Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Researcher and athlete investigates the most common injuries for weightlifters and powerlifters
Matthew Tung fell in love with the sport of Olympic weightlifting when he was growing up in Hong Kong.
May 4, 2023
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Health
Have we achieved the millennium development goals?
As the deadline for the millennium development goals approaches, experts writing in The BMJ this week take stock of the successes, failures, and oversights, and look ahead to the next phase - the sustainable development goals.
Apr 21, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Difficulty assessing effort drives motivation deficits in schizophrenia, study finds
Individuals with schizophrenia often have trouble engaging in daily tasks or setting goals for themselves, and a new study from San Francisco State University suggests the reason might be their difficulty in assessing the ...
Aug 21, 2014
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Overweight & Obesity
Study shows that controlling or 'wiping out' obesity, excess weight could avoid substantial numbers of premature deaths
New research presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Glasgow, UK (28 April-1 May) shows that controlling or wiping out obesity and overweight would have a substantial impact in reducing premature deaths from non-communicable ...
May 1, 2019
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Stillbirth should be given greater priority on the global health agenda, argue experts
Clear targets to prevent stillbirths should be included in national and global health plans, argue experts in The BMJ this week.
Sep 23, 2015
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Health
Research finds nonalcoholic beverages help reduce alcohol consumption
Excessive alcohol consumption is a global challenge and is included in the Sustainable Development Goals, also known as the Global Goals, adopted by the United Nations. One strategy to reduce excessive alcohol consumption ...
Oct 10, 2023
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Pediatrics
Primary health coverage found to have prevented more than 300,000 child deaths in four Latin American countries
The implementation of primary health care (PHC) over the last two decades has prevented more than 300,000 child deaths in four Latin American countries, and could prevent more than 140,000 by 2030 in a scenario of economic ...
May 16, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The pursuit of hopefulness in entertainment media
Has a movie or TV show ever left you feeling happy or uplifted about your own life? Entertainment media provides a wealth of emotionally evocative content, but relatively little attention has been paid to the subject of media ...
Sep 23, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Better interventions to support speech and swallowing in individuals with Down syndrome
Individuals with Down syndrome have vocational, educational, social and personal goals, all of which can be realized with targeted services, according to a Penn State research team. The researchers recently investigated how ...
Sep 22, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Cultivating happiness often misunderstood, says researcher
(Medical Xpress)—The paradox of happiness is that chasing it may actually make us less happy, a Stanford researcher says. So how does one find happiness? Effective ways exist, according to new research.
Apr 15, 2014
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