Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19: The dos and don'ts of self-isolation
Australians who have tested positive to COVID-19 have been advised to self-isolate at home.
Mar 16, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Alzheimer's caregiving: How can I find joy in the holidays?
Q: I feel sad around the holidays because I can't stop thinking about how things were before my loved one developed Alzheimer's disease. How can I bring back the joy of the holidays?
Dec 27, 2019
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Who takes care of the elderly? Findings from rural South Africa
South Africa is aging rapidly, sparking increasing interest both in what care is needed for older adults and on how it's provided.
Oct 17, 2019
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Health
Report: Every sudden infant death deserves a closer look
Whenever a healthy infant dies suddenly, that death should be investigated to determine if abuse or neglect was the cause.
Aug 27, 2019
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Genetics
Cholera spread tracked at household level
For the first time, the transmission of cholera has been tracked at the household level across Dhaka, Bangladesh, a city with a 'hyper-endemic' level of the disease. Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and their ...
Jun 25, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Parents-only therapy may be optimal in treating anorexia
Family therapy for 12- to 18-year-olds with anorexia nervosa, in which all household members participate and a meal is held in the clinician's office, may be less effective than a streamlined model involving only the parents ...
Jun 8, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Internet program to encourage handwashing reduces spread of cold and flu viruses
A web-based programme to encourage more frequent handwashing reduces the risk of catching and passing on respiratory tract infections to other household members, a randomised trial of more than 16000 UK households published ...
Aug 7, 2015
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Health
Parasite re-infection reduced by handwashing or nail clipping in Ethiopian children
Promotion of handwashing with soap and weekly nail clipping are both successful strategies to decrease intestinal parasite re-infection rates in school aged Ethiopian children, according to a study published by Mahmud Abdulkader ...
Jun 9, 2015
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Health
Caution urged over giving patients online access to their health records
The Government is aiming for all adults to have online access to their health and social care records by 2020, but researchers from the Institute of Child Health, QMUL and the University of Bristol are concerned about the ...
May 26, 2015
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Health
Study reveals persistent deprivation for New Zealand children
A sizeable and "difficult to ignore" proportion of New Zealand children have experienced persistent low income and deprivation in recent years, according to a new University of Otago study using seven years of longitudinal ...
Sep 21, 2012
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