Mental training that promotes skills such as mindfulness, gratitude or compassion reduces the concentration of the stress hormone cortisol in hair. This is what scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive ...
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George Mason University's Andrew Peterson says that rationing medical care depending on vaccination status is ethically fraught, but it's under consideration in parts of America as the global COVID-19 pandemic continues to ...
Oct 8, 2021
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When you're stressed, do you ever feel like you just don't want to be around other people? According to a Dartmouth study, greater levels of stress on a given day were found to be predictive of decreases in social interaction ...
Oct 5, 2021
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There's an invisible, unpaid workforce caring for the 6 million Americans currently living with Alzheimer's disease. The USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics estimates that 11 million family caregivers bear ...
Oct 4, 2021
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Unusual visual inspection of objects by infants 9 months of age and older is predictive of a later diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a new UC Davis Health study has found.
Sep 24, 2021
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Almost two years since Europe's first confirmed COVID-19 case, the region is still struggling to contain the spread of the disease, with no clear idea of what the future holds. To combat this uncertainty, researchers supported ...
Sep 22, 2021
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A new guideline has been developed to help scientists publish their research accurately and transparently. Published in JAMA, the AGReMA Statement (A Guideline for Reporting Mediation Analyses) provides recommendations for ...
Sep 21, 2021
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Edinburgh experts who completed a comprehensive review of COVID-related research carried out by social scientists found it to be limited in depth and scope.
Sep 20, 2021
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Masks protect people from contracting the coronavirus, but could have a negative side effect. In a recent Perspective paper, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences suggest that the ...
Aug 30, 2021
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Non-pharmaceutical interventions can be effective at limiting the spread of COVID-19, but individual states need to consider their geographical neighbors for mitigation strategies to be successful, argues a new analysis by ...
Aug 23, 2021
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