A 1-hour weight-inclusive care training did not significantly change how 10 primary care providers rated their own weight attitudes or practices 2 weeks later. Afterward, though, providers described moving the scale, dropping routine weigh-ins and stocking larger blood pressure cuffs.1 Research Highlights No significant change in self-rated practices: between baseline (9 surveys) and 2-week follow-up …
High-school students in Vietnam who slept worse reported slightly lower grades, according to a 2026 survey of 541 students in Grades 10 and 11. Shorter sleep carried most of that link, which shrank once fatigue and motivation were taken into account.1 Research Highlights A small link between sleep and grades: worse sleep scores went with …
Financial burden was the carer problem that most lowered quality of life when 771 Australian adults weighed caregiving situations against years of life. Their choices built the first scoring system for COCOON, a new quality-of-life measure for people caring for someone with dementia.1 Research Highlights Money strain counted most: “always” feeling a financial burden took …
Children whose mothers screened positive for ADHD symptoms had lower parent-rated quality of life at follow-up, in a Spanish school cohort of 456 children with and without ADHD. Fathers’ ADHD symptoms showed no such link, and children’s conduct problems tracked their own ADHD instead.1 Research Highlights Lower quality of life with a positive maternal screen: …
Chinese college freshmen from homes with stricter parenting and more family conflict sensed more anxiety in their parents about their education, according to a 2026 survey of 646 students. Higher resilience was linked to sensing less of it, and strict parenting showed the strongest link of all.1 Research Highlights Family conflict and resilience pulled in …
Adults with inborn errors of immunity, also called primary immunodeficiency, who cut back social contact to avoid infections reported more depression and anxiety symptoms. A 2026 German clinic study of 143 patients also found that about 1 in 4 people with significant symptoms had never been diagnosed.1 Research Highlights Isolation went with higher symptom scores: …
Adults with opposite beliefs about sex and gender each lined up with a different form of authoritarian thinking, according to 2 preregistered surveys in the US and UK. A binary, fixed view was linked to right-wing conventionalism, and a nonbinary, changeable view to left-wing anti-conventionalism.1 Research Highlights 2 large samples: 1,431 US adults and 1,390 …