Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Should measles vaccination be compulsory?
As measles cases in Europe hit their highest levels this decade, should the UK adopt compulsory vaccination? Experts debate the issue in The BMJ today.
Jun 5, 2019
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Pediatrics
Cohesive neighborhoods, less spanking result in fewer Child Protective Services visits
Negative neighborhood conditions and parental spanking each contribute to a higher probability that the child welfare system will investigate a household, a new study indicated.
May 29, 2019
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Health
Number of UK adults on low incomes who face hunger has likely almost doubled since 2004
The proportion of UK adults on low incomes who face hunger because they can't afford to buy enough to eat—a situation known as 'food insecurity'—has likely almost doubled in the UK since 2004, suggests an analysis of ...
Apr 30, 2019
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Pediatrics
Uninformed, overwhelmed clients; unrealistic agency expectations
More than 1.2 million children in the United States receive services because they are mistreated and about 400,000 of them are placed in foster care annually. Prior studies have shown that only 23 percent of children in the ...
Apr 16, 2019
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Health
Opinion: Here's why well-intentioned vegan protesters are getting it wrong
Protests from animal-rights activists around the country have drawn a swift national backlash. The Prime Minister has condemned the animal-rights protesters as "shameful," "un-Australian" and, memorably, "green-collar criminals."
Apr 10, 2019
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Meat consumption is changing but it's not because of vegans
Meat consumption in North America is changing. Product developers and policy-makers need to understand the reasons for that change. It's tempting to attribute the decrease in meat consumption to a rise in vegetarianism and ...
Mar 12, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Medical detection dogs help diabetes patients regulate insulin levels
New research by the University of Bristol in collaboration with Medical Detection Dogs has found that the best trained alert dogs have the potential to vastly improve the quality of life of people living with Type 1 diabetes.
Jan 15, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
We're not as Grinchy as we think: How gift-giving is inspired by beliefs-based altruism
'Tis the season for gift-giving and for the scrooges among us to complain about the wastefulness of gift-giving. Why give gifts, they say, when people know what they want better than anyone else? Others grudgingly admit that, ...
Dec 18, 2018
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Pediatrics
Sexual risk assessment tool in the child welfare system developed
Children in the welfare system are particularly vulnerable to commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) according to a 2013 U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means hearing, but few practical screening tools currently ...
Dec 5, 2018
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Health
Swedes enjoy world-class healthcare—when they get it
Asia Nader didn't know whether to worry more about being diagnosed with a hole in her heart at the age of 21, or having to wait a year for Swedish doctors to fix it.
Sep 3, 2018
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