Medications
Perspective: Why opioids cannot fix chronic pain
A broken heart is often harder to heal than a broken leg. Now researchers say that a broken heart can contribute to lasting chronic pain.
Dec 22, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mask wearing declines, even as COVID-19 touches more U.S. lives: Poll
(HealthDay)—Despite more Americans saying they know someone who's been sickened or even died from COVID-19, there's been a decline in the percentage who say they always wear a mask when they leave their home.
Dec 22, 2020
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Addiction
COVID-19 cuts into college students' drinking
When college campuses closed in the spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the quantity of alcohol consumed by students decreased significantly if they went from living with peers to living with parents, according to a new ...
Dec 16, 2020
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Neuroscience
Scientists show what loneliness looks like in the brain
This holiday season will be a lonely one for many people as social distancing due to COVID-19 continues, and it is important to understand how isolation affects our health. A new study shows a sort of signature in the brains ...
Dec 15, 2020
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Digital solutions may aid athletes' mental health
From stress, burnout, career disruption and social isolation, the COVID-19 pandemic has posed similar challenges for many people including one special subgroup—that of elite athletes.
Dec 15, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
5 strategies to reduce addiction-like behaviors over the holidays
With the pressures of the holiday season, rising COVID-19 rates and the resulting social isolation from friends and family, people can easily fall into addictive or excessive behaviors. These are behaviors that are sometimes ...
Dec 14, 2020
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Program reduces social isolation among middle-aged and older adults
An existing service in the North West of England called Community Connectors, which enables adults to access social activities within their community, can help reduce loneliness and social isolation, according to an analysis ...
Dec 9, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Caregivers feeling the strain this tough holiday season
(HealthDay)—The coronavirus pandemic makes the holidays even more difficult for caregivers of loved ones with Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia, an expert says.
Dec 8, 2020
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Neuroscience
What social distancing does to a brain
Have you recently wondered how social-distancing and self-isolation may be affecting your brain? An international research team led by Erin Schuman from the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research discovered a brain molecule ...
Dec 2, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pets, touch and COVID-19: Why our furry friends are lifesavers
Lockdowns, job losses and social isolation have been the hallmarks of 2020 as COVID-19 tightens its grip on the world, not only infecting millions and leaving a mounting death toll, but also denying humans the most basic ...
Dec 1, 2020
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