Archive: 05/06/2018

Traditional Aboriginal healers should work alongside doctors to help close the gap

The wellbeing of Indigenous people is based around having the freedom and resources to practise cultural ways of being. While some of these can seem removed from those in the West – such as the lack of materialism, primacy ...

Jun 5, 2018

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Replication project questions outcome famous Ten Commandments study

A large-scale replication study by researchers of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Maastricht University (UM) throws doubt on the famous Ten Commandments study. In 2008 a landmark experiment in the U.S. found evidence ...

Jun 5, 2018

Mothers who eat oily fish could boost their child's gut health – but only if it's a boy

Mothers who eat healthy fats from oily fish may help their children form healthy guts and prevent them from gaining weight. Our study, published in Microbiome, shows that in laboratory mice, pups gain less weight on a high-fat ...

Jun 5, 2018

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A focused intervention—the provider's role in firearm violence prevention

Rocco Pallin and Garen Wintemute of the UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program discuss the physician's responsibility to discuss firearm safety with patients and introduce the What You Can Do initiative website to ...

Jun 5, 2018

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Closing the loop for brain imaging in depression

Depression can have a profound impact on affected individuals and those around them. It is one of the most common mental health conditions, and its symptoms include sustained feeling of sadness, hopelessness, and guilt. In ...

Jun 5, 2018

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New theory on why more women than men develop autoimmune diseases

New findings are now being presented on possible mechanisms behind gender differences in the occurrence of rheumatism and other autoimmune diseases. The study, published in Nature Communications, can be of significance for ...

Jun 5, 2018

Emotions shape the language we use, but second languages reveal a shortcut around them

A taxi driver recently cut me up on the motorway. Without hesitation, I machine-gunned a string of vulgarity at the poor man. What struck me was that every word that came out of my mouth was in Spanish. As a native speaker ...

Jun 5, 2018

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Nighttime noise has damaging effects on Lausanne residents

Researchers at EPFL, the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) compared the geographical distribution of nearly 3,700 Lausanne residents suffering from daytime sleepiness with the noise ...

Jun 5, 2018

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Major pancreatic cancer breakthrough

Clinical trial results presented today at a prestigious cancer meeting in Chicago show substantial increased survival rates for pancreatic cancer patients who received a four-drug chemotherapy combination known as mFOLFIRINOX ...

Jun 5, 2018

No evidence that sexbots reduce harms to women and children

"Sexbots" – sexualised robots that have realistic human characteristics – are no longer a thing of science fiction. They can be purchased in various appearances, and are typically female adults with customisable oral, ...

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Archive: 05/06/2018

Traditional Aboriginal healers should work alongside doctors to help close the gap

Replication project questions outcome famous Ten Commandments study

Mothers who eat oily fish could boost their child's gut health – but only if it's a boy

A focused intervention—the provider's role in firearm violence prevention

Closing the loop for brain imaging in depression

New theory on why more women than men develop autoimmune diseases

Emotions shape the language we use, but second languages reveal a shortcut around them

Nighttime noise has damaging effects on Lausanne residents

Major pancreatic cancer breakthrough

No evidence that sexbots reduce harms to women and children

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