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Sensors let Alzheimer’s patients stay at home, safely

Technology can help caretakers monitor people with Alzheimer’s and dementia from afar.

Adolescents who use e-cigarettes are much more likely to try tobacco

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new study showing that adolescents

who vape say they are much more likely to smoke conventional cigarettes.

Pediatricians say school should start later for   teens’ health

The nation’s pediatricians say that making

middle and high schoolers start classes too

early threatens children’s’ health, safety and

academic performance.

Talk less, listen more to be the friend of a   person with depression

The most well-intentioned words or gestures can seem to do more harm than good.

Increased risk of stroke in people with cognitive impairment

People with cognitive impairment are significantly more likely to have a stroke, with a 39 percent increased risk, than people with normal cognitive function, according to a new study. Cognitive impairment and stroke are major contributors to disabilit…

Train your heart to protect your mind

Exercising to improve our cardiovascular strength may protect us from cognitive impairment as we age, according to a new study. “Our body’s arteries stiffen with age, and the vessel hardening is believed to begin in the aorta, the main vessel coming ou…

Objectification in romantic relationships related to sexual pressure and coercion

To sexually objectify a woman is to focus on her body in terms of how it can provide sexual pleasure rather than viewing her as a complete human being with thoughts and feelings.

Motivation deficits in schizophrenia driven by difficulty assessing effort

Individuals with schizophrenia often have trouble engaging in daily tasks or setting goals for themselves, and a new study from San Francisco State University suggests the reason might be their…

Women who read Fifty Shades ‘more likely to have unhealthy behaviors’

A new study finds that women who read the erotic Fifty Shades series are more likely to have unhealthy behaviors that are risk factors for abusive relationships.

Patients with depression benefit from mindfulness-based therapy which leads to reduced health care visits

A mindfulness-based therapy for depression has the added benefit of reducing health-care visits among patients who often see their family doctors, according to a new study by the Centre for Addiction…