Health
Young women and girls are taking sex-ed into their own hands on YouTube
Sex education in Canadian schools continues to be highly politicized and young people are paying the price.
Mar 3, 2020
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Surgery
General anaesthesia impacts brain functioning less than other patient risk factors, data spanning 12 years suggests
After surgery under general anaesthesia, older patients often experience a decline in cognitive function that can last for months or even years. This worsening brain function has been linked to deep anaesthesia during surgery.
Dec 18, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
People with vision impairments up to four times more likely to suffer mental health problems
Research by international development organization Sightsavers, University of Ilorin, and the Kogi State Ministry of Health, in Nigeria has revealed links between vision impairment and poor mental health. The study, published ...
Apr 11, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
At least 14% of Americans have long COVID, research suggests
One in seven people in the US reported having had long COVID by the end of 2022, suggests a large-scale investigation of long COVID and symptom prevalence by academics at UCL and Dartmouth.
Nov 2, 2023
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Autism spectrum disorders
New study examines sexuality of people with autism
(HealthDay)—Adults with autism report a broad range of sexuality—being much more likely to identify as asexual, bisexual or homosexual than people without autism, a new study finds.
May 5, 2021
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Study suggests resistance training can prevent or delay Alzheimer's disease
Regular physical exercise, such as resistance training, can prevent Alzheimer's disease, or at least delay the appearance of symptoms, and serves as a simple and affordable therapy for Alzheimer's patients. This is the conclusion ...
Jul 3, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Children show increase in mental health difficulties over COVID-19 lockdown
Parents/carers of children aged 4-10 years of age reported that over a one-month period in lockdown, they saw increases in their child's emotional difficulties, such as feeling unhappy, worried, being clingy and experiencing ...
Jun 16, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Early sexual experiences likely lead to healthier sex later in life, study reports
Study after study, Diana Peragine has seen the same conclusion throughout her research: an early sexual debut poses a risk to sexual health and sets the stage for a long list of negative outcomes, ranging from unplanned pregnancy ...
Aug 12, 2022
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Pediatrics
Only 9% of teens meet physical activity guidelines during the pandemic, down from 16% pre-pandemic
This New Year's Day, parents might want to resolve to get more exercise—and bring their teenage children along. A new national study finds that only 9% of teens met the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity per day ...
Jan 3, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Medical aid in dying mostly used by well-educated, white patients with cancer
Rutgers researchers analyzed data from each of the 5,329 patients across the U.S. who died from medical aid in the 23 years after Oregon became the first state to legalize it and found one demographic dominates the group: ...
Jul 18, 2022
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