HealthResearch found after six years spent tracking health outcomes among nearly 925,000 Danish seniors, investigators determined that when a man between the ages of 65 and 69 loses his wife he is 70% more likely to die in the year that follows, when compared with his non-widowed peers (journals.plos.org)
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MedicineAny type of hormonal contraceptive may increase risk of breast cancer: according to an analysis of data by researchers at Oxford, progestogen-only hormonal contraceptives may increase breast cancer risk by 20-30%; the use of combined contraceptives may also slightly increase breast cancer risk. (ox.ac.uk)
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PsychologyA prisoner's perspective can increase support for prison reform: When people read a first-person perspective from an inmate incarcerated during the COVID-19 pandemic, they became more supportive of reforms like free prison phone calls and alternatives to incarceration. (newsnationnow.com)
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HealthDepressed, and Aging Fast. People with higher levels of aging-associated proteins were more likely to have high blood pressure, and multiple medical problems. The accelerated aging was also associated with worse performance on tests of brain health such as working memory and other cognitive skills. (today.uconn.edu)
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ChemistryScientists have shown how toxic dyes can be filtered out of wastewater using the method and material developed by the group. The procedure uses sunlight as a catalyst and doesn’t involve any pressure or heat. It can remove 80 percent of dye pollutants in wastewater. (eurekalert.org)
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PsychologyUMich study shows benefits of improv for mental health (michigandaily.com)
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AnthropologyEvolutionary roots of the risk of hip fracture in humans (nature.com)
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BiologyResearchers have described a new species of the genus Nemateleotris from the waters of the western and central Pacific Ocean. Nemateleotris is a small genus of dartfishes in the bony fish family Gobiidae (gobies). (sci.news)
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