Men and women experience happiness differently – here's why
Nov 26, 2018 17:10 pm UTC| Health
Whos happier, men or women? Research shows its a complicated question and that asking whether males or females are happier isnt really that helpful, because essentially, happiness is different for women and men. Womens...
Wildfire smoke is becoming a nationwide health threat
Nov 26, 2018 17:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
The impacts of recent forest fires in California reach well beyond the burned areas. Smoke from the Camp Fire created hazardous air quality conditions in San Francisco, more than 170 miles to the southwest but it didnt...
Why bigotry is a public health problem
Nov 26, 2018 17:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
\Over a decade ago, I wrote a piece for a psychiatric journal entitled Is Bigotry a Mental Illness? At the time, some psychiatrists were advocating making pathological bigotry or pathological bias essentially, bias so...
Prescribing social activities to lonely people prompts ethical questions for GPs
Nov 26, 2018 17:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
GPs in England will now be able to prescribe social activities to their patients, such as dance classes, art groups, walking clubs and volunteer work, as part of the governments ground-breaking new loneliness strategy....
It's hard to think about, but frail older women in nursing homes get sexually abused too
Nov 26, 2018 16:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health Law
We dont often think of older women being victims of sexual assault, but such assaults occur in many settings and circumstances, including in nursing homes. Our research, published this week in the journal Legal Medicine,...
Hope for cannabis as treatment for opioid addiction
Nov 26, 2018 16:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Canada currently finds itself at the intersection of two historic social phenomena with massive implications for public health. First, after decades of restricting public access to marijuana, on Oct. 17, Canada became...
Child obesity is linked to deprivation, so why do poor parents still cop the blame?
Nov 26, 2018 16:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Childhood obesity has risen ten-fold over the past 40 years. In the UK, roughly 30% of children are overweight or obese. Obesity rates are much higher among children living in deprived communities. In England, there is a...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects