Oncology & Cancer
Living alone raises Americans' cancer risk by nearly a third
People who live alone have a greater risk of dying from cancer, a new study warns.
Oct 19, 2023
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News tagged with social isolation
Psychology & Psychiatry
New study gives hope to patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms
Medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS) are characterized by persistent bodily symptoms and functional impairment that lack an explanation through known medical condition or pathology.
Oct 17, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Uncovering the emotional scars: Study reveals significant stigma associated with female adult acne
New research reveals that acne significantly influences how individuals are perceived in social settings. Faces with acne are seen as less attractive, trustworthy, confident, successful, dominant and happy, with adult female ...
Oct 11, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Q&A: How social isolation, loneliness can shorten your life
Loneliness and social isolation are on the rise in the U.S., but as we take steps to find remedies, a new study reminds us that the two are separate problems, often linked (sometimes in surprising ways) but not always, and ...
Oct 4, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study reveals more depression in communities where people rarely left home during the COVID-19 pandemic
Higher levels of depressive symptoms have been reported during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with other times in history, and as much as three times higher than prior to the pandemic. A team led by investigators at Massachusetts ...
Sep 28, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Wealthier kids in UK may have experienced steepest fall in mental health during pandemic
A new study has been published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. Its findings confound predictions in some quarters that disadvantaged children, who had worse mental health to start with, would be hardest ...
Sep 25, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Adolescent girls were severely affected by pandemic stress, find researchers
A new study led by researchers at Western and Lawson Health Research Institute has found that adolescent emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations for suicidal thoughts, self-harm and self-poisoning increased ...
Sep 19, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
COVID-19 grief disorder rates 'higher than expected'
Cases of prolonged grief disorder among people bereaved during the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to be significantly higher than pre-pandemic, indicates new research from Cardiff University and the University of Bristol. The ...
Sep 19, 2023
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Older adults with digestive diseases found to experience higher rates of loneliness, depression
While life expectancy rates for older Americans are rising, nearly 40% of adults report living with a digestive disease of some kind.
Sep 12, 2023
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Doctors treating patients with Parkinson's disease must focus on stigma, emotional impacts as well as motor symptoms
Even the best treatment approaches for Parkinson's disease are inadequate if they do not address patients' feelings of social rejection, isolation, loneliness and other psychosocial effects of stigma, according to a report ...
Sep 11, 2023
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