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New study analyzes the effects of employment and mental health during lockdown

Furloughing workers, as well as reducing worker hours, has helped to stem the tide of mental health problems expected to result from the coronavirus crisis, according to a team of sociologists led by the University of Cambridge.

24 Jul 2020

Good mental health is associated with longer life, shows study

We have known for decades that mental health plays an important role in one's quality of life, but a study released this week suggests it is also an important factor in one's quantity of life.

22 Jul 2020

Requirements for people to wear masks in public are similar to smoking bans

Requirements for consumers to wear masks at public places like retail stores and restaurants are very similar to smoking bans, according to three university experts.

16 Jul 2020

Antidepressants and beta-blockers are partly linked to postmenopause weight gain

Abdominal weight gain, which is common during the postmenopause period, is associated with an array of health problems, including diabetes and heart disease.

15 Jul 2020

Bereavement multiplier provides a clear picture of how COVID 19 affects racial and ethnic groups

A new analysis finds more than one million Americans have been swept up in the tidal wave of grief resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

14 Jul 2020

Study explores effect of COVID-19 mortality in kinship networks

Deaths from COVID-19 will have a ripple effect causing impacts on the mental health and health of surviving family members.

14 Jul 2020

Cost barriers prevent US women from using their preferred method of contraception

More than one in five women at risk of an unplanned pregnancy in the U.S. would use a different method of contraception if cost were not a factor, says a new study from the Texas Policy Evaluation Project (TxPEP) published in Contraception X.

14 Jul 2020

People with COVID-19 symptoms more likely to feel lonely and develop psychiatric disorders

People who have or had COVID-19 symptoms are more likely to develop general psychiatric disorders and are lonelier, with women and young people more at risk, says a just-published study co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School.

13 Jul 2020

Mass psychogenic illness identified as the likely cause of Havana Syndrome

Dozens of embassy staff reported an array of complaints that have baffled the medical community, the most prominent being concussion-like symptoms without head trauma.

9 Jul 2020

Genomics can perpetuate inequality and structural racism

Genomics is crowding out ways of reducing inequality, has thwarted medicine from advancing justice, and is creating new forms of social classification and surveillance.

9 Jul 2020

Menopause can increase risk of metabolic syndrome, shows study

Perimenopause is a time when women become more vulnerable to a number of health problems. A new study based on data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging identified menopause as a risk factor for the development of metabolic syndrome or some of its components, including hypertension, central obesity, and high blood sugar. Study results are published online today in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS).

1 Jul 2020

Depression is prevalent during menopause, confirms study

Depression has been shown to be prevalent during menopause, affecting as many as 70% of women transitioning into menopause.

1 Jul 2020

LGB emerging adults more likely to disaffiliate from organized religion than their heterosexual peers

Religious beliefs have shaped societal attitudes toward sexual minorities, with many religious denominations vocally opposing expanded sexual minority rights.

29 Jun 2020

Study: People with IDD living in residential group homes more likely to die from COVID-19

A new study published recently in ScienceDirect by researchers from Syracuse University and SUNY Upstate Medical University shows that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in residential group homes are more likely to be diagnosed with COVID-19 and die from the virus than those without IDD.

25 Jun 2020

Study: Use of continuous combined oral contraceptives may reduce bone mass loss

Women with premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) become estrogen deficient at an early age, which makes them more vulnerable to the loss of bone mineral density.

24 Jun 2020

Mediterranean diet can protect against cognitive decline, shows study

A new study, investigating factors associated with verbal fluency among a large sample of anglophone Canadians aged 45-85, found that individuals who consumed more vegetables and fruits and more nuts and pulses (such as lentils and beans) scored higher on tests of verbal fluency.

24 Jun 2020

New method for producing tsetse fly attractants using biotechnology

The tsetse fly occurs in large regions of sub-Saharan Africa. The flies feed on human and animal blood, transmitting trypanosoma in the process - small, single-cell organisms that use the flies as intermediate host and cause a dangerous inflammation of the lymph and nervous system in both animals and humans.

22 Jun 2020

New book shows meditation can reduce conflict and divisions in society

The COVID-19 pandemic has put societies everywhere under extreme stress, and collective stress is often a precursor to outbreaks of violence. Striking features of this global health crisis have been the collective anxiety of the population, the wide variations in the way governments have responded, and the varying degree of their success.

21 Jun 2020

DFG establishes interdisciplinary commission to strengthen pandemic research

Against the background of the current coronavirus pandemic, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is to establish an interdisciplinary commission for pandemic research.

18 Jun 2020

University students have high levels of food insecurity due to COVID-19 pandemic

Four out of ten university students have reported they are worried that they will run out of food as they deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report.

12 Jun 2020