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Poorer people are more likely than the better off to have periodontal disease—inflamed and bleeding gums, cavities and teeth that are so infected they must be pulled.
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Mega-Anxiety About Health: A Common—And Now Treatable—Condition
Contact: Timothy Scarella, MD Email: tscarell@bidmc.harvard.edu For Release: Immediately A winter cough lasting a few days easily could signal lung…
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A Spouse’s Death: The Loss That Can Impair Body and Mind
Contact: Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD Email: mfoconnor@email.arizona.edu For Release: Immediately As the oldest scouts in the huge Baby Boomer generation move…
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Poor Sleep — Higher Blood Pressure: Fitful Nights May Endanger Health
Contact: Caroline Doyle, M.A. Email: CarolineDoyle@email.arizona.eduContact: John Ruiz, Ph.D. Email: JohnRuiz@email.arizona.edu For Release: Immediately Surprisingly, poor sleep can affect your…
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SSRI Antidepressants May Improve Blood Sugar For People With Diabetes
Contact: Calum Moulton, MRCPsych Email: calum.moulton@kcl.ac.uk For Release: Immediately Antidepressants are the most frequently prescribed psychiatric drugs in the U.S. …
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Mindfulness May Improve Health By Changing The Brain’s Response To Stress
Contact: J. David Creswell, PhD Email: creswell@cmu.edu For Release: Immediately Mindfulness. It seems like everyone’s talking about it. But what…
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When Conscientiousness Backfires: A Racial Difference?
Contact: Katherine Duggan, PhD Email: dugganka@upmc.edu For Release: Immediately Conscientious people tend to live longer, scientists have found. And that…
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The Diet-Depression Link: Eat Healthier To Improve Your Mood
Contact: Joseph Firth, PhD Email: J.Firth@WesternSydney.edu.au For Release: Immediately There’s a surprising way to lift our mood during the dips…
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Just Add Caffeine to Work Stress: A Recipe for Feeling Worse
Contact: Lydia Roos, MA Email: lydia.roos@uncc.eduContact: Jeanette M. Bennett, PhDEmail: jeanette.bennett@uncc.eduFor Release: March 9, 2019 Bummed out by ongoing work…
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To Err Is Human, To Forgive Is . . . To Get A Good Night’s Sleep!
Contact: Alyssa Cheadle, PhD Email: cheadle@hope.eduFor Release: March 9, 2019 If you readily forgive people who hurt you—and forgive yourself…
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Harsh Parenting Amid Poverty and Threatening Scenarios Advance Kids’ Biological Aging Clock
Contact: Katherine Ehrlich, PhD Jennifer Sumner,PhD Email: kehrlich@uga.edujs4456@cumc.columbia.edu For Release: March 8, 2019 There’s mounting evidence that growing up poor…
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More New Research Highlights from APS Vancouver Meeting 2019
Contact: See Below For Release: See Below Under stress, visualizing a partner’s face lowers stress as much as having them…
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“Glass Always Half Empty” Pessimists May Be Most Likely To Get High Blood Pressure
Contact: Laura Kubzansky, PhD Email: lkubzans@hsph.harvard.edu For Release: March 7, 2019 Healthy people who are more optimistic are less likely…
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