March 31, 2025
by Elizabeth Pratt
Female physicians have a higher rate of suicide than females in the general population.
Research published in JAMA Psychiatry found that female physicians had a 53% increased risk of suicide compared to their female counterparts who weren’t physicians.
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March 30, 2025
by Elizabeth Pratt
Having optimism about the future may help people save more money.
Research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that people who are optimistic tended to save more money and that was particularly the case for people in lower incomes.
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March 28, 2025
by Elizabeth Pratt
Those experiencing an eating disorder are more harshly judged than those with other mental health conditions.
Research from the University of South Australia found the social stigma associated with eating disorders could make it harder for people to seek help.
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February 28, 2025
by Elizabeth Pratt
There have been two mid air collisions and 94 aviation incidents so far in 2025. A passenger jet colliding with a helicopter in Washington DC and a Delta plane flipping at Toronto airport are just some of the aviation disasters making headlines.
Experts say the news could be troubling for those with flight anxiety, but there are strategies that can help.
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February 27, 2025
by Elizabeth Pratt
Having a job over 50 for those who want one can boost overall wellbeing.
The University of Michigan’s National Poll on Healthy Aging found that more than two thirds of people who work after 50 say it helps their physical and mental health.
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January 31, 2025
by Elizabeth Pratt
More than 18 thousand structures were destroyed and 29 people killed in the Eaton and Palisades fires in southern California.
Whilst the fires burned for 24 days, the recovery efforts are just beginning and experts say the mental health impacts could be long lasting.
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January 31, 2025
by Elizabeth Pratt
People aged 50 and older find with poor or fair health are twice as likely to report not having any close friends.
Data from the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging found that friends can play a key role for people over the age of 50, but that those with mental or physical health problems can experience challenges in this area.
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January 30, 2025
by Elizabeth Pratt
Those living with multiple sclerosis who are pregnant have a greater chance of experiencing mental illness during pregnancy and in the first few years following birth.
Research published in Neurology found that pregnant people with MS had a 26% increased risk of mental illness during pregnancy when compared with pregnant people without MS and a 33% increased risk of mental illness after birth.
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January 29, 2025
by Elizabeth Pratt
Did your parents have a favorite child?
Research published in the Psychological Bulletin suggests they may have and the factors contributing to favoritism may surprise you.
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December 18, 2024
by Elizabeth Pratt
Feeling lonely has a greater impact on sleep for college students than too much screen time.
Research from Oregon State University found that students with high levels of loneliness were more likely to have difficulties sleeping compared with less lonely students, regardless of their level of screen time.
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