Obesity is a problem in the United States. In fact, 42.5% of U.S. adults aged 20 and over have the disease. Not only is obesity the nation's second leading cause of preventable death (behind only smoking cigarettes), it also ...
Jan 24, 2024
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Following a brief intervention delivered to certain heavy drinkers, alcohol use and risky social ties decreased among those students' close social connections who were also heavy drinkers, according to a novel study of first-year ...
Jan 19, 2024
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Researchers are working on a way to better support people living with mental health concerns by analyzing their social media posts.
Jan 9, 2024
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The trend of increased social phobia in the modern era, especially among youth, has become a topic that researchers have been pursuing and tackling in the long term. Simultaneously, almost three years after the outbreak of ...
Dec 12, 2023
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Learning that their peers' alcohol use is declining over time may help reduce young adults' drinking, according to the first study that tested this approach among community-based participants (versus college students). During ...
Dec 11, 2023
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Researchers from around the United States collaborated on a clinical trial to test the effectiveness of a practice intervention for improving outcomes for patients with both physical and mental health problems by enhancing ...
Nov 28, 2023
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As more medications move towards federal approval for Alzheimer's disease, a new study led by researchers at UC San Francisco and Kaiser Permanente Washington has found that personalized health and lifestyle changes can delay ...
Nov 27, 2023
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A study by researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health on ways to mitigate the impacts of misleading COVID-19 information found that variations in the designs of prior studies have complicated efforts at drawing ...
Nov 17, 2023
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In a paper published in Nature Mental Health, Northeastern psychology professor Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli advises policy makers to consider turning to the low-cost, readily available practice of mindfulness meditation to change ...
Nov 14, 2023
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Postpartum depression can affect anyone, and it often sneaks in quietly, like a shadow in the corners of a new mother's life. It presents significant challenges for around 1 in 7 new mothers, affecting their emotional well-being ...
Oct 20, 2023
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