Your Personality Could Add Years of Healthy Living
When it comes to strategies for slowing down the aging process, exercise and nutrition are the usual suspects—but don’t ignore the power of mind over matter.
Recent research shows that several personality traits predict who will enjoy health into their 80s and beyond. According to some studies, the link between personality and longevity is as strong as intelligence or how much money you have, both of which are correlated with longer lifespans.
These characteristics of the mind are fairly stable, but experts believe we can enhance them at any age—more easily, perhaps, than our bank accounts. The following ...
Source: TIME: Health - November 8, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Matt Fuchs Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
If You ’re Feeling Anxious, Try This 2,000-Year-Old, Neuroscience-Backed Hack
Some 2,000 years ago, in the throes of a targeted chase to his death, a Roman philosopher named Seneca had a thought: “what’s the worst that can happen?”
Today, a growing body of research finds that a Seneca-inspired exercise—inviting the worried brain to literally envision its worst fears realized—is one of the most evidence-based treatments for anxiety. In scientific terms, that exercise is called imaginal exposure, or “facing the thing you’re most afraid of” by summoning it in your mind, says Dr. Regine Galanti, the founder of Long Island Behavioral Psychology, and a licen...
Source: TIME: Health - November 5, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Julia Hotz Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Mental Health Source Type: news
Veterans who were not vaccinated said they were worried about side effects, 'newness' of the shots
Researchers from Boston University and the VA found that 70 percent of eligible veterans were vaccinated last spring, and those that were unvaxxed had wide ranging reasons for not wanting the shot. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 3, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
COVID-19 pandemic increased pregnant women's risk of gestational diabetes and high blood pressure
A new study from Boston University found rates of gestational diabetes rose by 12% from 88 cases per 1,000 deliveries in 2019 compared to 98.9 per 1,000 delivereis in 2020 (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 15, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Liberia: Ex NPHIL Boss Gets Strategic Global Health Appointments
[FrontPageAfrica] Since his exit as Director General of the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL), Dr. Mosoka Papa Fallah continues to make headways on international front with the latest being an appointment with the Boston University. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 6, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Researchers question role of insulin-boosting drugs in Type 2 diabetes
Drugs prescribed for Type 2 diabetes may actually increase insulin resistance in the body by boosting production of the hormone to unhealthy levels, causing the disease to worsen, researchers from Boston University said. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - October 1, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
COVID-19 Booster Shots Are Still Controversial —Even for the Immunocompromised People Who Likely Need Them the Most
Chris Neblett, 44, was among the first people in the U.S. to get vaccinated against COVID-19. His job with the U.S. State Department allowed him to get his initial dose of Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine in late December 2020. By January 2021, he was fully vaccinated.
But that didn’t mean he was fully protected. Neblett, who received a kidney transplant in 2018 and still takes immune-system-suppressing drugs to prevent his body from rejecting the organ, found out through his participation in a Johns Hopkins study of vaccination among transplant patients that he didn’t produce any disease-fighting antibodies, ev...
Source: TIME: Health - August 11, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
Are hair relaxers causing breast cancer in black women? – podcast
Research from the Black Women ’s Health Study has found that long-term and frequent users of hair relaxers had roughly a 30% increased risk of breast cancer compared with more infrequent users. Shivani Dave speaks to Dr Kimberly Bertrand, co-investigator of the study and assistant professor of medicine at Boston University, ab out the research and to journalist Tayo Bero about the effects these findings could have on the black communityContinue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 5, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Presented by Shivani Dave, additional reporting from Tayo Bero, produced by Iain Chambers Tags: Women's hair Cancer research Medical research Life and style Beauty Science Source Type: news
Research suggests ending eviction moratoriums led to spikes in COVID cases and deaths
Research by a UCLA-led team has determined that the number of COVID-19 cases and the number of deaths from the disease both increased dramatically after states lifted eviction moratoriums that had been in place to protect people who were struggling to make rent payments during the pandemic.The study found that the number of COVID-19 cases doubled and the number of deaths attributable to the disease increased fivefold, in the four-month period after eviction moratoriums expired.Those figures suggest that during the summer of 2020, there were 433,700 more COVID-19 cases and 10,700 more deaths in the U.S. than there would ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - July 26, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Patients billed up to $219 million in total for preventive services that should be free
(Boston University School of Medicine) Despite a sharp reduction in out-of-pocket (OOP) costs for preventive care since the Affordable Care Act was enacted in 2010, patients are still receiving unexpected bills for preventive services that should be free, according to a new study co-authored by a Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researcher. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 20, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
BU researchers develop novel, woman controlled contraceptive product
(Boston University School of Medicine) Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and ZabBio (San Diego, CA) have developed an anti-sperm monoclonal antibody, the Human Contraception Antibody (HCA), which they found to be safe and possess potent sperm agglutination (clumping) and immobilization activity in laboratory tests. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 12, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
New computational technique, software identifies cell types within a tumor and its microenvironment
(Boston University School of Medicine) The discovery of novel groups or categories within diseases, organisms and biological processes and their organization into hierarchical relationships are important and recurrent pursuits in biology and medicine, which may help elucidate group-specific vulnerabilities and ultimately novel therapeutic interventions. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - July 7, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Metabolic enzyme promotes neuroblastoma aggressiveness
(Boston University School of Medicine) High-risk neuroblastoma is an aggressive childhood cancer with poor treatment outcomes. Despite intensive chemotherapy and radiotherapy, less than 50 percent of these children survive for five years. While the genetics of human neuroblastoma have been extensively studied, actionable therapeutics are limited. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - July 7, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Digital pens provide new insight into cognitive testing results
(Boston University School of Medicine) During neuropsychological assessments, participants complete tasks designed to study memory and thinking. Based on their performance, the participants receive a score that researchers use to evaluate how well specific domains of their cognition are functioning. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 6, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Lottery-based incentives do not increase COVID-19 vaccination rates
(Boston University School of Medicine) Would you be more willing to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus if you could participate in a lottery for cash and prizes? The answer was surprisingly no, according to Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers who found that Ohio's " Vax-a-Million " lottery-based incentive system, intended to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates, was not associated with an increase in COVD-19 vaccinations. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - July 2, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
