Climate change harms outdoor workers’ mental health, physical safety, and productivity across 62 studies
A scoping review links heat and extreme weather to distress, injuries, illness, and reduced work output. Climate change is associated with worse mental health, more physical harm, and reduced productivity for outdoor workers. A scoping review of 62 studies found recurring links between heat and extreme weather and anxiety, stress, fatigue, injuries, and heat-related illnesses, […]
Virtual reality did not significantly change rowing muscle fatigue in trained men during ergometer exercise
In this pilot test, a natural river simulation did not measurably slow lower-limb fatigue by electromyography. In a small pilot study of trained male rowers, virtual reality did not significantly change lower-limb muscle fatigue during rowing ergometer exercise. Fatigue patterns looked broadly similar with and without a naturalistic virtual environment. The authors stress the result […]
Breast cancer patients valued mental health care but avoided using it, shaped by stigma and access confusion
Interviews and expert consensus point to emotional “thresholds,” family influence, and better integration as levers for care. Women with breast cancer in this study saw professional psychological support as useful, yet many still preferred to cope alone or rely on family and friends. Help-seeking often hinged on hitting an emotional “threshold,” plus stigma worries and […]
Higher health risk boosts public participation and compliance in healthcare safety
A tripartite game model suggests risk, exposure, and penalties can push systems toward stable, safer behavior. Public participation can speed up healthcare safety compliance when risk and exposure are high. Medical institutions shift to compliant behavior mainly when penalties cross a critical threshold. A model linking citizens, institutions, and government matched patterns across three international […]
Psoriasis in Malaysia linked to major quality-of-life and mental strain
Patients described a daily mix of pain, stigma, treatment burden, and hard-won coping strategies. In a qualitative study of 30 adults in Malaysia, most reported psoriasis had a moderate-to-very high impact on quality of life. The strongest day-to-day hits were clothing choices and physical discomfort like itch and pain. Interviews showed the burden extended into […]
Unaffordable or unstable renting links to poorer mental health
A systematic review found consistent associations between housing insecurity and worse mental health among renters, especially around affordability stress and forced moves. Renters facing unaffordable or unstable housing tend to report worse mental health and more depressive symptoms. In a systematic review, most included studies linked housing instability to mental health problems, and several linked […]
Community management linked to low antipsychotic discontinuation in schizophrenia
A cross-sectional survey in Chengdu found a 4.1% discontinuation rate and flagged practical, modifiable risks. A survey of 1,531 people with schizophrenia under community management in Chengdu, China found a low medication discontinuation rate of 4.1%. Discontinuation was more likely when illness stability was weaker, insight was poorer, side effects were noticeable, or follow-up was […]
Research fatigue was 56.3% in Mosoriot, tied to repeated studies
In a heavily studied Kenyan community, older age, being male, hospital-based studies, and personal questions sharply increased fatigue and dropout desire. More than half of surveyed community members in Mosoriot, Kenya reported research fatigue (56.3%). In the journal article “Kuchoka”: Investigation of research fatigue in Mosoriot, Kenya, fatigue was more likely among people repeatedly recruited […]
Nasal temperature drops during stress, especially social speech stress
Thermal video of the nose tracked an objective “stress dip,” and it lined up with body-type anxiety symptoms more than self-rated stress. In healthy adults, nasal skin temperature dropped during two lab stressors and rebounded during recovery, but did not fully return to baseline in five minutes. A speech-based social stressor produced a bigger temperature […]
Self-centered reflection increased sense of agency; selfless reflection decreased it
A pilot experiment linked reflection style to agency and distinct EEG complexity patterns. In [Self-reflection, sense of agency, and underlying neural correlates: A pilot study], self-centered self-reflection increased an implicit measure of sense of agency, while selfless reflection reduced it. The researchers measured agency using intentional time binding, a timing-based method for assessing how people […]