Psychology & Psychiatry
Opposites attract—unless you're in a relationship
If we are in a relationship we are more likely to be attracted to faces resembling our own, but for single people, opposites attract.
Jul 14, 2016
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News tagged with czech republic
Cardiology
Urine test helps with monitoring non-adherence to blood pressure lowering pills
University of Manchester researchers together with their UK and overseas collaborators have found out that more than one third of 1,400 people with high blood pressure have not been taking their blood pressure medication.
May 19, 2017
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Neuroscience
Brain changes noted in holocaust survivors and their children
(HealthDay)—Holocaust survivors may have suffered permanent harmful changes to their brain structure, and the brains of their children and grandchildren may also be affected, a small study reveals.
Jul 26, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Europe's bizarre rules for COVID vaccine passes
Efforts in Europe to encourage vaccine use through certificates proving vaccination, a negative test result or evidence of having had COVID have created a mountain of regulation.
Dec 24, 2021
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Health
Meta-analysis finds vegetarian diets effective in lowering cholesterol, glucose and weight
Researchers at the University of Sydney, Australia, have conducted a metadata analysis on vegetarian diets' effect on people at high risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). They found that the vegetarian diet was associated ...
Neuroscience
Family size may influence cognitive functioning in later life
A new study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, and the Robert Butler Columbia Aging Center and Université Paris-Dauphine—PSL, found that having three or more versus two children has a negative effect ...
May 12, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Czechs reintroduce face masks indoors after virus spike
Czechs will have to wear face masks in most public indoor settings in a bid to slow a record spike in COVID-19 cases, the health minister said Wednesday.
Sep 9, 2020
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Other
Five women in Belgium have had PIP implants removed
Five women in Belgium have had potentially faulty breast implants made by French firm PIP removed since the beginning of December, the country's health watchdog said Saturday.
Jan 9, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Czech study shows very low COVID-19 incidence in population
A Czech "collective immunity study" testing the presence of COVID-19 antibodies in people without symptoms has shown a very low incidence of the disease, health authorities said on Wednesday.
May 6, 2020
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Medical research
Blind mole rats live longer due to short immune memory, study finds
A team of researchers from Russia, the Czech Republic and Israel has found that the reason some blind mole rats live longer than other small creatures is because they have short immune memory. In their paper published in ...
