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Contact: Julia Boehm, PhD For Release: Immediately Optimism in early middle age may be good for the heart: Adults who are optimists at about age 40 are less likely than…
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Poor Sleep — Higher Blood Pressure: Fitful Nights May Endanger Health
Contact: Caroline Doyle, M.A.Contact: John Ruiz, Ph.D. For Release: Immediately Surprisingly, poor sleep can affect your heart. Although 30 percent…
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SSRI Antidepressants May Improve Blood Sugar For People With Diabetes
Contact: Calum Moulton, MRCPsych For Release: Immediately Antidepressants are the most frequently prescribed psychiatric drugs in the U.S. A startling…
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Mindfulness May Improve Health By Changing The Brain’s Response To Stress
Contact: J. David Creswell, PhD For Release: Immediately Mindfulness. It seems like everyone’s talking about it. But what exactly does…
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When Conscientiousness Backfires: A Racial Difference?
Contact: Katherine Duggan, PhD For Release: Immediately Conscientious people tend to live longer, scientists have found. And that makes sense. …
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The Diet-Depression Link: Eat Healthier To Improve Your Mood
Contact: Joseph Firth, PhDFor Release: Immediately There’s a surprising way to lift our mood during the dips of mild depression…
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Just Add Caffeine to Work Stress: A Recipe for Feeling Worse
Contact: Lydia Roos, MA Contact: Jeanette M. Bennett, PhD For Release: March 9, 2019 Bummed out by ongoing work stress? …
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To Err Is Human, To Forgive Is . . . To Get A Good Night’s Sleep!
Contact: Alyssa Cheadle, PhD For Release: March 9, 2019 If you readily forgive people who hurt you—and forgive yourself as…
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Harsh Parenting Amid Poverty and Threatening Scenarios Advance Kids’ Biological Aging Clock
Contact: Katherine Ehrlich, PhDJennifer Sumner, PhD For Release: March 8, 2019 There’s mounting evidence that growing up poor can lead…
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More New Research Highlights from APS Vancouver Meeting 2019
Under stress, visualizing a partner’s face lowers stress as much as having them there: Having a romantic partner beside you…
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“Glass Always Half Empty” Pessimists May Be Most Likely To Get High Blood Pressure
Contact: Laura Kubzansky, PhD For Release: March 7, 2019 Healthy people who are more optimistic are less likely than pessimists…
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Working Through Emotional Trauma May Lead To A Longer Life for HIV Patients
Contact: Gail Ironson, MD, PhD For Release: March 7, 2019 Patients in the middle range of HIV illness who work…
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Purpose in Life — An Overlooked Link For Why Religious People Live Longer
Contact: Alyssa Cheadle, PhD For Release: March 7, 2019 There’s strong evidence that religious people enjoy better health and live…
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