Monthly Archives:2017年7月

Can you afford not to meditate? Lessons learnt from mindfulness therapy in liver cirrhosis

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Jasmohan S. Bajaj和James B. Wade

Mindfulness-based meditation, which originated over 2 centuries ago in the Asian Buddhist traditions, is intended to increase attention and develop a nonjudgmental awareness of the present moment. Arecent studypublished inClinical and Translational Gastroenterologyaimed to identify the ways in which meditation based practices could impact the quality of life in patients with cirrhosis and their caregiver.

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How headphone-listening habits affect hearing thresholds

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Kayla Matthews

It’s impossible to walk down the street in any city around the world without seeing at least one person with their earbuds in, listening to music. However recent studies have begun to look into the effects these listening habits have on hearing thresholds. How do headphones affect hearing thresholds, and are these new listening habits causing an increase in hearing-related conditions like tinnitus?

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Why adolescent contraceptive access and use is a global issue

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Stefanie Howard

Today, on July 11, 2017, governments, the United Nations, foundations, the private sector and civil society gather at theFamily Planning Summitin London to galvanize progress toward the Family Planning 2020 goal of enabling 120 million additional women and girls to use modern contraception by 2020 and to strengthen the foundation for universal access to sexual and reproductive health, including family planning, by 2030, a vision set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In this Q&A, we spoke with Cate Lane (USAID), Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli (World Health Organization), Matti Parry (World Health Organization), and Pooja Subramanian Parameshwar (World Health Organization) on why improving adolescents’ access to contraceptives and ensuring their correct use is of major importance to global health.

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Is purpose in life associated with less sleep disturbance in older adults?

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Arlener Danielle Turner

睡眠障碍与抑郁症，认知障碍和心脏病等几个负面健康问题有关。这些密切反映了生活目的与生活有关的积极健康益处。为了探索这些之间是否存在关系，研究人员检查了两名老年非裔美国人队列，这是一个特别容易出现睡眠障碍的团体。在这里谈论他们studypublishedSleep Science and Practiceare Arlener Danielle Turner, Christine E Smith, Jason and C Ong.

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