Psychology & Psychiatry
Opinion: The dangerous ideal of mental health
The following commentary is provided by Simon Keller, a professor of Philosophy at Victoria University of Wellington.
Jan 19, 2017
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Medical research
Study explains how western diet leads to overeating and obesity
More than two in three adults in the United States are considered overweight or obese, with substantial biomedical and clinical evidence suggesting that chronic overconsumption of a "western diet" - foods consisting high ...
Jan 11, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Medical screening and fly control could rapidly reduce sleeping sickness in key locations
In 2012, the World Health Organization set two public health goals for Gambian sleeping sickness, a parasitic disease spread by the tsetse fly. The first is to eliminate the disease as a public health problem and have fewer ...
Jan 5, 2017
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Health
Women in developed nations with strong Catholic heritage less likely to breastfeed
Women living in developed Western nations with a strong Catholic heritage, are less likely to breastfeed than those in countries where Protestantism predominates, concludes an observational study, published in the online ...
Dec 5, 2016
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Lawyers take Chinese organ-harvesting claims to Australia
Two Canadian lawyers came to Australia's Parliament House on Monday to urge lawmakers to pass a motion calling on China to immediately end the practice of what they say is organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience.
Nov 21, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientists discover sleeping sickness can also be transmitted and spread via the skin
Scientists have made an important new discovery in the study of Human African Trypanosomiasis, more commonly known as African sleeping sickness. The findings could have a major impact on the way the disease is diagnosed, ...
Sep 23, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
UN mobilizes to stop super-bugs
The United Nations on Wednesday launched a global effort to fight so-called super-bugs that resist antibiotics, warning of a mounting death toll without more research.
Sep 21, 2016
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Genetics
Expert calls for animal-human embryo research to proceed
In a World View opinion column published in Nature, a Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher calls for animal-human embryo research to proceed – but only with strong animal protections in place. So-called ...
Sep 14, 2016
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Health
Greater efforts are needed to eliminate female genital mutilation
The World Health Organization reports that more than 200 million girls and women currently have been subjected to female genital mutilation/cutting worldwide, and three million girls continue to be at risk each year. A new ...
Sep 6, 2016
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Medical research
Road map for addressing ethical concerns tied to research on human-animal embryos
A new bioethical framework for addressing concerns surrounding potentially revolutionary research on human-animal embryos is publishing on Aug. 30, 2016 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology.
Aug 30, 2016
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