Childhood adversity is a significant problem in the US, particularly for children growing up in poverty. Those who experience poverty have a much higher risk of being exposed to violence and suffering from a lack of social support, which can have long-term consequences including higher rates of diabetes, cancer, and other diseases. People exposed to […]
As resolutions go, quitting smoking could be the most important choice on a smoker’s list. Smokers are more likely to develop diseases like lung, throat and mouth cancer. And they’re more likely to die earlier than are people who don’t light up. Dr. J. Taylor Hays, director of the Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Center, says […]
(HealthDay)—If you’re a senior who loves to take in the latest art exhibit or check out a new musical, it might do more than stimulate your senses: New research suggests it could lengthen your life. Scientists found that among over 6,700 older adults they tracked, patrons of the arts had a markedly better survival rate […]
(HealthDay)—Tighter control of high blood pressure may add years to people’s lives, a new study estimates. Researchers calculated that for a typical 50-year-old with high blood pressure, more aggressive treatment could translate into three extra years of life. Eighty-year-olds would have less time to gain, but it could extend their lives by an average of […]
Living a lavish life! Kim Kardashian and Kanye West welcomed their first child, North, in June 2013 — and they’ve been spoiling her ever since. The little one became a big sister in 2015 when the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star gave birth to Saint, and she was not happy about it, the Selfish author […]
DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR: It’s a curse of modern life to think we can buy happiness There are plenty of reasons to be cheerful. But, of course, happiness doesn’t always follow logic Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton declared rather dramatically on social media this week that he ‘feels like giving up on everything’. […]
Analysis of the CANTO cohort published in the journal Annals of Oncology will upset received wisdom on the effects that hormone therapy and chemotherapy have on the quality of life in women with breast cancer. Contrary to the commonly held view, two years after diagnosis, hormone therapy, a highly effective breast cancer treatment, worsens quality […]
Newer high-rise developments in Australia’s inner-city areas are increasingly home to parents raising young children. In the 2016 Census, family households represented nearly half of apartment residents. Close to one in ten children aged 0-4 live in apartments in Australia. Our research, recently published in Health and Place, explored parents’ experiences of raising preschool-aged children […]
True confession: from the time my kids were rousing, and sometimes carousing, teenagers, I secretly looked forward to an empty nest. I longed for a clean house, easy, unplanned dinners and well quite frankly, me time. My friends lamented about how sad they’d be ushering their kids off to college, but I was counting down […]
Prince William and Duchess Kate welcomed a baby boy on July 22, 2013, at St. Mary’s Hospital in London, England. Since then, the royal couple have released several pictures of the future king of England — who is third in line for the throne, behind his father and Prince Charles. Source: Read Full Article