Photo from Pixabay KU Press Service LAWRENCE Starting October 2, people with disabilities are invited to participate in a national study based at the University of Kansas that aims to document their experiences on a variety of issues, including access to health care, housing, long COVID, transportation, employment and connection with their community. The National …
If you’re American, you probably are using drugs or soon will be. A new study finds that people born today in the United States will spend about half their lives taking prescription drugs. And for women, that figure is closer to 60% of their lifetime. “The years people can expect to spend taking prescription drugs …
Adults are constantly encouraged to exercise as a way to combat daily stress, but does the same advice apply to children? According to a recent study, the answer is yes. Researchers at the University of Basel in Switzerland discovered that active children are more resilient and cope better with stressful situations. In other words, if …
The biological impact of renting, as opposed to owner occupation, is almost double that of unemployment. against having paid employment, the results suggest. Fortunately, these effects are reversible, highlighting the importance of housing policy in improving health, the researchers say. Many aspects of housing are associated with physical and mental health, including cold, mold, overcrowding, …
Credit: CC0 Public domain The world’s largest study on light exposure and its impact on mental health, with nearly 87,000 participants, found that increased exposure to light at night increases the risk of psychiatric disorders such as anxiety, the severity of bipolar disorder and PTSD, and self-harm. Importantly, the study also found that increased daytime …
Further research could complicate the story by using exercise to help fight depression and other mental health problems. A study compared depressed and/or anxious people who joined a running program to those who I took a course of antidepressants, and found that both groups experienced a similar level of improvement in their mental health after …