September 24, 2022 Cow-cuddling as stress relief: It's 'naturally relaxing,' says an animal sanctuary On "Fox & Friends Weekend" on Sat., Sept. 24, 2022, the benefits of cow cuddling were explained, thanks to the Rose Bridge Farm & Sanctuary in Dresher, Pennsylvania.
August 16, 2022 Why the 'Sunday scaries' don't need to be scary: Tips to get through your job worries Many people dread going to work the next day — an experience often called the "Sunday scaries," though it can happen any day of the week. Here are expert tips to get through the worries.
July 18, 2022 As new suicide hotline number launches, mental health advocates are hopeful A new 988 hotline launched July 16; people can call it amid a mental health crisis. Some who lost loved ones to suicide wonder if things would have been different if this 988 hotline had existed.
May 2, 2022 Families who have lost kids to fentanyl share mixed feelings about today's test strips Illegally made fentanyl is the key driver of the recent increase in overdose deaths among America's youth — which is why some are pushing fentanyl test strips to detect the drug; yet concerns exist about the increasingly available test strips. ӣƵ Digital spoke to Ed Ternan, father of Charlie Ternan, who died in 2020 from a single fentanyl-laced pill.
April 26, 2022 Long-term antidepressant medication use may not help patients over the long haul, study says After a period of time, antidepressant use in individuals with depression was not associated with better health-related quality of life, (HRQoL), compared to those with depression who did not take medications.
March 18, 2022 How to cope with COVID-19 anxiety two years after monumental lockdown Dr. Itai Danovitch shared advice for how to approach trauma responses from COVID-19 as people reflect on the initial lockdown two years later.
February 28, 2022 Yale professor teaches the secret of happiness to the masses Dr. Laurie Santos, professor of psychology at Yale University, adapted her popular college course into a podcast series titled “The Happiness Lab” that has since been downloaded over 64 million times to teach a scientific way to live a happier life
February 2, 2022 Men who tend to worry have increased risk factors for heart disease, stroke: study Middle-aged men who worry more or are prone to feeling overwhelmed developed more high-risk factors for heart disease, stroke and Type 2 diabetes earlier in life, according to a published study
December 30, 2021 Children’s mental health may suffer if they spend too much time on electronic devices, study suggests Increased electronic screen time was associated with worse mental health issues in children compared to those with lower levels of screen time during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent JAMA Network Open paper
September 13, 2021 Exercise reduces long-term risk of anxiety disorders in men and women, study finds A physically active lifestyle was associated with a 62% lower risk of anxiety disorder diagnoses among men and women in a study with the largest population size to date, researchers said.