Marriage has been described as the most fundamental and crucial human relationship as it provides the primary structure for establishing a family and social support. To assess the impacts of quality of marital relationship on the health outcomes, 89...
To facilitate healthy ageing among elderly, numerous studies related to preventive medicine and public health have investigated the relationship between health outcomes and participating sports. Apart from promoting excitement and strengthening soci...
Antidepressant drugs acting on the norepinephrine and serotonin receptors in the brain have long been the standard drugs used to treat depression. A phase 2 clinical trial has found that inhalation of laughing gas, nitrous oxide, can be a potential ...
Despite substantial improvements in the prevention and treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (ASCVD), the use of recreational substances such as alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs remains one of the key modifiable risk factors. A rece...
According to the World Health Organisation, dementia is a syndrome, usually of a chronic progressive nature, in which there is deterioration in cognitive function beyond what might be expected from normal ageing. In the meanwhile, the rising number ...
Dementia, characterised by memory impairment and cognitive decline, is a major public health challenge which imposes a huge burden on the family members of the patients. An inverted U-shaped association between sleep duration and global cognitive de...
With the popularity of using social media and the growing incidence of depression that can be caused by multiple factors, interest in the association between social media use and psychosocial well-being has been raised. 1,289 participants aged betwe...
Anxiety, characterised by the worried thoughts and feelings of tension, is a common psychological problem that can be debilitating and interfere with the normal daily functioning. A 6-year prospective cohort study revealed that adolescents who had a...
As a spirituality exercise, mindfulness practice such as meditation is gaining popularity. Its potential cognitive benefits have also become a focus of research. A recent study reported enhanced temporal global efficiency and global and regional dyn...
Eating disorder (ED) is a form of psychiatric illness associated with an abnormal fear of weight gain and feelings of fatness. It has been proposed that emotional distress is directly linked to higher risks of eating disorders. A recent study on 168...
The aggregation of intracellular tau proteins in neurofibrillary tangles in the brain is one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), a progressive disorder that worsens multiple brain functions. There is increasing evidence indicating a ...
Past evidence has shown that sleep hygiene greatly impacts our physical and mental health, as well as our everyday behaviours. With technological advancements nowadays, there is increasing access to interactive electronic devices, e.g. smartphones, ...
