Psychology & Psychiatry
Trees an oasis of mental well-being
(HealthDay)—City dwellers who live on tree-lined streets might be happier and healthier for it, a large new study suggests.
Jul 30, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A legal framework for vector-borne diseases and land use
Vector-borne diseases cause more than 700,000 deaths and affect hundreds of millions of people per year. These illnesses—caused by parasites, viruses, and bacteria transmitted by insects and animals—account for more than ...
Jul 15, 2019
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HIV & AIDS
Awareness, use of PrEP on rise among men who have sex with men
(HealthDay)—There has been a recent increase in the awareness and use of HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among men who have sex with men (MSM), according to research published in the July 12 issue of the U.S. Centers ...
Jul 12, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Contact with nature during childhood could lead to better mental health in adulthood
Adults who had close contact with natural spaces during their childhood could have a better mental health than those who had less contact, according to a new study by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) involving ...
May 22, 2019
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Leveraging information technology to address health disparities
Disparities in health care delivery and health outcomes present distressing challenges to underserved populations, who often experience a greater burden of chronic diseases and are more likely to show signs of poor disease ...
May 16, 2019
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Families with a higher socioeconomic position have a greater risk of exposure to chemicals
A higher socioeconomic position is associated with greater exposure to several environmental chemical contaminants such as various per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), mercury and arsenic during pregnancy and childhood. ...
May 14, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Another victim of violence: Trust in those who mean no harm
Exposure to violence does not change the ability to learn who is likely to do harm, but it does damage the ability to place trust in "good people," psychologists at Yale and University of Oxford report April 26 in the journal ...
Apr 26, 2019
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Telehealth video visits risk fragmenting care
(HealthDay)—Although telehealth video visits offer users greater convenience, they risk fragmenting care without greater coordination with usual care providers, according to a study recently published in the Journal of ...
Apr 15, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Forecasting mosquitoes' global spread
Outbreaks of mosquito-borne illnesses like yellow fever, dengue, Zika and chikungunya are rising around the world. Climate change has created conditions favorable to mosquitoes' spread, but so have human travel and migration ...
Mar 4, 2019
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Urban parks could make you happier
Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Occupational Therapy have published new findings that suggest spending 20 minutes in an urban park will make someone happier regardless of whether they ...
Feb 25, 2019
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