Under the right circumstances, choosing to spend time alone can be a huge psychological boon.

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Chronically viewing the glass as half-empty inhibits one’s ability to bounce back from life’s inevitable stresses.

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1. A Positive Outlook May Be Good for Your Health (Part One of this Two Part Series) Added by b1ackbird on April 4th 2017.

Type 2 diabetes, although influenced by a person’s genes, is largely thought to be brought about by a poor diet and being overweight for prolonged periods of time, particularly at an old age. The pancreas is either unable to produce enough insulin, or the body’s cells simply don’t react to insulin, which leads to dangerously high blood sugar levels. This is known as insulin resistance, and at present, there is no medical way to treat this. A new drug forged by a team at the University of California, however, might prove to be a veritable game-changer.

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Submitted on March 31st 2017 by aj0690

An ER physician laments the often-excessive care of older adults at the end of life, portraying it as a failure to recognize the full measure of their humanity.

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"We expected Medicare to be a first step toward universal national health insurance," wrote Social Security commissioner Robert Ball. By Zaid Jilani.

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The opposition between religious beliefs and scientific evidence can be explained by difference in brain structures and cognitive activity. Scientists have found critical thinking is suppressed in the brains of people who believe in the supernatural. Published in PLOS One, their study examines how the parts of the brain responsible for empathy and analytical reasoning are linked to faith and spiritual thinking.

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Stanford researchers report that the $6.6 billion figure is just the tip of the iceberg: It does not include costs of emergency room visits or hospital readmissions.

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Submitted on April 3rd 2017 by tranxene

Despite mass vaccination, polio is making a comeback. Sewage could become a critical early warning system.

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Submitted on March 30th 2017 by tranxene

While many institutions collapsed during the Great Depression that began in 1929, one kind did rather well. During this leanest of times, the strictest, most authoritarian churches saw a surge in attendance. This anomaly was documented in the early 1970s, but only now is science beginning to tell us why. It turns out that human beings have a natural inclination for religious belief, especially during hard times.

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Submitted on April 3rd 2017 by geoleo with 3 comments

It's the oldest and most basic form of transportation — walking — and more people are doing more of it to get fit or stay healthy. But there's new evidence today that even walking across the street is getting more dangerous. A report released today by the Governors Highway Safety Association shows that the number of pedestrians killed in traffic jumped 11 percent last year, to nearly 6,000. That's the biggest single-year increase in pedestrian fatalities ever, and the highest number in more than two decades.

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Submitted on March 31st 2017 by gladsdotter

Fang blennies are a tropical fish that won’t be intimidated, injecting predators and competitors alike with venom released from two long teeth on their lower jaw. New research reveals that rather than stunning foes with a jolt of pain, the venom acts on the bitten fish’s opioid receptors, causing it to become dizzy and lethargic. This offers an entirely new avenue for the development of novel painkillers.

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Submitted on March 31st 2017 by jackthetripper

When we think about Google and health, we usually think about patients searching online for health information. But you may be surprised to hear that doctors Google you.

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A 14th century burial ground has yielded an uncommon archaeological case of "coffin birth," which occurs when a deceased pregnant woman's fetus is expelled within the grave.

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Submitted on April 1st 2017 by CatLady

The melodramatic descriptions of "fevers" in old novels reveal just how frightening the time before modern medicine must have been.

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Submitted on April 3rd 2017 by gladsdotter

The start-up has undertaken an extraordinary experiment in behavioral science to subtly entice an independent work force to maximize company revenue.

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Farley, a golden retriever puppy, is part of a trend among hospitals to offer pet therapy to staff and patients.

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Submitted on March 30th 2017 by sjvn with 1 comments

Our new meta-analysis, which pooled results from 65 studies, looked at health-care spending by both the private and public sectors including preventive and curative care.

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Submitted on April 4th 2017 by kxh

People who read the news are more likely to feel angry towards Muslims, a new study has found. Whether liberal or conservative, researchers found more avid news consumers showed both increased anger and reduced warmth towards members of the Islamic faith.  The findings, based on responses from 16,584 New Zealanders from the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study (NZAVS), were published in leading international science journal PLOS ONE. 

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Submitted on April 3rd 2017 by Pfennig88

It's likely we know someone who suffers from the debilitating pain of migraines. Symptoms of the headaches, such as sensitivity to sound, light, or touch, tingling or numbness, or vision changes, can make going to work, spending time with family, or even eating nearly impossible. Now, researchers at the University of Toronto, Canada, found migraine attacks double the risk of developing generalized anxiety disorders in men.

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Submitted on March 31st 2017 by wildcat

Faced with a rising national wave of opioid addiction and its consequences, families, law enforcement and political leaders around the nation are linking arms to save souls. But 30 years ago, it was a different story. Ekow Yankah, a Cardozo School of Law professor, reflects on how race affects our national response to drug abuse.

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Submitted on April 1st 2017 by aj0690