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Topic- Mental health
Receiving more "thanks" at work boosts physical, mental health
A study involving Oregon nurses shows that being thanked more often at work predicted better sleep, fewer headaches and healthier eating, because it improved nurses' work satisfaction.
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Stats: One in three older adults lacks regular companionship
One in four older adults say they feel isolated from other people at least some of the time, and one in three say they lack regular companionship, according to the latest Healthy Aging poll.
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Opioid misuse sending more older adults to the ED
Emergency department (ED) visits by people ages 65 and older who were identified with opioid misuse and dependence more than tripled between 2006 and 2014, according to researchers at Towson University, Maryland.
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Six Alzheimer's disease subgroups identified
Researchers studying Alzheimer's disease have created an approach to classifying patients with Alzheimer's disease into subgroups, a finding that may open the door for personalized treatments.
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Anxiety, depression may predict physical health problems
Anxiety and depression may predict conditions ranging from heart disease and high blood pressure to arthritis, headaches, back pain and stomach upset, having similar effects as long-established risk factors like smoking and obesity, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, say.
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Arthritis pain linked to depression
Depressed individuals over age 50 should be screened for arthritis pain because depression and arthritis commonly occur together, worsening both mental and physical health outcomes, researchers from Dartmouth College say.
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