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Healthy lifestyle factors, such as moderate alcohol, healthy diet, physical activity, sleep, social connection, and avoiding smoking/sedentary behaviour, reduce risk of depression. Researchers studied 290k people, 13k of whom had depression, over 9 years. Sleep (7-9 hrs/night) reduced risk of depression by 22%, social connection by 18%, alcohol by 11%,…

Annotations in eighth-century manuscript point to work of revered English monk, scholar and saint

Record levels of people in the UK use vaping products – but what could next year’s ban mean?

“The numbers speak for themselves. Smoking does cause mental illness. 

But it comes as separate research links vaping to chronic stress in older teenagers and young adults

Dien Nguyen alleges in court documents that company knew or ought to have known about risk of disease

But it comes as separate research linked vaping to chronic stress in older teenagers and young adults.

Risk factors under individuals’ control include smoking, heavy drinking, poor diet and sunburn

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