Parenting: Repeatedly getting angry or shouting at children can affect their brain

How ‘harsh parenting’ can affect your child’s BRAIN: Repeatedly getting angry, hitting or shouting at children is linked with smaller brain structures in adolescence, study warns Scientists analysed parenting practices and took brain scans of kids aged 2-9 Those subject to ‘harsh parenting’ had smaller amygdala and prefrontal cortexes These brain structures play a key … Read more

Missions to Mars could affect astronauts’ MINDS and make them mistake happy faces for anger

Travelling to Mars could affect the mind of the astronauts making the long journey – leaving them more likely to misidentify facial expressions, study warns. Current NASA plans could see the first humans step foot on the surface of the Red Planet by the end of the next decade as part of the Artemis mission. … Read more

Will the private pension age rise from 55 to 57 in April 2028 affect me?

I’m currently 47 and turn 55 on 29 March 2028. I’ve also been heeding the advice of your pensions column over the years and my pension savings pot has now hit the lifetime allowance limit of £1,073,100. Gov.uk tells me that my state pension age is 67. I’m trying to plan for my financial future … Read more

A weekend lie-in can affect mood and INCREASE risk of depression

Having a lie-in at the weekend when you are used to getting up early all week can affect your mood and increase the risk of depression, according to a new study. Experts from the Michigan Medicine, the University of Michigan’s academic medical centre used sleep and mood data from 2,1000 early career doctors taken over … Read more

Changing the time you wake up can affect your mood and increase your risk of depression

Having a lie-in at the weekend when you are used to getting up early all week can affect your mood and increase the risk of depression, according to a new study. Experts from the Michigan Medicine, the University of Michigan’s academic medical centre used sleep and mood data from 2,1000 early career doctors taken over … Read more

Justin Timberlake and wife Jessica Biel worry about how fame will affect their two young sons

Justin Timberlake and wife Jessica Biel are worried about how fame will affect their two young sons By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 03:50 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 03:50 GMT, 26 January 2021 It appears Justine Timberlake and wife Jessica Biel are trying hard to find a healthy balance in raising their two … Read more

Covid-19 vaccines do NOT affect fertility and women should not to be duped by ‘rumours and myths’

Covid-19 vaccines do NOT affect fertility, expert claims – women are being duped by ‘rumours and myths’ about the jabs circulating online Several rumours have been circulating about the vaccine’s effects on fertility Professor Lucy Chappell has reassured there is ‘absolutely no basis for concerns’ However, she added that pregnancy, the new virus and vaccines … Read more

Super-infectious mutant strain of coronavirus ‘more likely to affect children’, claims study

The highly infectious mutant strain of coronavirus found in Kent could be more likely to affect children, scientists have warned. Modellers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found the new virus strain is 56 per cent per cent more infectious.  Even if another national lockdown was implemented, it would be ‘unlikely’ to … Read more

SAGE can’t decide on how Christmas will affect UK coronavirus outbreak, meeting reports show

SAGE can’t decide on Christmas: No10’s scientists say mixing with relatives will spread Covid but closing schools and offices will bring cases DOWN (and admits it doesn’t know whether relaxing restrictions will cause outbreak to spiral) Coronavirus might spread to older people, leading to more hospital patients  But total number of cases could fall as … Read more