Huawei's health push: Sleep, mental wellbeing and blood pressure innovation

Huawei is no stranger to innovation in the wearables space, and 2024 is already shaping up to be a huge year for the company’s ambitions in Europe.  Leveraging its extensive R&D resources, user insights, and cutting-edge technologies, the company is aiming to deliver the next generation of wearables with three key focuses – sleep, mental […]

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Samsung’s conducting mental health study using Galaxy Watch

In anticipation of World Mental Health Day, October 10, Samsung announced it has partnered with the Massachusetts General Hospital to conduct a study that should help researchers better understand the relationship between daily routines and mental health. In a recent blog post, Samsung cited the World Health Organization (WHO), stating that one in every eight […]

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Trans People’s Mental Health Is Being Weaponized Against Them

A couple of years ago, it was impossible to be both transgender and mentally healthy—at least according to the International Classification of Diseases, an enormous guidebook doctors the world over used to diagnose their patients. For decades, “transsexualism” and “gender identity disorder of childhood” sat beside personality disorders and paraphilias, or atypical sexual interests, in […]

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How to Use the Mental Health App with Your Apple Watch

Mental health and physical health are often intertwined, but Apple’s Health app features have largely focused on the physical aspect in previous years. With watchOS 10, however, that is about to change with the Mindfulness app. Related Reading: The app will allow you to not only log how you feel each day, but also look […]

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NASA’s Year-Long Mars Simulation Is a Test of Mental Mettle

With the Mars simulation, Haney suggests that NASA should watch the crew for danger signs, like symptoms of depression, heightened irritability, and moodiness, and changes in sleeping and eating patterns. And for the crew, he recommends creating routines, including social rituals, and trying to reach out to the outside world, not just to NASA’s mission […]

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Mental Health Apps Won’t Get You Off the Couch

“Everyone’s so gung ho about therapy these days. I’ve been curious myself, but I’m not ready to commit to paying for it. A mental health app seems like it could be a decent stepping stone. But are they actually helpful?” —Mindful Skeptic Dear Mindful, The first time you open Headspace, one of the most popular […]

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Calcul mental, heure de consolidation: le plan de Pap Ndiaye pour renforcer l’enseignement des maths – BFMTV

Comme annoncé par Pap Ndiaye sur BFMTV, les élèves de 6e bénéficieront d’une heure de consolidation en mathématiques par semaine, peut-on lire dans un document dressant les recommandations du ministère de l’Éducation nationale. Les petits Français de moins en moins forts en mathématiques? Dans une note de service relative à la mise en place des […]

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5 Best iOS 16 Mental Health Apps

Today’s society is so fast-paced that it can be difficult to remember to take a breath and slow down. We live in an ultra-competitive world where we’re constantly comparing ourselves to others, as we’re constantly bombarded with stories, images, and videos of people younger and more successful than us. In those moments, it’s important to […]

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The Problem With Mental Health Bots

Teresa Berkowitz’s experiences with therapists had been hit or miss. ”Some good, some helpful, some just a waste of time and money,” she says. When some childhood trauma was reactivated six years ago, instead of connecting with a flesh-and-blood human, Berkowitz—who’s in her fifties and lives in the US state of Maine—downloaded Youper, a mental […]

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​New mental health smart ring lands from Tinder founder Sean Rad

The smart ring age has truly arrived, and the new Happy Ring, backed by Tinder founder Sean Rad, is delivering a new take on the segment. The Happy Ring is aimed at mental health – and adds a host of new sensors to try and offer insights into your emotional wellbeing. It’s being launched by […]

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Gender-Affirming Care Improves Mental Health—and May Save Lives

In the midst of a slew of anti-trans legislation proposed earlier this year, Spencer Cox, the Republican governor of Utah, made an impassioned plea to his state’s legislature as he tried to veto a bill that would bar trans youth from competing in girls’ sports. “I want them to live,” he wrote of the trans […]

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How to Navigate Online Mental Health Resources

Gaskill noted that when she submits information online, it doesn’t seem to get picked up by the right department or web address. “I’m still on those lists. Magellan will tell patients I’m a provider, yet I was never credentialed for them in that state—ever.” She still gets calls from patients who tell her they were […]

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