Pediatrics
Excessive social media use during the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated adolescent mental health challenges
How does time spent online, and especially social media, affect the brains and behaviors of children and youth?
Jan 21, 2024
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Better, more affordable prosthetic knees bound for developing world
Backed with a blend of private and Government of Canada investments catalyzed by Grand Challenges Canada, a new Toronto-based company will contribute to a better life for amputees in developing countries. With the new funding, ...
May 27, 2015
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Vaccination
UK may take part in COVID-19 vaccine 'challenge studies'
The British government says it may take part in a study that tries to deliberately infect volunteers who have been given an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus in an effort to more quickly determine if the vaccine ...
Sep 24, 2020
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Health
The high-tech future of healthcare: A digital health assistant in your home
The UK's healthcare system faces unprecedented challenges. Britain is the most obese nation in Europe and the country's ageing population is especially at risk from isolation, depression, strokes and fractures caused by falls ...
May 9, 2013
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Health
Industry-linked studies more favorable to indoor tanning, researchers say
Studies of indoor tanning that are financially linked to the industry are significantly more likely to downplay the risks and highlight perceived benefits of indoor tanning than studies without such ties, according to researchers ...
Feb 4, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Research harnesses AI to fight breast cancer
Breast cancer has recently overtaken lung cancer to become the most common cancer globally, according to the World Health Organization. Advancing the fight against breast cancer, the BreastPathQ Challenge was launched at ...
May 10, 2021
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Medical research
Stepped wedge cluster randomized trials present advantages, challenges compared to other research methods
The stepped wedge cluster randomized trial (SW-CRT) is a research methodology that has been growing in popularity, particularly for pragmatic implementation and dissemination trials. SW-CRTs can have advantages over parallel ...
May 24, 2022
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Health
EU also studying plain-packaging law for tobacco
The European Commission said on Thursday it too could shortly make legislative proposals that would force manufacturers to distribute tobacco products across Europe in plain packaging.
Aug 16, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Texting for wellness: Using digital mental health tools for support in another COVID-19 winter
The Omicron variant may be testing your resolve to begin 2022 with a commitment to wellness. Certainly, it seems there is a shared sense of frustration and fatigue across the country in the face of yet another pandemic surge. ...
Jan 13, 2022
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Genetics
UN: Experts to develop oversight standards for gene editing
The World Health Organization is convening an expert meeting next month to develop global standards for the governance and oversight of human gene editing, months after a Chinese researcher rocked the scientific community ...
Feb 14, 2019
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