The placebo effect is very real. This we've known for decades, as seen in real-life observations and the best double-blinded randomized clinical trials researchers have devised for many diseases and conditions, especially ...
Jul 24, 2024
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Pregnancy brings about profound changes, and nurturing positive mental health during this period is crucial for the long-term health and well-being of children. Through scientific investigations on young children, Prof. Qiu ...
Jul 22, 2024
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Teams at two of Melbourne's leading research and medical institutes are developing high-tech solutions to rapidly test for drugs and better treat patients presenting to hospital.
Jul 5, 2024
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Since 1990, the prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents (determined by the body mass index, BMI) has increased four-fold and obesity rates among adults have more than doubled.
Jul 8, 2024
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Long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with the development of new psoriasis, according to a study published online July 16 in JAMA Network Open.
Jul 18, 2024
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Large language model (LLM)-based classifiers can accurately detect guardian authorship of messages sent from an adolescent patient portal, according to a research letter published online June 25 in JAMA Network Open.
Jun 29, 2024
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People are obsessed with narcissism and narcissists. They want to know if they are a narcissist, if they are dating a narcissist, if their boss is a narcissist, if their dog is a narcissist—and on and on. But far fewer ...
Jun 27, 2024
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Nearly 40 million adults in the U.S. have sleep apnea, and more than 30 million of them use a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine while sleeping. However, the machines tend to be expensive, clunky and uncomfortable—resulting ...
Jul 23, 2024
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A large study of 35,000 children from eight countries has found a "robust" link between exposure to green spaces in early childhood and better lung function. The study, led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), ...
Jul 17, 2024
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Junior hospital doctors in England began a five-day strike on Thursday, a week before a general election in which the state of the publicly funded National Health Service is a major issue.
Jun 27, 2024
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