Psychology & Psychiatry
Human-centered design is key to reducing distraction on roads
Road signs should direct us where to go, where to stop and when to turn.
Aug 9, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Learning about reporting in a public health emergency from Sierra Leone's Ebola outbreak
In public health emergencies—including the current COVID-19 pandemic—local media are important sources of information for the public. In a paper published this week in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, researchers have ...
May 21, 2020
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Health
For drivers, hands-free can still be a handful
(HealthDay)—With many states having laws about not using handheld cellphones while driving, it's no wonder that 75 percent of drivers think that hands-free technology is safe to use.
Aug 10, 2017
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Researchers explore why pre-eclampsia is more common in women of African descent
A complication of pregnancy that causes the mother's blood pressure to rise – often fatally – is more common in women of African descent than any other. Research in Uganda by African and Cambridge researchers is helping ...
Feb 16, 2017
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Medications
Philippine FDA orders Sanofi to take down dengue vaccine ads
The Philippine Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it has ordered pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur Inc. to stop airing television and radio advertisements for its dengue vaccine in violation of a ban on promoting ...
Jan 3, 2017
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Attention deficit disorders
For some children with ADHD, music has similar positive effects to medication
(Medical Xpress)—The findings are part of a study on the effects of distractors on children with ADHD. A team of researchers, led by FIU Center for Children and Families Director William E. Pelham Jr., set out to examine ...
Nov 5, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
France weighs new national lockdown to contain virus flare-up
French President Emmanuel Macron is set to announce tough new restrictions on Tuesday to halt a flare-up in COVID-19 cases, with a month-long national lockdown mooted as hospitals battle an influx of patients.
Oct 28, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pie in the sky: Aussie plane delivers pizza to locked-down outback
Pizza and beer are being delivered by plane to remote ranches in the Australian outback in an attempt to bring a slice of cheer to those in extreme isolation under the virus lockdown.
Apr 3, 2020
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Health
One French farm found with tainted eggs: minister
French health inspectors have found one poultry farm with eggs tainted by the insecticide fipronil out of 2,900 which have been checked in the wake of the Europe-wide scandal, France's farm minister said Monday.
Sep 11, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Radio in tribal languages spreads Ebola message (Update)
Straining to hear the radio held to his ear, Wesley Wudea gestures for his grandchildren to be silent as he picks up rare tips on Ebola prevention in his own language.
Oct 28, 2014
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Radio broadcasting
Radio broadcasting is an audio (sound) broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation) from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast common programming, either in syndication or simulcast or both. Audio broadcasting also can be done via cable FM, local wire networks, satellite and the Internet.
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