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According to research by a professor at the University of Chicago, extreme loneliness can increase an older person’s risk of premature death by 14%.This makes extreme loneliness a risk factor for premature death that is nearly as potent as disadvantage…
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Where you live could affect whether or not you spend compulsively, according to new research from San Francisco State University published in the Journal of Consumer Culture.
February 17, 2014 by NewsBot - No Comment
Prolonged uncertainty about their infant’s survival can trigger fear, anxiety, grief, depression, changes in appetite and sleep, and social withdrawal.
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Mexico has launched a rigorous campaign to combat the epidemic, including taxes on sugary drinks and other high-calorie snack foods.
February 16, 2014 by NewsBot - No Comment
One factor that makes glioblastoma cancers so difficult to treat is that malignant cells from the tumors spread throughout the brain by following nerve fibers and blood vessels to invade new locations. Now, researchers have learned to hijack this migra…
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Pioneering researchers work to uncover the circuitry of human cognition, identify the genetic roots of disease, unlock the power of Big Data for diagnosis, build a new generation of computing hardware inspired by the brain, and perform revolutionary ex…
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People receiving mental health care are up to four times more likely to be infected with HIV than the general population, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health from researchers at Penn Medicine and other institutio…
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Experts already know that people suffering from chronic stress are prone to experiencing mental health problems – such as anxiety and mood disorders – later in life. Now, a new study from researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, explains …
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New research quantifying the risk of admission to hospital for self-harm has identified a raised risk of self-harm among groups of patients with certain physical illnesses. While it is known that psychiatric illnesses are associated with a greatly elev…
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Today Americans are looking to their marriages to fulfill different goals than in the past – and although the fulfillment of these goals requires especially large investments of time and energy in the marital relationship, on average Americans are actu…
