Addiction
More kids are dying of drug overdoses: Could pediatricians do more to help?
A 17-year-old boy with shaggy blond hair stepped onto the scale at Tri-River Family Health Center in Uxbridge, Massachusetts.
Apr 15, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Sydneysiders witnessed horrific scenes on Saturday. How do you process and recover from such an event?
Like many, I watched the reports of the violent attack at Bondi Junction yesterday with shock, horror and disbelief. My heart goes out to the people involved, the courageous first responders and to those who have lost loved ...
Apr 15, 2024
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Neuroscience
Untangling dreams and our waking lives: Latest findings in cognitive neuroscience
"Dreams are messages from the deep." (Dune Part 1) Musings about dreams abound throughout society, from movies to TV to books. But despite being a constant source of fascination, the role of dreams in our lives still remains ...
Apr 14, 2024
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Biomedical technology
Researchers demonstrate miniature brain stimulator in humans
Rice University engineers have developed the smallest implantable brain stimulator demonstrated in a human patient. Thanks to pioneering magnetoelectric power transfer technology, the pea-sized device developed in the Rice ...
Apr 13, 2024
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Medical research
First clinical trial of vosoritide for children with hypochondroplasia shows increased growth
Vosoritide's first global Phase II study showed an average increased growth rate of 1.8 cm per year in children with hypochondroplasia, a genetic cause of short stature in children, according to researchers from Children's ...
Apr 12, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
AI model has potential to detect risk of childbirth-related PTSD
Researchers have adapted an artificial intelligence (AI) program to identify signs of childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder (CB-PTSD) by evaluating short narrative statements of patients who have given birth.
Apr 11, 2024
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Pediatrics
Q&A: New technology may help identify neuromotor disease symptoms in infants
A team of researchers led by Huanyu "Larry" Cheng, the James L. Henderson, Jr. Memorial Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM) at Penn State, tested the use of wearable sensors paired with a "tiny" ...
Apr 11, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Most patients treated by public psychiatric outpatient clinics are women aged 45 on average, Brazilian study finds
More than 75% of the patients treated at the psychiatric outpatient clinic of Hospital de Base in São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo state (Brazil), are women with a mean age of 45 and suffering from sadness, anxiety, and ...
Apr 11, 2024
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Health
Analysis identifies areas for improvement in the overall health of Canada's population
Understanding the trends in the health of a country's population is crucial for developing effective public health policies and predicting future demand for health services.
Apr 11, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Certain personality traits possibly linked to increased risk of depression
A small team of psychiatrists and psychologists from The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, the University of Cambridge, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the University of Virginia has found that ...
