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·June 17, 2021·4 min read

Stress During Pandemic Linked to Poor Sleep

A new study sheds light on how COVID-19 has impacted sleep and mental health. Researchers found 32.9% of people reported a decrease in sleep and 29.8% said they slept more during the lockdown. Changes in sleep patterns correlated with self-reported mental health difficulties during this time, which mostly led to sleep loss.

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·May 12, 2021·4 min read

Petting Therapy Dogs Enhances Thinking Skills of Stressed College Students

Students who completed a six-week stress-management program that exclusively focused on petting a therapy dog showed marked improvements in numerous cognitive and thinking skills.

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·April 5, 2021·4 min read

Outside Factors May Help Children Develop Internal Control

A new theory proposes executive function, or the ability to control your behavior, might not exist just within the mind. External influences may dictate the development of internal control.

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·March 18, 2021·6 min read

Pandemic Has Increased Pregnancy Stress for US Women

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on stress in both pregnant and postpartum women. Researchers say this is concerning as prenatal stress can hamper fetal brain development.

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·March 8, 2021·6 min read

How Night Shift Work Increases Cancer Risk

Night-shifts destroy the natural 24-hour biological rhythm in the activity of certain cancer-related genes, resulting in more vulnerability to DNA damage and causing a mistiming in the DNA repair mechanisms in shift workers.

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·February 22, 2021·4 min read

A Healthy Sense of Disgust Can Prevent Sickness

Exposure to unpleasant stimuli that might make you feel queasy or disgusted may be evolution's way of keeping us healthy and helping us to avoid infection.

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·January 4, 2021·3 min read

Frequent Travel Could Make You 7% Happier

People who frequently travel more than 75 miles from home report being 7% happier than those who travel infrequently, or who don't travel at all.

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·December 22, 2020·5 min read

Cannabis Use Blunts Stress Reactivity

Female rats exposed to vaporized cannabis for 30 days developed a blunted response to stress. The effect was not seen in male rats. Findings shed light on how chronic cannabis use affects males and females differently.