Psychology & Psychiatry
Getting a new perspective on autism
Much-needed insight into raising young children with autism in Malaysia highlights the need to improve local research, awareness, acceptance and support services.
Jan 9, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Dopamine fasting: an expert reviews the latest craze in Silicon Valley
It's the latest fad in Silicon Valley. By reducing the brain's feel-good chemical known as dopamine—cutting back on things like food, sex, alcohol, social media and technology – followers believe that they can "reset" ...
Dec 2, 2019
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Pediatrics
Parents want mental health support to reduce stress of children's hospitalizations
Parents of children with congenital heart disease (CHD) want individualized, formal psychosocial support during their children's in-hospital stays, according to a new study published in the Journal of Pediatrics. The study ...
Nov 14, 2019
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Health
Forceful and dominant: men with sexist ideas of masculinity are more likely to abuse women
Men who adhere to rigid, sexist stereotypes of how to be a man are more likely to use and tolerate violence against women.
Nov 7, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Report outlines social determinants' role in cancer and public health
A new report outlines the critical role social determinants play in shaping population health, highlighting that health disparities are systemic, and cut across multiple population characteristics, including race/ethnicity, ...
Oct 29, 2019
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
New evidence on the mistreatment of women during childbirth
New evidence from a World Health Organization (WHO)-led study in four countries shows more than one-third of women experience mistreatment during childbirth in health facilities.
Oct 8, 2019
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Immunology
Untangling tattoos' influence on immune response
I lay on the mat of the open-air bungalow in Apia, Samoa, looking up at a gecko. As its tail quivered, I felt a sympathetic twitch in my leg. Su'a Sulu'ape Paulo III, the sixth-generation Samoan hand-tap tattoo master leaning ...
Oct 2, 2019
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Health
Many U.S. seniors are going hungry, study finds
(HealthDay)—Almost 1 in 10 U.S. seniors doesn't have enough food to eat, a new study shows.
Sep 30, 2019
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Medications
J&J verdict sends opioid makers a billion-dollar warning
The US pharmaceutical industry faces tens of billions of dollars in potential damage payments for fueling the opioid addiction crisis after Oklahoma won a $572 million judgment against drugmaker Johnson & Johnson.
Aug 28, 2019
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Other
How doctors convinced the world the planet was worth fighting for
Last week, one of the world's leading medical journals declared the medical community must act now to limit the health effects of climate change.
Aug 26, 2019
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