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“Involving new mothers in group exercise programmes, or advising them on an exercise of their choice, reduced depressive symptoms compared with usual care” (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)

Research: The Motivational Impact of Wearable Healthy Lifestyle Technologies

28 Nov, 2017 | 19:37h | UTC

The Motivational Impact of Wearable Healthy Lifestyle Technologies: A Self-determination Perspective on Fitbits With Adolescents – American Journal of Health Education (free)

Commentaries: Young people oppose Fitbits in schools – The Conversation (free) AND Activity Trackers Don’t Always Work the Way We Want Them To – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Fashionable FitBits discourage young teens from exercising, study finds – MedicalXpress (free)

Research: AVATAR therapy for auditory verbal hallucinations in people with psychosis

28 Nov, 2017 | 19:29h | UTC

AVATAR therapy for auditory verbal hallucinations in people with psychosis: a single-blind, randomised controlled trial – The Lancet Psychiatry (free)

Commentaries: Understanding AVATAR therapy: who, or what, is changing? – The Lancet Psychiatry (free) AND Avatars can help schizophrenia patients control threatening voices – Reuters (free) Avatar therapy ‘reduces power of schizophrenia voices’ – BBC (free)

Loneliness Might Be a Killer, but What’s the Best Way to Protect Against It?

28 Nov, 2017 | 19:28h | UTC

Medical News & Perspectives: Loneliness Might Be a Killer, but What’s the Best Way to Protect Against It? – JAMA (free)

Commentary: How Do We Prevent Loneliness? – Made in America (free)

Meta-Analysis: Coffee consumption and health

26 Nov, 2017 | 00:14h | UTC

Coffee consumption and health: umbrella review of meta-analyses of multiple health outcomes – The BMJ (free)

Editorial: Coffee gets a clean bill of health (free)

Commentaries: Moderate coffee drinking ‘more likely to benefit health than to harm it’ say experts – The BMJ, via EurekAlert (free) AND Coffee: No Harm, No Foul If Only 4 Cups Daily – MedPage Today (free registration required)

Children, Adolescents and Screens: What We Know and What We Need To Learn

26 Nov, 2017 | 00:17h | UTC

Children, Adolescents and Screens: What We Know and What We Need To Learn – Pediatrics Supplement (free articles)

= Table of contents

– Introduction

– Digital Screen Media and Cognitive Development

– Media Multitasking and Cognitive, Psychological, Neural, and Learning Differences

– Benefits and Costs of Social Media in Adolescence

– Digital Life and Youth Well-being, Social Connectedness, Empathy, and Narcissism

– Digital Media, Anxiety, and Depression in Children

– Internet Gaming Disorder in Children and Adolescents

– Virtual Reality in Pediatric Psychology

– Digital Media and Sleep in Childhood and Adolescence

– Screen Media Exposure and Obesity in Children and Adolescents

– Digital Media and Risks for Adolescent Substance Abuse and Problematic Gambling

– Small Screen Use and Driving Safety

– Parenting and Digital Media

– Children’s Privacy in the Big Data Era: Research Opportunities

– Developing Digital and Media Literacies in Children and Adolescents

– Digital Media, Participatory Politics, and Positive Youth Development

– Digital Inequality and Developmental Trajectories of Low-income, Immigrant, and Minority Children

– Global Perspectives on Children’s Digital Opportunities: An Emerging Research and Policy Agenda

– Screen Violence and Youth Behavior

– Defining Cyberbullying

– The Effect of Advertising on Children and Adolescents

– Social Group Stories in the Media and Child Development

– Sexual Media and Childhood Well-being and Health

How might artificial intelligence improve healthcare?

26 Nov, 2017 | 00:11h | UTC

Richard Smith: How might artificial intelligence improve healthcare? – The BMJ Opinion (free)

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