Reading time: < 1 minute For the first time, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers have studied how work, volunteering and leisure activities affect brain health in older adults from diverse backgrounds, while also factoring in a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease. The study, led by the Thompson School of Social Work & Public…
Nearly half of Hong Kong secondary students say they were planning to “lie flat” or were already doing so, according to a recent survey, even as a researcher urged adults not to be too concerned by youngsters’ lack of motivation as it could be a “temporary” phase. The poll by Hong Kong Young Women’s Christian…
A county in eastern China is seeking better perks for grass-roots government workers engaged in social affairs after it struggled to lure talent willing to take on the demanding jobs. The Social Work Department of the Communist Party committee in Feng county in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, attributed the shortage of talent in grass-roots government organisations…
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