Reader\'s Digest Australia - 08.2019

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WORLD OF MEDICINE


NEWS FROM THE

WORLD OF MEDICINE


NEWS FROM THE

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MESS CAN LEAD TO DISTRESS
For people who don’t regularly
sort through and purge their stuff,
excess belongings can build up and
disrupt wellbeing, suggests research
published in Current Psychology.
Social and emotional problems
caused by a cluttered home – feeling
overwhelmed, depression, family
tensions – tended to increase with
age. And among the older subjects,
these issues were associated with
reduced overall life satisfaction.
There’s no harm in having a few
possessions, the lead author said,
but if you struggle to let go of
anything, try instead to centre
your sense of being ‘at home’ on
the important people in your

FLU SHOT BOOSTS SUR
FOR HEART FAILURE
Need another reason to
your flu shot? Accordi
analysis of data from
78,000 patients with
failure, getting a seas
influenza vaccine was
associated with a 50
cent drop in the risk of
death (from any caus
during flu season and

a 20 per cent drop in the risk of death
during the rest of the year. Getting
vaccinated was also linked to a 22 per
cent reduction in the risk of being
hospitalised with cardiac problems.

EVER BEEN SO HUNGRY IT
MAKES YOU ANGRY?
If you’ve been ‘hangry’ – that is, so
hungry it makes you angry – you’ll
be happy to learn that scientists
have begun studying the causes
of this unpleasant condition and
recommending fixes. Researchers
from the University of North
na have found that feeling
urs when your hunger-
ity gets blamed
world around you.
u think that person
on the road is
ade you angry
at you’re ravenous.
st that paying
o feelings may help
ircuit the hangry
and even help
ce hanger once
notice it.
Of course,
if you’re hungry,
eating also helps.

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