TheSynapse Magazine – Issue 3, 2019
LET’S PLAY! GAMES AND TOYS FROM RENAISSANCE TO BAROQUE
Francesco Carelli, University Milan – The National Gallery of the Marche in Urbino opens its doors to young and old for a trip back in time with the exhibition ‘s play! Games and toys from the Renaissance to the Baroque .
Nash : till dead carbonized collapsing trees and grounds covered by masses of dead humans
By Francesco Carelli MD MSc – Paul Nash’s works are on exhibition at Tate Britain ( October 2016 – March 2017 ) . Being one of the most important artists with evocative landscapes, he is best known as an official war artist, not to say that he…
Diabetes increases the risk of heart failure more in women than men
Diabetes confers a greater excess risk of heart failure in women than men, according to new research in Diabetologia – the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is associated with a 47% excess risk of heart failure in…
New insights into young men’s sexting practices in youth sexting culture
Drawing on findings from a qualitative study published by the Journal of Youth Studies, new research from Dr Emily Setty explores young men’s sexting practices and how they position themselves within youth sexting culture in terms of masculine heterosexuality.
Non-exercisers often have fatty liver disease
“Training with high enough intensity to improve fitness can be important both for preventing and treating fatty liver disease,” says Ilaria Croci, a postdoctoral fellow in Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)’s Cardiac Exercise Research Group and at the University of Queensland in Australia.
What makes some people more receptive to the idea of being vaccinated against infectious disease?
Three factors are identified as the primary motivators, according to new research published in Heliyon
Depressed by Facebook and the like
The answers to the question of whether using social networks can trigger depressive tendencies have been contradictory so far. The researchers from Bochum carried out one experimental and two questionnaire studies.
Active Sexual Life May Benefit Men with Early Parkinson’s Disease
New research published in the European Journal of Neurology indicates that an active sexual life is linked with lower disability and better quality of life in men with early Parkinson’s disease.
Expressing religious identity at work good for staff wellbeing
When employees are provided with a supportive environment to express their religious identity in the workplace they experience increased wellbeing and work more efficiently, according to a new research review from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Benefits of a psychotherapeutic approach for chronic depression fade after two years
A study published in the latest issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics indicates that the benefits of a specific psychotherapeutic approach may disappear after two years from the conclusion of the psychotherapy.
Osteoarthritis linked to higher risk of dying from cardiovascular disease
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have investigated the link between osteoarthritis and mortality in an epidemiological study. It was shown that the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease was higher for people with osteoarthritis than for the rest of the population.