Study helps decipher the link between child abuse and drug abuse among young people in South Africa

Image credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain When adolescents who have experienced abuse turn to alcohol and drugs to cope with their negative feelings, their risk of developing problematic substance use increases…

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Researchers reveal the impact of social media use on college students’ mental health during the pandemic

Image credit: CC0 Public Domain The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on the mental health of college students, with symptoms such as anxiety and major depression among young…

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Researchers find that gratitude is a useful emotional tool for reducing cigarette cravings

Image credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Smoking remains the most important preventable cause of premature death. In a study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesHarvard…

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Study suggests that prolonged exposure to pollution may lead to loss of independence later in life

Spatial distribution of long-term concentrations of air pollutants in the USA NO2 stands for nitrogen dioxide; O3ozone; particulate matter2.5Fine dust with a diameter of less than 2.5 μm; PM10-2.5Fine dust…

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Pregnant women may not receive nicotine replacement therapy long enough to quit smoking

Image credit: CC0 Public Domain A review of prescription drug data found that maternal use of smoking cessation medications is consistent with current clinical recommendations, but low completion rates of…

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Protein maps created using cerebrospinal fluid scanning technology are intended to find markers for Alzheimer’s

Study overview. CSF samples were collected from 140 controls and 160 participants with AD, defined by their CSF tTau/Aβ1–42 Ratio. The CSF-AD network was used to evaluate the effect of…

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