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Pediatrics

Poor air quality linked to cognitive problems in babies

Poor air quality could be causing cognitive deficits in babies and toddlers, according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

Apr 25, 2023

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

How does the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic affect mental health?

Leading experts have cautioned that prolonged effects of the COVID-19 pandemic may cause serious mental health problems. To deal with these problems, this study tracked nine psychiatric symptoms in the general population. ...

Nov 11, 2021

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HIV & AIDS

Long-acting antiretroviral therapy suppresses HIV among people with unstable housing, mental illnesses, SUD

A long-acting antiretroviral treatment (LA-ART) given every four to eight weeks, and delivered with comprehensive support services, suppressed HIV in people who were previously not virologically suppressed. This is according ...

Feb 22, 2023

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Dentistry

Oral disorders research funding 'severely lacking,' finds study

Major government research funding schemes aren't keeping up with the burden of oral diseases, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Melbourne, the University of Sydney, the University of Queensland ...

Dec 21, 2022

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Diabetes

Study shows substantial rise in type 2 diabetes among young people over the past 30 years

Rates of type 2 diabetes in adolescents and young adults globally rose substantially from 1990 to 2019, finds an analysis of the latest data from over 200 countries and regions in The BMJ today.

Dec 7, 2022

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Neuroscience

What nap times reveal about your child's brain development

Infants who nap a lot have smaller vocabularies and poorer cognitive skills—according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

Jul 27, 2023

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Health

Air pollution caused 1.1 million deaths across Africa in 2019, new study finds

Air pollution was responsible for 1.1 million deaths across Africa in 2019, with household air pollution—driven largely by indoor cookstoves— accounting for 700,000 fatalities, while increased outdoor air pollution claimed ...

Oct 7, 2021

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

More states impose COVID tests on travellers from China

Spain, South Korea and Israel on Friday joined nations imposing COVID tests on travellers from China, after Beijing dropped foreign travel curbs despite surging cases.

Dec 30, 2022

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Brazil surpasses 120,000 COVID deaths

Just over six months after registering its first case of the new coronavirus, Brazil crossed the grim threshold of 120,000 people killed by COVID-19 Saturday, with no end in sight to the crisis.

Aug 30, 2020

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