Health
WHO seeks $7 bn with fund-raising revamp
The World Health Organization launched Sunday a new financing mechanism that aims to raise $7 billion of funds that can be deployed more quickly and flexibly.
May 27, 2024
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Health
These tips can help keep you safe during a potentially severe 2024 wildfire season
The 2023 wildfire season was Canada's worst on record.
May 24, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Investigating self-harm and digital technology overuse in young people with lived mental health experience
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London, in partnership with YoungMinds—a UK's children's mental health charity—has found high levels of problematic mobile ...
May 23, 2024
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Gastroenterology
Some patients take second at-home fecal test to delay colonoscopy
A study of 316,443 patients shows that 7.4% of these patients repeated fecal testing rather than proceeding directly to colonoscopy as guidelines recommend, and of those who repeated home tests, over half did not have a colonoscopy ...
May 22, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Dismissed and discharged: Australian health systems still failing people with poor mental health, says study
A serious disconnect between emergency departments and the NDIS is failing people with mental health conditions, as new research from the University of South Australia shows that they frequently receive inadequate care within ...
May 22, 2024
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Medications
Nearly 3% of healthy adolescents use commercial CBD products, study finds
Since cannabidiol (CBD), the non-intoxicating component of cannabis, was legalized in the United States by the 2018 Farm Bill, products containing the compound have flooded the consumer health sector.
May 22, 2024
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Pediatrics
Examining consultative support for pediatric primary care providers in providing gender-affirming care
A study in the journal Telemedicine and e-Health found that access to consultative support can increase pediatric primary care provider comfort providing gender-affirming care.
May 21, 2024
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Surgery
Researchers develop wireless electronic suture for postoperative long-term monitoring of soft tissue
A research team led by Professor Jaehong Lee of the Department of Robotics and Mechanical Electronics (DGIST) has developed a new human implantable, wireless, health monitoring electronic suture system through joint research ...
May 21, 2024
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Medical economics
New analysis addresses homelessness in older people
Homelessness doesn't only happen to young people but also affects older adults in growing numbers, write authors in an analysis in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) that describes this emerging crisis.
May 21, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study shows exercise spurs neuron growth and rewires the brain, helping mice forget traumatic and addictive memories
Researchers from the University of Toronto, Canada, and Kyushu University, Japan, have found that increased neuron formation and the subsequent rewiring of neural circuits in the hippocampus through exercise or genetic manipulation ...
May 20, 2024
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