Health
Engaging with the arts linked to longer life
Regular visits to museums, art galleries, the theatre or concerts is linked to a longer life, finds a study of older adults in the Christmas issue of The BMJ.
Dec 18, 2019
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Season of birth may be linked to risk of heart death
The time of the year you are born may be linked to your risk of dying from heart disease in later life, suggests a large US study in the Christmas issue of The BMJ.
Dec 18, 2019
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Health
Modifications to social, physical spaces make living at home easier for older adults
Social and physical modifications can make aging in place more accessible at the same time they positively impact cognitive function in older adults living alone, finds a new study from the Brown School at Washington University ...
Nov 18, 2019
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Cardiology
High blood pressure common among black young adults
About one in four young adults has high blood pressure. But few are getting treated, with new research concluding black young adults are especially vulnerable.
Nov 12, 2019
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Study suggests interventions against frailty
Interventions aimed at reducing obesity and sedentary behavior, increasing intensity of physical activity, and improving success of smoking cessation tools have the potential to reduce the incidence of frailty, according ...
Oct 30, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study finds 'cluster of disadvantage' behind BAME psychosis rates
Excess psychosis diagnoses amongst Black and South Asian men in deprived urban areas could reflect a cluster of disadvantage in specific places, rather than individual experiences of deprivation alone, a study led by Queen ...
Oct 29, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Report outlines social determinants' role in cancer and public health
A new report outlines the critical role social determinants play in shaping population health, highlighting that health disparities are systemic, and cut across multiple population characteristics, including race/ethnicity, ...
Oct 29, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Hardship could harm children's language skills
Children from disadvantaged backgrounds are three times more likely to develop difficulties with language than those from more affluent areas, research suggests.
Oct 8, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New book explores how we make decisions when faced with uncertainty
For decades, statisticians, economists, philosophers and mathematicians have studied how to make decisions in the face of uncertainty, and typically their analyses have focused on how to use probability theory from mathematics ...
Oct 2, 2019
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Diabetes
Survey suggests elderly patients with diabetes may favor more aggressive blood sugar control
Survey results of a national sample of elderly people with type 2 diabetes suggest that many long-time patients downplay medical and social factors that underpin professional recommendations for fewer medications and less ...
Sep 24, 2019
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