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05/24/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Being lonely can actually worsen your cold

If you want to recover from a cold faster, try calling a friend and planning your next lunch date. According to a study, if you have a cold and you feel lonely, you’ll feel even worse. For the study, which was published by the American Psychological Association (APA), researchers observed lonely people infected with the cold virus. Based […]

11/10/2017 / By Michelle Simmons

Well, that’s depressing: Mental illness proven to increase risk of early death

A new study proves that mental illness, particularly depression, increases the risk of premature death, as reported by the Science Daily. “There is less stigma associated with depression, better treatments are available, but depression’s link to mortality still persists,” said Stephen Gilman of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. […]

04/24/2017 / By Russel Davis

Dementia patients are wildly over-medicated with antipsychotic drugs, study finds

Nursing homes may be over-medicating dementia patients with antipsychotic drugs despite mounting evidence of early death and minimal efficacy, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School found that off-label prescription of anti-psychotic drugs were a common practice in nearly 100 nursing homes in the state. However, undergoing the OASIS […]

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