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Article: Reading & Dementia

The link below is to an article that takes a look at the role reading can play in helping to prevent dementia. For more...

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Article: Ebooks and Attention Deficit Disorder

The link below is to an article that considers if there is any link between ebooks and attention deficit disorder. For more...

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Ebook Reading and ‘Digital Brain’

The link below is to an article that takes a look at the link between ebook reading and ‘Digital Brain’ syndrome. For more...

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Tablet Reading Bad for the Neck

The link below is to an article that concludes that reading via a tablet is bad for the neck – perhaps that has more to do with the posture choice? For more...

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Read and Live Longer

The link below is to an article that reports on readers living longer. For more visit:http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/people-who-read-books-live-longerFiled under: Article, Health, Reading

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Reading and Mental Health

The link below is to an article that looks at reading and mental health. For more visit:https://www.bustle.com/p/5-proven-ways-reading-can-improve-your-mental-health-43367Filed under: Article, Health,...

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Reading Good for Mental Health

The link below is to an article that looks at reading and mental health. For more visit:http://bookriot.com/2017/05/16/reading-is-good-for-your-mental-health-heres-why/Filed under: Article, Health,...

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Reading and Better Health

The link below is to an infographic that looks at reading and better health. For more visit:http://blog.bookbaby.com/2018/04/can-reading-books-lead-to-better-health/

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New research explores how reading affects eating disorders – for good and ill

Angelo lano/Shutterstock.com Emily Troscianko, University of Oxford Why do you read? Maybe you read to relax after a long day, to learn about unfamiliar people or places, to make you laugh or to let...

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The Plight of Women Librarians in the Victorian Era

The link below is to an article that takes a look at the health implications of being a female librarian in the Victorian era. For more visit:https://daily.jstor.org/being-librarian-dangerous/

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Growing Up In a Home Full of Books is Good For You

The link below is to an article that looks at a new study that confirms growing up in a home full of books is good for you. For more...

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Reading and Depression

The link below is to an article that takes a look at reading and depression – does reading help? For more...

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Book Clubs and Wellbeing

The link below is to an article that reports on how joining a book club may improve your wellbeing. For more visit:https://www.image.ie/life/thinking-joining-book-club-may-improve-wellbeing-149425

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Reading and Mental Health

The link below is to an article that considers if reading can improve mental health. For more...

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How Reading Improves Your Health

The link below is to an article that takes a look at how reading books improves your health. For more visit:https://www.readitforward.com/authors/health-benefits-of-reading-books/ Advertisements

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One skill that doesn’t deteriorate with age

Reading and writing can prevent cognitive decline. AJP/Shutterstock.com Roger J. Kreuz, University of Memphis When Toni Morrison died on Aug. 5, the world lost one of its most influential literary...

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Audiobooks Improve Mental Health

The link below is to an article that takes a look at how audiobooks improve mental health. For more visit:https://bookriot.com/2019/08/23/how-audiobooks-improve-my-mental-health/

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Are Adult Colouring Books Still a Thing?

The link below is to an article that considers the place of adult colouring books today and in particular within the mental health space. For more...

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The Great Book Scare

The link below is to an article that takes a look back at a time known as ‘The Great Book Scare.’ For more...

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Curious Kids: why does reading in the back seat make you feel sick?

Looking out the window instead might stop you feeling sick, but that doesn’t work for everyone. Vadiar/Shutterstock, CC BY Wayne Wilson, The University of Queensland Why does reading in the back seat...

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