Reading for pleasure - and for better health
15 Sep 2026 Reading for pleasure – from tucking into a Jane Austen classic to devouring a Heartstopper graphic novel – is linked to better mental health, greater...
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Boost your life in 2026
06 Jan 2026 Cambridge experts share their tips to boost your mental and physical health this year.
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The Cambridge view on memory
15 May 2025 By tying together more than a century of memory research at Cambridge, the Memory Lab gives us tangible ways to improve, preserve and understand our...
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Fighting anxiety with science: exploring the links between self-control and wellbeing
25 Jun 2021 Dr Olivia Remes has spent her career researching mental health and wellbeing. In her new book, The Instant Mood Fix, she brings together the research...
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The power of touch
17 Jun 2021 As a major Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition explores human touch through 4,000 years of art, Cambridge researchers explain why this sense is so important...
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Opinion: Five ways to beat anxiety and take back control of your life during the COVID-19 pandemic – based on science
19 Mar 2020 Anxiety is tough to deal with at the best of time. It’s even tougher when we’re in the midst of a pandemic that is causing chaos around the globe. Dr...
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Opinion: Depression - men far more at risk than women in deprived areas
27 Nov 2019 Deprivation affects men and women differently, writes Olivia Remes, PhD candidate at the Cambridge Institute of Public Health, with men more likely to...
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Loneliness is contagious – and here's how to beat it
16 Jul 2018 One in three adults is affected by loneliness. It's time for us to take a risk and let others into our lives, says Olivia Remes, PhD candidate at the...
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Sense of control and meaning helps protect women from anxiety, study suggests
24 Apr 2018 People who feel in control of their lives and who find purpose and meaning in life are less likely to have anxiety disorders even when going through...
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