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Global Study Aims to Uncover How Humans Flourish
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The inaugural results from the multiyear Global Flourishing study reveal intriguing relationships between religion and how well people’s lives are going. Future administrations of this survey will interview the same 200,000 individuals contacted for the first study. This...
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Teens’ Sleep Health and Mental Health are Strongly Connected
(BPT) - The teenage years are a critical period of development to prepare young people to be at their best and thrive in multiple facets of their lives. Getting enough quality sleep plays a big part in teens’ health, but teens have unique sleep needs that are different from both children and adults....
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‘Everybody has a breaking point’: how the climate crisis affects our brains
Are growing rates of anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD, Alzheimer’s and motor neurone disease related to rising temperatures and other extreme environmental changes? In late October 2012, a category 3 hurricane howled into New York City with a force that would etch its name into the annals of history...
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How US life expectancy rates changed as COVID deaths wane, drug overdoses persist
Life expectancy rose to 77.5 years on average in 2022, a slight increase of 1.1 years from 2021, according to new studies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Life expectancy at birth increased 1.1 years...largely because of decreases in mortality due to COVID-19, heart disease,...
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Study: The key to combating obesity may lie within the brain
One of the largest threats to human health is obesity, but now researchers from the University of Aberdeen Rowett Institute have made an important discovery in how the brain controls food intake. Obesity and being overweight have become the "new normal" in modern times and can lead to a multitude of...
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Longer genes are associated with ageing: Study
What causes our bodies to age? Four complementary research, including one from Northwestern Medicine, reached the same conclusion, long genes. Conditions known to accelerate ageing decrease the activity of long genes.(Unsplash) In a recent study, the scientists describe their results and how they...
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Life Expectancy on the Decline in the US
The average America will not live to see 80-years of age. The average life expectancy stands around 76.4 years, according to the CDC, with women living an average of 79.3 years and men expiring sooner at 73.5. Those figures have been steadily declining each year. Food and Drug Administration...
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Top 10 Best Appetite Suppressant For Women In 2024
When it comes to weight loss, sometimes it feels like you are not getting anywhere, even if you are doing everything right. This can be especially true for a woman, as the differences in the bodies of men and women make it harder for them to lose weight, to begin with, even if they use something...
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Global water crisis fuelling more conflicts, UN report warns
Increasing global water scarcity is fuelling more conflicts and contributing to instability, the United Nations warns in a new report, which says access to clean water is critical to promoting peace. The UN World Water Development Report 2024, released on Friday, said 2.2 billion people worldwide...
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It’s official: US air quality got worse in 2023
When it comes to air quality, neighboring countries are in it together. In 2023, wildfire smoke from across the Canadian border became a primary source of air pollution in major U.S. cities, according to a report released this week. The annual World Air Quality Report by IQAir, a Swiss air quality...
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