Archive: 29/07/2020

Papua New Guinea outbreak spreads beyond capital

Papua New Guinea ramped up coronavirus testing and rushed to build field hospitals on Wednesday after an outbreak was found to have spread beyond its locked-down capital.

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UK signs up for Sanofi-GSK coronavirus vaccine

Pharma giants Sanofi and GSK said Wednesday they have agreed to supply Britain with up to 60 million doses of a potential COVID-19 vaccine.

Jul 29, 2020

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Exposure to environmental chemicals may disrupt sleep during menopause

For menopausal women who have difficulty sleeping, it might be because of chemicals in the environment. A new study based on data from the Midlife Women's Health Study suggests that exposure to various chemicals, such as ...

Jul 29, 2020

Pediatric experts offer tips for children's mental health in transition back to school

Whether returning to a school building, online learning or a hybrid school environment, it is normal for children and adolescents to have some stress or anxiety about going back to school. This year, fears of getting sick, ...

Jul 29, 2020

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What jigsaw puzzles tell us about child development

They've been used as an educational toy for hundreds of years and are thought to develop skills such as hand-eye coordination and problem solving.

Jul 29, 2020

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Music training may not make children smarter after all: new study

Music training does not have a positive impact on children's cognitive skills, such as memory, and academic achievement, such as maths, reading or writing, according to a study published in Memory & Cognition.

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Americans are consuming less sugar but more nonnutritive sweeteners

A new study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics found that between 2002 and 2018 purchases by US households of foods and beverages containing caloric sweetener (CS, i.e., sugar) declined while purchases ...

Jul 29, 2020

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Acute exercise has beneficial effects on the immune system during prostate cancer

New research published this week in Experimental Physiology found that in prostate cancer survivors, a moderate bout of exercise kept the cell count of certain type of immune cells at a normal level, suggesting the exercise ...

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Telemedicine can help safety net providers expand access to medical specialists

Safety new medical providers can substantially increase their telemedicine services with modest investments in new staff and technology, a move that can help them expand patients' access to specialized medical care, according ...

Jul 29, 2020

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