Archive: 22/03/2022

Searching for drivers of devastating Down syndrome condition

When clinical psychiatrist and University of Queensland researcher Dr. Cathy Franklin saw her first patient with Catatonia and Acute Regression in Down syndrome in 2009, she was shocked.

Mar 22, 2022

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Psychologists' report aims to counter prevailing doom-and-gloom attitudes toward climate change

Read the latest story about climate change, and chances are the tone will be gloom and doom, and the report will do nothing to ease your anxiety.

Mar 22, 2022

Study: Increasing 'uplifts' leads to better marital outcomes for parents of children with autism, Down syndrome

Raising a child with a disability alters parental responsibilities dramatically, impacting many aspects of life. In the United States, roughly one in every 44 children is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, while one ...

Mar 22, 2022

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Several European countries lifted COVID measures too 'brutally': WHO

Several European countries, including Germany, France, Italy and Britain, lifted their COVID curbs too "brutally" and are now seeing a rise in cases likely due to the more transmissible BA2 variant, the World Health Organization ...

Mar 22, 2022

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Research offers new hope for people living with seizures

A research collaboration involving the University of Otago could change the lives of people living with seizures.

Mar 22, 2022

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How AI, social media data could help predict the next COVID surge

In the summer of 2021, as the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic wore on in the United States, infectious disease forecasters began to call attention to a disturbing trend.

Mar 22, 2022

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How dangerous is BA.2, the new COVID-19 variant?

As COVID-19 case numbers climb in East Asia and now Europe—a surge largely attributed to the BA.2 subvariant of omicron—it makes sense that concern would rise in the U.S.

Mar 22, 2022

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Abortion pills are just as safe to prescribe based on a patient's medical history as after an in-person exam

For many people, accessing abortion care can be a major challenge. Abortion services are usually only available in certain clinics with specialized equipment like ultrasounds, often requiring long-distance travel to get there. ...

Mar 22, 2022

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Team identifies compound with potent antiseizure effects

Researchers studying epileptic seizures of the temporal lobe—the most common type of epilepsy—discovered a compound that reduces seizures in the hippocampus, a brain region where many such seizures originate. The compound, ...

Mar 22, 2022

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Research dispels myth that COVID-19 vaccines cause infertility, but misinformation persists

Misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines and fertility has propagated online despite the vaccines' clear safety profile.

Mar 22, 2022

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