Author: Chapman

A group of researchers from the University of Kansas has published a study in the journal Psychology & Health in which they argue that selfies when vaccinated against COVID-19, when taken correctly, can be an effective and ethical way to combat the pandemic, misinformation and share positive experiences. After all, humans are a naturally social species and tend to do what they observe that most others do.

In the face of new technologies and even cultural habits, we tend to position ourselves in a Manichean way: either everything is bad, or everything is good. Either I am a parent who let my children consume screens, or I am a parent who strictly forbid them. In fact, it is something that has already happened with the radio, the telegraph, television, even reading. Now it is time for the screens of the smartphone, computers and consoles. However, a new study, one of the largest to date, suggests that school-age children who spend more time in front of screens are…

This Friday is the World Day Against Suicide Prevention, a silent pandemic that hardly has news coverage (especially if we compare it with homicides). In Spain they took their own lives 3,671 people in 2019, according to the latest definitive data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE). There are ten people a day. One every two and a half hours. Suicide became the main external cause of death.

Denmark’s high vaccination rate has allowed the Scandinavian country to become one of the first nations in the European Union to lift all internal restrictions. More than 80% of people over the age of 12 have received both injections.

Regular exercise can reduce the risk of developing anxiety by almost 60%, according to a new study by Swedish researchers that has been published in Frontiers in Psychiatry. The study is based on data from almost 400,000 people in one of the largest population epidemiological studies of both sexes.

According to a recent study, published in the journal Gut by researchers at King’s and Harvard Medical School, people with the highest quality diet were about 10% less likely to develop COVID-19 than those with the lower quality diet and 40% less likely to become seriously ill. Instead of considering specific foods or nutrients, the survey was designed to look at broader dietary patterns that reflect how people actually eat. How long does IMMUNITY last if you have passed COVID19 or have just been VACCINATED

In a new study published in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, the bird researcher Sara ryding, from the University of Deakin (Australia), some warm-blooded animals are changing shape and acquiring larger beaks, legs and ears to better regulate their body temperature as the planet warms. Now Ryding sets out to investigate Australian bird shapeshifting firsthand by 3D scanning museum bird specimens. of the last 100 years.

The Last Spirit Book of James lovelock, at the time the creator of the Gaia Hypothesis, can be synthesized in some verses by the poet Alfred Tennyson about Ulysses, the great warrior and explorer, in his old age: “Although we have lost much, we have much left; and although we lack the vigor that we once had it moved earth and sky, we are still what we are … ” Because Lovelock is far from wanting to convey the idea that all is lost. Or even more: that the solution will come from some romantic ecologist positions that want to…

According to a new study led by researchers at the University of Southampton, which has been published in PLOS Medicine, remove sweets and other unhealthy products from boxes and the end of nearby aisles and place fruits and vegetables near entrances to stores. stores encourages consumers to make healthier food purchases. The study was carried out in a selection of Icelandic stores in England and monitored in-store sales as well as the purchasing and dietary patterns of a sample of regular customers.