A 2013 study on the connection between gratitude and
physical health shows that those who expressed gratitude were less likely to experience aches & pains and felt healthier overall.
Two parent - reported indicators of adolescent
physical health showed positive change for Completers compared to Non-Completers.
Not exact matches
Neighbours described a man whose
physical health was superb and road race records
show Lubitz took part in several long - distance runs.
That's the bottom line for
physical fitness, but science is beginning to
show that it's equally true for our mental
health.
Physical exercise is
shown to also have a positive effect on your mental
health.
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Not only will you meet people who share your ideals and feel more socially connected, research has
shown that those who donate their time to others may reap better
physical health, including lower blood pressure and a longer life.
With science
showing sleep deprivation creates a host of negative effects, from decreased creativity to radically compromised mental performance (and that's not even getting into the
physical problems it causes), attending to your body's need for sleep is always a good idea, but failing to get enough rest also exacerbates our tendency to get stressed out, so it's even more important to pay attention to if you feel your mental
health is getting a little shaky.
A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina
shows that loneliness can «vastly elevate» a person's risk of heart disease, stroke and cancer, making it as dangerous to your
health as a lack of
physical inactivity in youth or diabetes in old age.
This is important to our current argument because it
shows that our common sense — and even our medical science — recognizes that even our
physical health, much less reality as a whole, can not be reduced to
physical processes alone.
The American Association for
Health,
Physical Education and Recreation re-examined its national responsibility and came up with Operation Fitness — U.S.A., a truly ambitious national program which may yet put the fitness
show on the road if initial enthusiasm for the idea is matched by eventual execution.
Studies have
shown that exercising promotes mental
health as well as
physical, including improving focus and producing natural pain - relieving endorphins.
And as acclaimed psychologist and researcher John Gottman
shows, once they master this important life skill, emotionally intelligent children will enjoy increased self - confidence, greater
physical health, better performance in school, and healthier social relationships.
The movement to protect public breast - feeding, which began in the mid-1980s in New York, has gathered steam as research has
shown the value of breast milk to a baby's mental and
physical health.
Studies have
shown that among the many effects of
physical abuse are depression, anxiety, cognitive and learning difficulties, even a lowering of IQ (especially verbal IQ), disordered sleep, flashbacks, loss of empathy, aggressive behavior, chronically high stress levels which can lead to chronic
health effects such as high blood pressure and increased risk of cardiovascular disease, and inability to maintain relationships.
Studies have
shown that kids who are left to cry have changes in their brains consistent with emotional and / or
physical neglect and some even
show signs of mental
health deterioration later in life.
Research has
shown benefits in both
physical and psychological
health when mothers breastfeed longer.
Most studies have
shown that doctors and other
health professionals are only correct about half the time when they think a child has strep after just a
physical exam.
Research
shows that unstructured play and interaction with the natural world are important for healthy development in children as well as the
physical, mental, and emotional
health of both children and adults.
«The new science of fatherhood
shows that fathers have very strong emotional and even
physical connections with their children that are very important for their children's healthy developments and even for lowering their risk of disease and obesity and for supporting their mental
health,» he says.
Research that began in the 1920s clearly
shows that breastfeeding reduces the risk of myriad
physical and mental
health conditions for both baby and mother — both through protective antibodies and enzymes, and the oxytocin and prolactin «love» hormones secreted with each breastfeeding interaction.
«The findings, Forouhi noted in an email to Reuters
Health,
show that «it is more important to aim for a healthy lifestyle including a balanced healthy diet and regular
physical activity, than to focus on fat intake alone as a factor for weight gain.
Breastfeeding has been
shown to have a positive effect on the
physical health of children, as well as their early behaviour and relationship with parents.
Studies have
shown that children who receive consistent, warm, positive attention are likely to have lifelong advantages in
physical, mental, social, and emotional
health over those who didn't.
Aside from fatal
health risks, newborns may also
show delayed mental and
physical development if born from mothers drinking high amounts of alcohol while pregnant.
Another study done by the American Journal of Public
health showed that
physical touch can help alleviate symptoms of stress, whether they be mental, emotional or
physical.
So too, studies have
shown that when a new mother has adequate support and help during the perinatal period, she is less likely to suffer
physical and mental
health complications such as postpartum depression.
