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The world of international politics just got a lot cuter. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern welcomed a baby girl on Thursday, making her the second elected head of government to give birth while in office — following the late Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Ardern and her partner, Clarke Gayford, shared the exciting news Thursday on Instagram. "Welcome to […]
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One of three epilepsy patients experience no relief from drugs and are candidates for surgery. An advance by researchers at Yale and the Cleveland Clinic will enable surgeons to more precisely target areas of the brain causing debilitating symptoms in a subset of these patients. The technology called magnetoencephalography or MEG measures small amounts of magnetic-electrical activity on the surface […]
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A new set of online tools is designed to help families and communities keep children safe in disasters. The Resilient Children/Resilient Communities Toolbox is an initiative led by the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University’s Earth Institute and the international nonprofit group Save the Children. Pilot communities in Washington County, Arkansas and Putnam County, New York helped to […]
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Just when you were getting worried about a dearth of royal baby news (at least for a while), Zara Tindall — daughter of Princess Anne and granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth — and her husband have welcomed a second child (their second daughter). The happy news was confirmed by Buckingham Palace, which released a sweetly stuffy statement about the birth. “Mrs […]
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Mental health law centres and advocates who uphold values of connectedness, hope, empowerment and identity can positively influence people with mental health issues, new research led by Curtin University has found. The research, published in the journal Advances in Mental Health, found that mental health law centres and advocates who implemented the CHIME (connectedness, hope, identity, meaning and empowerment) recovery […]
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For video game addicts, it might soon be “game over.” In its latest revision to a disease classification manual, the World Health Organization said Monday that compulsively playing video games now qualifies as a new mental health condition. The statement confirmed the fears of many parents but led some critics to warn that it may risk stigmatizing young video players. […]
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The results of two studies presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR 2018) provide insight into the role of sleep in chronic pain. The first study demonstrates a predictive role of sleep problems for chronic pain1 and the second provides insight into chronic pain and sleep in adolescents.2 “The relationship between pain and sleep is complex, as […]
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Researchers know that anxiety is a result of repeated stress. William Colmers, a University of Alberta professor in the Department of Pharmacology, is trying to understand why stress affects people differently, and to identify possible new therapeutic approaches to anxiety disorders. The body is designed to deal with stress thanks to a “fight or flight” response that helps prepare your […]
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The decline in vaccination rates across communities has led to the resurgence of diseases like measles and mumps, and recent outbreaks have demonstrated the importance of an integrated infection prevention response, according to new research presented at the 45th Annual Conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). In a 2017 measles outbreak, there were 75 […]
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In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications , Angeline D. Opina and Wayne J. Franklin from the Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA consider the D-transposition of the great arteries. D-transposition of the great arteries (d-TGA) is the second most common cyanotic congenital heart disease (CHD) lesion, accounting for 3-5% of all CHD, […]
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