Knowledge of the risk of recurrence after recovery from major depressive disorder (MDD) in the general population is scarce. Method Data were derived from 687 subjects in the general population with a lifetime DSM-III-R diagnosis of MDD but without a current major depressive episode (MDE) or dysthymia. Participants had to be at least 6 months… Continue reading Recurrence of major #depressive disorder and its predictors in the general population: results from The Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study (NEMESIS)
Category: Environment
Progression of #Myopia in School-Aged Children After #COVID-19 Home Confinement
Time spent in outdoor activities has decreased owing to home confinement for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Concerns have been raised about whether home confinement may have worsened the burden of myopia owing to substantially decreased time spent outdoors and increased screen time at home.. .. Of the 123 535 children included in the study,… Continue reading Progression of #Myopia in School-Aged Children After #COVID-19 Home Confinement
Evaluating the impact of a time orientation intervention on #well-being during the #COVID-19 lockdown: past, present or future?
Lockdown policies brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic pose a threat to well-being. This study examined the effectiveness of three positive psychology interventions, with different time-orientations, on well-being as well as predictors of well-being during lockdown. Participants (n= 216) completed measures of lockdown characteristics, attachment orientation, and emotion regulation, were then randomly allocated to one… Continue reading Evaluating the impact of a time orientation intervention on #well-being during the #COVID-19 lockdown: past, present or future?
#Plastics, #EDCs & Health: Authoritative Guide
The Endocrine Society and IPEN (International Pollutants Elimination Network) are proud to present this authoritative and comprehensive report to addresses how plastics can harm human health. An expert overview of twenty years of research shows that plastics pose a threat to public health because they contain a host of hazardous, endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that leach… Continue reading #Plastics, #EDCs & Health: Authoritative Guide
Characterizing #COVID-19 and #Influenza Illnesses in the Real World via Person-Generated Health Data
The fight against COVID-19 is hindered by similarly presenting viral infections that may confound detection and monitoring. We examined Person-generated Health Data (PGHD), consisting of survey and commercial wearable data from individuals’ everyday lives, for 230 people who reported a COVID-19 diagnosis between 2020-03-30 and 2020-04-27 (N=41 with wearable data). Compared to self-reported diagnosed flu… Continue reading Characterizing #COVID-19 and #Influenza Illnesses in the Real World via Person-Generated Health Data
The #Coronavirus Is Mutating. What Does That Mean for Us?
By Apoorva Mandavilli - NYT Just as vaccines begin to offer hope for a path out of the pandemic, officials in Britain this past weekend sounded an urgent alarm about what they called a highly contagious new variant of the coronavirus circulating in England. Citing the rapid spread of the virus through London and surrounding… Continue reading The #Coronavirus Is Mutating. What Does That Mean for Us?
#UV-LED disinfection of #Coronavirus: Wavelength effect
UV light-emitting diodes (UV LEDs) are an emerging technology and a UV source for pathogen inactivation, however low UV-LED wavelengths are costly and have low fluence rate. Our results suggest that the sensitivity of human Coronavirus (HCoV-OC43 used as SARS-CoV-2 surrogate) was wavelength dependent with 267 nm ~ 279 nm > 286 nm > 297… Continue reading #UV-LED disinfection of #Coronavirus: Wavelength effect
Prefrontal– #amygdala circuits in #social decision-making
An increasing amount of research effort is being directed toward investigating the neural bases of social cognition from a systems neuroscience perspective. Evidence from multiple animal species is beginning to provide a mechanistic understanding of the substrates of social behaviors at multiple levels of neurobiology, ranging from those underlying high-level social constructs in humans and… Continue reading Prefrontal– #amygdala circuits in #social decision-making
#COVID-19 #Symptoms: Longitudinal Evolution and Persistence in Outpatient Settings
..Discussion: Coronavirus disease 2019 can persist and result in prolonged illness. Our study shows persistence of symptoms in a third of ambulatory patients 30 to 45 days after diagnosis even if we assume that those lost to follow-up were all asymptomatic. Fatigue, dyspnea, and loss of taste or smell were the main persistent symptoms. These… Continue reading #COVID-19 #Symptoms: Longitudinal Evolution and Persistence in Outpatient Settings
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