Plenty of evidence
show that our sleeping habits affect our mental and
physical health (that's why sleep deprivation so popular in Guantanamo Bay...).
Research has
shown this disruption has an affect that is vast and varied — including changing your choice of partner, your psychological state, your brain development and your overall
physical health.
However, comparing the Revised
Health Policy and the
physical state of healthcare in Nigeria
shows that the
physical state of healthcare in Nigeria is the irony of what the Revised
Health Policy states.
It
showed that there was no difference at all in
physical and mental
health outcomes between different control groups ranging from those who used no cannabis, to those who were regular, heavy users.
Study after study
shows that mental
health issues impact
physical health in a variety of ways.
Pilot schemes offering psychological assessments to patients with
physical health problems cut hospital admissions by 75 per cent, early results
show.
While Mr. Espaillat undoubtedly entered Election Day with advantages he sorely lacked two years ago when he almost unseated the incumbent, Mr. Rangel
showed that a bolstered campaign apparatus coupled with renewed
physical health was enough to stave off a fierce challenge from the state senator.
But new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has
shown that multiple adverse experiences in early childhood are linked to depression and
physical health problems in kids as young as 9 to 15.
A study of older adults at increased risk for Alzheimer's disease
shows that moderate
physical activity may protect brain
health and stave off shrinkage of the hippocampus - the brain region responsible for memory and spatial orientation that is attacked first in Alzheimer's disease.
Overall, results
show that levels of mental
health of population of Madrid vary according to their level of exercise in leisure time and the
physical activity total (amount of
physical activity at work or usual occupation, commuting and leisure time).
Thus, people that said to perform high or mild levels of total
physical exercise
showed better level of mental
health.
Recent research
shows that laughter can produce the same
health benefits as
physical exercise.
One might assume that this bane of premed students is closely tied to medicine, but the map
shows that the route from organic chemistry to
health care requires more than one pit stop through fields like analytical chemistry,
physical chemistry, biology, and even earth sciences.
Past studies have
shown a couple's ability to manage conflict is crucial in terms of long - term relationship quality and stability,
physical health, and healthy outcomes for their children.
Bariatric surgery has been
shown to reduce the impact of these factors: hormone levels become normal; inflammation decreases; insulin resistance drops; weight loss allows for increased
physical activity and improved overall
health.
Other studies have
shown that long - term night - shift work by all kinds of workers can have a negative effect on mental and
physical health and work performance, Sen notes, because of the effects of working when the body expects to be sleeping based on circadian rhythms.
The
physical wounds heal but research is
showing that the effects on a child's social, emotional and future
physical health is far more damaging than we once thought,» said Mary E. Jones, MD, child advocacy physician at Loyola University Health S
health is far more damaging than we once thought,» said Mary E. Jones, MD, child advocacy physician at Loyola University
Health S
Health System.
«We hypothesized that yoga participants would
show lower depression severity over time as assessed by the Quick Inventory of Depression Symptomatology (QIDS), as well as better social and role functioning, better general
health perceptions and
physical functioning, and less
physical pain relative to the control group,» said Dr. Uebelacker.
Studies have
shown the ability to detect smells can modify mental, social and
physical health, but some people — those who live near factories or mining communities, for instance — are at greater risk of a diminished sense of smell and all of the attendant problems that can spark, she said.
«Our study
shows that the early stress of separation from a biological parent impacts long - term programming of genome function; this might explain why adopted children may be particularly vulnerable to harsh parenting in terms of their
physical and mental
health,» said Szyf's co-author, psychologist Elena Grigorenko of the Child Study Center at Yale.
«Verbal aggression by patients linked with higher level of anger among mental
health nurses than
physical advances, new research
shows.»
Statistics
show that 25.5 percent of SEH doctoral degree holders in the labor force held a doctorate in the biological, agricultural or environmental life sciences; 18.5 percent held doctorates in engineering; 17.1 percent in
physical sciences; 14.5 percent in psychology; 12.3 percent in social sciences; 4.6 percent in
health; 4.5 percent in mathematics and statistics and 3 percent in computer and information sciences.
For instance, at the individual level, mind - body interventions, such as yoga or meditation, were found to be accepted by disadvantaged groups and
showed some effectiveness at improving mental and
physical health outcomes.