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| Personality traits are associated with well-being and satisfaction in life after work Posted: 30 Mar 2022 11:14 AM PDT A new study has identified novel associations between older adults' personality traits, the routes they took to leave their jobs, and their well-being after exiting the workforce. |
| Telehealth: Bridging or perpeatuating health inequities? Posted: 30 Mar 2022 08:13 AM PDT Health inequities among Black Indigenous People of Color, immigrant and low-income communities is driven largely by inadequate healthcare access. Telehealth offers an opportunity to increase healthcare access and reduce health inequities. However, according to researchers, telehealth has unwittingly become a 'double-edged sword,' whereby the technology with potential to reduce health inequities also holds the key to exacerbate structural inequities. |
| Time to shift research focus from 'bikini medicine' to what is really ailing women Posted: 30 Mar 2022 07:33 AM PDT A new study has found that women's health research remains disproportionately focused on the reproductive years -- particularly on pregnancy -- with few articles on the major causes of illness and death in women. |
| Americans love football, but differ on whether kids should play Posted: 30 Mar 2022 07:32 AM PDT Football may be America's most popular sport, but the nation is deeply divided about whether youth should play the tackle version of the game. |
| Plastic bag bans may unintentionally drive other bag sales Posted: 29 Mar 2022 11:23 AM PDT When cities or counties institute plastic bag bans or fees, the idea is to reduce the amount of plastic headed to the landfill. But a new analysis finds these policies, while created with good intentions, may cause more plastic bags to be purchased in the communities where they are in place. |
| Citizen science data are crucial to understand wildlife roadkill, demonstrates a study in Flanders Posted: 28 Mar 2022 10:37 AM PDT Researchers in Flanders (Belgium) analyzed roadkill records from the last decade in the region, using data provided by citizen scientists. Their study looks at the fate of 17 mammal species on the roads of Flanders. In the last decade, roadkill incidents there have diminished, but the exact reason is hard to pin down. The recorded observations, the scientists warn, 'are only the tip of the iceberg'. |
| More older adults getting treated for substance abuse Posted: 28 Mar 2022 08:23 AM PDT The rates of older adults getting treatment for substance abuse rose sharply from 2000-2017, in tandem with the Baby Boom cohort reaching older adulthood. |
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