State Responsibilities to Protect us from Loneliness During Lockdown

Protect Us from Ourselves

From Loss to Loneliness

Spousal bereavement can cause a rise in depressive symptoms. This study empirically evaluates 2 competing explanations concerning how this causal effect is brought about: (a) a traditional latent variable explanation, in which loss triggers depression which then leads to symptoms; and (b) a novel network explanation, in which bereavement directly affects particular depression symptoms which the...

Physician burnout: who will protect us from ourselves?

Does owning a pet protect older people against loneliness?

BACKGROUND Pet ownership is thought to make a positive contribution to health, health behaviours and the general well-being of older people. More specifically pet ownership is often proposed as a solution to the problem of loneliness in later life and specific 'pet based' interventions have been developed to combat loneliness. However the evidence to support this relationship is slim and it is ...

Using graphene to protect DNA from cleavage during cellular deliveryw

Genetic engineering holds great promise and opportunities for medicine and biomedical research. For example, RNA interference (RNAi) and antisense (AS) therapies are potentially powerful candidates for clinical treatments of various ailments, including cancer and AIDS. However, these therapeutic oligonucleotides are easily degraded by cellular enzymes or digested by cellular nucleases. Some mea...