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Women who watch TikTok videos of others who don’t care about their gray hair or smile lines feel more positive about their own aging the more they watch them, which could affect a woman’s ability to age in the future, a new UConn study finds. “For almost as long as television, movies, and print media have existed, at least as long, women have been held to different standards of beauty than men, penalizing them even into old age if they don’t have smooth skin and perfectly highlighted hair,” said Amanda Cooper, assistant professor of interpersonal communication at UW. “Anti-aging messages,…

New research from the University of Jyväskylä shows who is more likely to experience complex emotions when listening to music, and that our relationship with music is more complex and nuanced than we imagine. People tend to think that listening to sad music makes them feel sad, and listening to happy music makes them feel happy, although listeners’ emotions are often reported to be more complex than that. However, many survey-based studies require people to select only one emotion that they experience. This leaves researchers Margarida Baltazar, Ibarra Brunat and Svi Saarikario., From the Center of Excellence for Music, Mind,…

One of the few studies to examine how widely used herbicides affect the body during pregnancy found that exposure to glyphosate, the active ingredient in many herbicides, is associated with changes in several hormones that support pregnancy and fetal development. The results come from a new study led by researchers at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. This study Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiologystudied 752 pregnant women in Puerto Rico. The researchers found that high concentrations of glyphosate and related compounds are associated with changes in hormones that support the placenta, fetal development, and the timing…

A 20-year German study found no widespread decline in quality of life after constructing nearby turbines, but suggests that concentrated turbines may convey mental health signals that siting policies should not ignore. Study: Wind turbine proximity and health-related quality of life in Germany from 2002 to 2022. Image credit: Below the Sky / Shutterstock In a recent study published in the journal scientific reporta group of researchers investigated whether the construction of wind turbines near residential areas was associated with changes in the physical and mental health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of German residents. background As countries race to reduce…

Critical Path Institute® (C-Path) today reaffirmed its commitment, through the Type 1 Diabetes Consortium, to strengthening the regulatory science and evidence infrastructure needed to enable the next phase of multi-stage treatment innovation for type 1 diabetes (T1D). This announcement comes after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week accelerated the approval of Tzield® as the first disease-modifying therapy for stage 3 type 1 diabetes, a milestone achieved by Sanofi, one of the long-standing members of C-Path’s T1D consortium. C-Path is expanding the evidence base for C-peptide as a biomarker by increasing the number of studies under evaluation to…

According to a UNICEF report, half of the world’s children are exposed to at least three overlapping climate disasters that threaten their health, education and survival.As the climate crisis worsens, children around the world are at risk of heatwaves, storms, floods and droughts, with more than 1 billion facing at least three at the same time.Striking footage released by a United Nations agency shows children in Papua New Guinea swimming across a crocodile-infested river to get to school after heavy rains washed away a vital footbridge and it could not be replaced.Hundreds of children make the journey across the Kemp-Welch…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – Early in the morning, Kenyan farmer Yvonne Anyoni Mumia walks among rows of rosemary, basil and other crops destined for European supermarkets. She used to worry that transportation delays and extreme heat would ruin much of her crop, but now she uses solar-powered refrigeration to keep her produce fresh. The pay-as-you-go model offered by cold chain company SoKo Fresh, which charges farmers based on kilograms (pounds) stored, is part of a trend in Africa to use solar-powered cold storage to prevent food from spoiling, one of agriculture’s most persistent problems. The Food and Agriculture Organization of…

Problematic social media use among young people is associated with more frequent everyday memory problems, highlighting potential cognitive correlates of excessive online engagement. Study: Problematic social media use, everyday memory impairment, and prospective and retrospective lapses: Evidence from a large sample of youth. Image credit: Zwiebackesser / Shutterstock recent frontiers of psychiatry This study investigated the association between problematic social media use (PSMU) and self-reported everyday memory function. Cognitive correlates of problematic social media use Social media usage is rapidly increasing among young people and has become a central aspect of daily life. Although these platforms facilitate communication and information…

As Britain’s population ages, new modeling shows that the costs of dental disease are increasingly concentrated in older people, raising new questions about whether NHS dentistry is investing in prevention early enough. Study: Estimating the direct medical costs of oral diseases in the UK: Projecting the cost of disease to 2050. Image credit: Crystal light / Shutterstock Oral disease is a collective term for several chronic diseases that are very common in both children and adults. Recent research published in journals Frontiers of public health estimates that direct NHS dental costs related to caries and periodontal disease in adults are…

The Trump administration has abandoned efforts to halt wind energy projects across the United States, dropping its challenge to a court ruling that struck down President Donald Trump’s order to freeze federal permits and leases for wind energy projects. States that challenged the order hailed the development as one of the most important legal victories for President Trump’s campaign against the energy transition. On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit rejected the appeal after the Justice Department filed a June 10 motion for voluntary dismissal. The lawsuit against President Trump’s executive order was filed in May…