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TUESDAY, April 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- When the Beatles sang that "money can't buy me love," they were right, researchers say. "When people base their self-worth on financial success, they experience feelings of pressure and a lack of autonomy, which are associated with negative social outcomes," said researcher Lora Park, an associate professor of psychology at University at Buffalo, in New York. These feelings end up costing time with family and loved ones that lead to feeling lonely and disconnected, the researchers said. Having social networks and personal relationships are essential for good mental health, which is why people should keep these connections, even when they are pursuing financial success, the study authors explained. "Depression and anxiety are tied to...

TUESDAY, April 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- A study of pregnant women admitted to two New York City hospitals for delivery in late March and early April found that about 1 in 7 were infected with the new coronavirus and most didn't show symptoms. Reporting April 13 in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors from New York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital and the Columbia University Irving Medical Center said they tested a total of 215 women who delivered newborns between March 22 and April 4. All were tested for the new coronavirus upon admission to the hospital, and 33 tested positive for infection with COVID-19. Most of those potentially harmful or transmissible cases would've been missed if the women hadn't been tested, said a team led by Dr. Dena Goffman, of Irving Medical...

TUESDAY, April 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 is likely to be around for years to come, haunting humans as either a yearly flu-like illness or as a virus that occasionally resurfaces following years of dormancy, a new Harvard modeling study argues. It's unlikely that COVID-19 will go the way of its closest cousin, SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), which was eradicated by an intense public health effort following a brief pandemic, the researchers said. Instead, COVID-19 is expected to be an ongoing fact of life, with the duration of human immunity determining exactly how often the virus returns. If immunity to the COVID-19 coronavirus is not permanent, the virus will likely enter into regular circulation -- just like the influenza virus or the beta coronaviruses...

TUESDAY, April 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Many British security guards have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to frequent verbal and physical abuse, researchers report. Their interviews with 750 private security guards in the United Kingdom revealed that nearly 40% had symptoms of PTSD, and also that security guard companies provide them with little mental health support. Another finding from the researchers was that security guards often face verbal and physical abuse -- including violent assaults -- from the public. Some have even been killed on the job. "With almost 40% of those surveyed exhibiting symptoms of PTSD, it leaves a very clear message that the issue of mental health is not currently being taken seriously by security managers," said study co-leader Mark...