Psychology & Psychiatry
Have smartphones created an 'anxious generation'? Social psychologist sounds the alarm
The social psychologist Jonathan Haidt's new book The Anxious Generation delivers an urgent call for action.
Apr 29, 2024
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The Conversation
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
What is childhood dementia? And how could new research help?
"Childhood" and "dementia" are two words we wish we didn't have to use together. But sadly, around 1,400 Australian children and young people live with currently untreatable childhood dementia.
Apr 26, 2024
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Pediatrics
Canada-wide child care: It's now less expensive, but finding it is more difficult
Three years after the federal government launched the Canada-wide early learning and child-care plan (CWELCC), our study conducted through the Atkinson Center for Society and Child Development at the University of Toronto ...
Apr 26, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Q&A: Scientist who helped design R21 anti-malaria vaccine reflects on 30 years of research, and what it promises
Until three years ago nobody had developed a vaccine against any parasitic disease. Now there are two against malaria: the RTS,S and the R21 vaccines.
Apr 25, 2024
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Health informatics
AI-powered 'deep medicine' could transform health care in the NHS and reconnect staff with their patients
Today's NHS faces severe time constraints, with the risk of short consultations and concerns about the risk of misdiagnosis or delayed care. These challenges are compounded by limited resources and overstretched staff that ...
Apr 25, 2024
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Health
Vaping now more common than smoking among young people—and the risks go beyond lung and brain damage
Vaping is now more common than cigarette smoking among young people, according to a new report coordinated by the University of Glasgow and commissioned by the World Health Organization.
Apr 25, 2024
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Ophthalmology
Nearsightedness is at epidemic levels—and the problem begins in childhood
Myopia, or the need for corrected vision to focus or see objects at a distance, has become a lot more common in recent decades. Some even consider myopia, also known as nearsightedness, an epidemic.
Apr 25, 2024
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Other
Do implicit bias trainings on race improve health care?
There is increasing evidence that implicit bias—non-conscious attitudes toward specific groups—is a source of racial inequities in certain aspects of health care, and lawmakers are taking note.
Apr 25, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Detoxifying masculinity: How men's groups reshape attitudes
Men are still often afforded a great deal of power and privilege in society due to their gender, however, they also experience disproportionate rates of negative psychosocial outcomes. Men, for instance, have higher mortality ...
Apr 25, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Challengers: New Zendaya tennis film reviewed by an expert in the psychology of competition
"Tennis is a relationship," says Tashi Duncan (Zendaya) in director Luca Guadagnino's new film Challengers. However, this relationship is not simply between the game and the player. Rather the heart of tennis, and perhaps ...
Apr 25, 2024
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