Repeated job losses may be as damaging to heart health as smoking, high blood pressure, or diabetes
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The Daily Dose: Pill Popping, Hand Transplants and How Unemployment Makes You Sick
RxAmerica: Nearly half of all Americans have taken a prescription drug in the last month, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center of Health Statistics. So what are we on?
Lasting Legacy of Recessions: Behavior Problems Among Teens
Fiscal cliff negotiations tested everyone’s patience, but even young children who don’t understand national budgets may show signs of strain during such economic insecurity.
Congress O.K.’s Drug-Testing the Unemployed: Will It Fight Addiction?
Who benefits from forced drug tests? No one but the companies that make drug tests.
Do People Really Drink More When the Economy Tanks?
A new study suggests that in hard economic times, people drink more alcohol. Intuitively, it might make sense, but the findings run counter to most previous research, which shows that alcoholism and other drinking-related …
Side Effect of the Recession: An Increase in Child Abuse
Losing your job when the economy takes a dip can have some damaging effects on your health; the stress, anxiety and depression among the unemployed has been linked to heart disease and an increased risk of suicide. But according …
Survey: 9% of Americans Are Depressed
Nearly 1 in 10 Americans suffers from clinical depression and 3% have major depression, according to a 2006-2008 survey of 235,000 adults from 45 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. The survey, …
Study: Having a Bad Job Is Worse than No Job For Mental Health
Maybe unemployment isn’t so bad after all. A new study says that, income notwithstanding, having a demanding, unstable and thankless job may make you even unhappier than not having a job at all.
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Unemployed Men Are More Likely to Divorce
Once upon a time, men worked, women didn’t and that appeared to be the equation for a harmonious family life. Now, new research shows how much that truism has changed for women but stayed the same for men.
With Age Comes Happiness
Wisdom may come with age, but does happiness follow suit?
Is the Economy Making You Fat?
As if unemployment alone weren’t bad enough, a new research paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research suggests that when people lose their jobs — or are at risk of losing their jobs — they tend to eat fewer fruits …
Why Working Men, But Not Women, Get More Exercise
Who says your job leaves you no time to hit the gym? A detailed new study of U.S. physical activity patterns shows that men who work full-time — whether their jobs are active or sedentary— end up getting more exercise than …
The Healthland Podcast: Superobese Kids, Parents on Facebook and Betty Ford’s Mixed Legacy
This week on the podcast, Healthland editor Sora Song asks whether child obesity is child abuse. TIME editor-at-large Belinda Luscombe reports that adults are less savvy on Facebook than teens. And TIME senior writer John Cloud …
