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Pundits are projecting this year’s midterm elections to be nasty, polarizing and “epic.” They’re also expected to stress a lot of Americans out in every part of their lives. And that includes at the office. I recently conducted a study on a broad range of workplace issues, including how the stress of our increasingly divisive politics is affecting worker health, […]
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(HealthDay)—Allopurinol dose escalation is not associated with reductions in mortality risk among patients with gout, according to a study published in the August issue of Arthritis & Rheumatology. Brian W. Coburn, Ph.D., from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, and colleagues assessed whether allopurinol dose escalation is associated with cause-specific mortality in patients with gout. The authors performed […]
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It's a big night for Issa Rae. She's nominated for her first Emmy — specifically Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, that comedy series being HBO's brilliant Insecure. Needless to say, all eyes will be on her, which means her makeup artist, Joanna Simkin, was tasked with giving her one of her most gorgeous red-carpet makeup looks yet. Right […]
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Like that loaf of bread in your pantry, your favorite moisturizer can start growing fuzzy, green mold. Thanks to preservatives, though, fungi won't start popping up as soon as it does on a slice of that bread. But that doesn't necessarily mean mold doesn't crop up. As much as we try to avoid preservatives in our food, they're necessary in […]
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This is a story about something rare in health psychology: a treatment that has gone from scientific discovery, through development and testing, to dissemination and successful implementation nationwide. In a new study, researchers found that a program designed at The Ohio State University to reduce harmful stress in cancer patients can be taught to therapists from around the country and […]
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It goes without saying that racist comments, whether they’re stated in real life or on social media, are reprehensible and inexcusable. But they’re especially stomach-turning when directed at a young child. Unfortunately, racist Instagram commenters, from behind the safety of their phone screens, decided to take aim at Khloé Kardashian’s 5-month-old daughter, True. It all started last week, when Kim […]
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In an era when for-profit companies collect a wealth of data about us, new research from The University of Texas at Austin shows that data collected by health care companies could—if made available to researchers and public health agencies—enable more accurate forecasts of when the next flu season will peak, how long it will last and how many people will […]
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Zombie cells are the ones that can’t die but are equally unable to perform the functions of a normal cell. These zombie, or senescent, cells are implicated in a number of age-related diseases. And with a new letter in Nature, Mayo Clinic researchers have expanded that list. In a mouse model of brain disease, scientists report that senescent cells accumulate […]
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They say you can’t teach old dogs new tricks, but new research shows you can teach an old rat new sounds, even if the lesson doesn’t stick very long. Researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro) of McGill University examined the effects of aging on neuroplasticity in the primary auditory cortex, the part of the brain that […]
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You’ve worked abroad. You’ve lived abroad. But have you had a close friendship or romantic relationship with a person from a culture drastically different from your own? If not, you might be missing out on a powerful way to boost your own creativity, recent research shows. A study by MIT Sloan assistant professor of work and organization studies Jackson Lu […]
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