Health
Female genital cutting remains a taboo subject in Pakistan, preventing real progress from being made
Female genital cutting is a secretive and largely invisible practice in Pakistan.
Sep 13, 2023
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Addiction
More rapid increase seen in rate of OD deaths involving cocaine plus opioids
The age-adjusted rate of overdose deaths involving cocaine and opioids increased more quickly from 2011 to 2021 than the rate of overdose deaths involving cocaine alone, according to a July data brief published by the U.S. ...
Jul 19, 2023
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Genetics
Participating in genetic studies may be in your genes, study shows
Why do some people take part in genetic studies while others do not? The answer may lie within our genetic makeup. According to a study by Oxford's Leverhulme Center for Demographic Science and Big Data Institute, people ...
Jul 13, 2023
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Neuroscience
Brain networks encoding memory come together via electric fields, study finds
The "circuit" metaphor of the brain is as indisputable as it is familiar: Neurons forge direct physical connections to create functional networks, for instance to store memories or produce thoughts. But the metaphor is also ...
Jul 10, 2023
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Medications
Antidepressants prescription associated with a lower risk of testing positive for COVID-19
New research led by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London has found that community mental health patients who were prescribed antidepressants were significantly less likely ...
Jun 20, 2023
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Addiction
Among young people, being around peers may elicit greater drinking cravings than the presence of alcohol
When certain settings, people, or items—a bar, a friend, a glass—are paired with alcohol, they can become conditioned cues, eliciting drinking cravings. These learned reactions are associated with alcohol use disorder ...
Jun 5, 2023
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Medical economics
CDC report looks at financial burden of medical care faced by veterans
Financial burden of care is similar or lower for veterans with Veterans Affairs (VA) health care only or Tricare than those with private insurance, according to a study published online March 22 in the National Health Statistics ...
Mar 22, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Audio-based AI unreliable for predicting COVID-19 infection, study finds
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is unable to accurately predict whether someone has COVID-19 based on the sound of their cough, according to a study involving statisticians from the Department of Mathematics at King's.
Mar 2, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Research team creates statistical model to predict COVID-19 resistance
Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine and The Johns Hopkins University have created and preliminarily tested what they believe may be one of the first models for predicting who has the highest probability of being resistant ...
Feb 22, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
CDC reports on prevalence of seasonal and food allergies, eczema
In two January data briefs published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics, data are presented regarding the prevalence of seasonal allergy, eczema, and food allergy ...
Jan 26, 2023
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