Imagine tracking your feelings during daily interactions with your romantic partner. What would you learn? That’s what approximately 100 heterosexual couples in Montreal did each day for 3 weeks during a study run by researchers from McGill University. They were interested in whether a fairly common genetic variant in the opioid system, seen in about a quarter of the population, […]
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Fathers’ prepartum social media posts can predict their risk of postpartum depression. A predictive model based on machine learning is described in the peer-reviewed journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. Click here to read the article now. Fathers’ social media posts were evaluated for changes in behavior (engagement with the platform), emotions, linguistic style, and discussion topics following the birth […]
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Flavonoids from a specific line of corn act as anti-inflammatory agents in the guts of mice with an inflammatory-bowel-disease-like condition, according to a team of researchers who said flavonoid-rich corn should be studied to determine its potential to provide a protective effect on human health. The researchers bred a novel line of corn at Penn State’s Russell E. Larson Agricultural […]
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There’s nothing like curling up in bed under soft blankets after a long day and blissfully falling asleep. However, not everyone goes to bed easily and that can cause issues. According to the National Institute of Health, sleep is vital when it comes to maintaining normal brain and body function. So if you’re having trouble catching some Z’s, we have […]
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As the number of reported cases of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations was increasing in June, Texans expressed less concern about the threat of the virus than they did in April and were much less likely to stay home because of the pandemic, according to polling by the Texas Politics Project at The University of Texas at Austin. The poll surveyed […]
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In the middle of the Corona pandemic, a bad news comes from China in the North China Region, the bubonic plague has broken out. Here, too, the pathogen is transmitted from animals to humans. The authorities are now on alert. In the Northern Chinese Region of Inner Mongolia was detected on Sunday at a shepherd the bubonic plague. The local […]
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No matter how close parks are to home, perceptions of park-centered crime may keep New Yorkers from using them. Researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine found that New Yorkers are more likely to exercise in a park if they believe they live very close to it. In turn, they feel less anxious and less depressed the more often they […]
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Editor’s note: This story will be updated regularly as new statistics are released. For the fifth straight week, the number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases has increased in the United States. Hospitalizations from the disease are also on the rise while deaths continue to decline, at least for the time being. Overall, the United States is now closing in on […]
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Help us crown your NHS hero as explorer Robin Hanbury-Tenison, 83, salutes the intensive care team who saved his life Today, the Daily Mail proudly launches our 2020 Health Hero Awards, in partnership with eBay and NHS Charities Together. We introduced these awards in 2013 to honour the unsung heroes of the health service, whatever their role — doctors, hospital […]
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At the beginning of the Corona-crisis, it is often the hope that a country could achieve through large-scale infection of the population herd immunity. This hope has now been resolved by a large study in Spain. The study, which was published in the scientific service of the “Lancet”. Thus, in Spain, one of the worst of the crisis-hit countries were […]
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