Author: Unhurry Expert Research Team
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Increased Depression And Suicidal Thoughts Are Reported In Patients With Chronically Itchy Skin
The presence of itch in dermatological patients was significantly associated with clinical depression, suicidal ideation and stress, reported In a new multicenter cross-sectional study on the psychological burden of itch.
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What Our Wandering Thoughts Can Teach Us About Mental Health
The study speculates that training people as early as childhood to be comfortable during idle time may help maintain mental well-being. By taming our go-to reflex of taking out our phone whenever there's a moment of silence, we can more fully realize the benefits of breaks on our mental health and creativity.
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Yoga And Meditation Improve Brain Function And Energy Levels
Practicing brief sessions of Hatha yoga and mindfulness meditation can significantly improve brain function and energy levels. Hatha yoga and mindfulness meditation both focus the brain's conscious processing power on a limited number of targets like breathing and posing, and also reduce processing of nonessential information.
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Eating late increases hunger, decreases calories burned, and changes fat tissue
Studies show that eating later had profound effects on hunger and appetite-regulating hormones leptin and ghrelin, which influence our drive to eat. Specifically, levels of the hormone leptin, which signals satiety, were decreased across the 24 hours in the late eating condition compared to the early eating conditions
