Think Your Job Is ‘Socially Useless’? You’re Not Alone
FRIDAY, Aug. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Ever feel like your job is pointless?A big part of the population feels just that way — that the jobs they do matter little to society.And a Swiss study that delved into what’s been dubbed the “bullshit jobs th…
Learn MoreOne Personality Type Is More Prone to Be an Anti-Vaxxer
FRIDAY, Aug. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When studying which personality types were more likely to resist getting vaccines, researchers got a surprise. It was the extroverts who were more vaccine resistant. Compared to other personality styles, extrov…
Learn MoreTroubled Childhood Could Mean a Troubled Old Age, Study Finds
FRIDAY, Aug. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The trauma and unhappy family dynamics of childhood may follow kids into old age, affecting both their mind and body, according to new research. “We looked at self-reported disability, as well as objectively me…
Learn MoreLead Exposure in Utero or in Childhood Tied to Higher Risk for Criminal Behavior
THURSDAY, Aug. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — There is a higher risk for criminal behavior in adulthood when an individual is exposed to lead in utero or in the early years of childhood, according to a review published online Aug. 1 in PLOS Global Public…
Learn MoreUna pastilla contra la depresión postparto se ve bien en un ensayo, y podría ser aprobada por la FDA
MIÉRCOLES, 2 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Esta semana, todos los ojos están puestos en la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) de EE. UU., mientras la agencia sopesa la aprobación de una nueva pastilla que podría tratar y aliviar …
Learn More¿Podría la exposición al plomo a una edad temprana aumentar las probabilidades de criminalidad más adelante?
MIÉRCOLES, 2 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Ser expuesto al plomo en el útero o en la niñez temprana podría aumentar las probabilidades de que una persona se implique en conductas criminales en la adultez, afirma una nueva revisión. Para llegar…
Learn MoreProlonged Antidepressant Treatment No Benefit in Bipolar I Disorder
THURSDAY, Aug. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with bipolar I disorder who had recently had remission of a depressive episode, adjunctive treatment with escitalopram or bupropion XL that continues for 52 weeks does not show a significant bene…
Learn MorePatients at Memory Clinic More Likely to Live in Advantaged Areas
THURSDAY, Aug. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Patients seen at a memory clinic are more likely to live in more advantaged neighborhoods, and Black people are underrepresented in these clinics, according to a study published online Aug. 2 in Neurology.Abi…
Learn MoreSexual Minority Birthing People Highly Engage in Obstetric Care
THURSDAY, Aug. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Sexual minority women are highly engaged in obstetric care, according to a study published online Aug. 2 in JAMA Psychiatry.Leiszle Lapping-Carr, Ph.D., from Northwestern University in Chicago, and colleagues…
Learn MoreInfertility Tied to More Severe Menopause Symptoms in Midlife
THURSDAY, Aug. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Women with a history of infertility are more likely to experience more severe menopausal symptoms at midlife, according to a study published online Aug. 1 in Menopause.Victoria W. Fitz, M.D., from Massachuset…
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