 2021
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Social disconnection is a lack of social, emotional and physical engagement with other people. This results in isolation and loneliness. Risk factors such as the shrinking of family sizes, lack of family support and declining ...
Aug 27, 2021
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A new paper comparing the ability to match pitch and duration in speech and song is providing valuable insight into vocal imitation deficits for children and adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Aug 10, 2021
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Sport, physical activity and health organizations should keep using social media to deliver exercise and cooking classes and information on staying healthy even after pandemic restrictions have eased, according to new guidelines ...
Jun 21, 2021
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Car parades. Grandchildren waving and holding signs from outside. Spouses and children pressing their hands against window panes as a sort of embrace with glass between their palms. These were the scenes when nursing homes ...
Jun 18, 2021
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Music is a tool that has accompanied our evolutionary journey and provided a sense of comfort and social connection for millennia. New research published today in the journal American Psychologist provides a neuroscientific ...
Jun 10, 2021
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The pandemic has fundamentally reorganized our relationships with family, friends and colleagues. Socializing during lockdown has been discussed at length since the crisis began over one year ago.
May 10, 2021
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