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Cardiovascular problems propelled by increases in high blood pressure and obesity
A 20-year rise in cardiovascular disease (CVD) in China appears to have been spurred largely by increases in high blood pressure, according to a new study from Harvard T.H....
Spanking is defined as using physical force with the intention of causing a child to experience pain, but not injury, to correct or control the youth's behavior.
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Getting spanked as a child can lead to a...
Around 60-70% of people who have schizophrenia experience auditory hallucinations that are typically insulting and threatening.
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An experimental therapy which involves a face-to-face discussion between a person with schizophrenia and an avatar representing their auditory...
Red wine.
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Let it be no misunderstanding: heavy alcohol intake has severe harmful effects. But already for several years, researchers have been finding that moderate wine intake can be beneficial in delaying the onset of cognitive...
In type 1 diabetes, autoreactive T-cells attack insulin-producing islet cells in the pancreas (frame 1). Fiorina and colleagues showed that the network of genetic regulatory factors controlling production of a protein called PD-L1 is altered in blood stem cells...
In a remarkable public health achievement, Sri Lanka was today certified by WHO on having eliminated malaria, a life-threatening disease which long affected the island country.
“Sri Lanka’s achievement is truly remarkable. In the mid-20th century it was among the...
Matthew Pase is lead author on two studies that link higher consumption of both sugary and artificially sweetened drinks to adverse brain effects.
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Americans love sugar. Together we consumed nearly 11 million metric tons of it in 2016,...
Babies only hours old are able to differentiate between sounds from their native language and a foreign language, scientists have discovered. The study indicates that babies begin absorbing language while still in the womb, earlier than previously thought.
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Heart failure in the elderly is set to triple by 2060, according to new data from the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility (AGES) -- Reykjavík study presented at ESC Congress 2016 today.
"Heart failure is a common condition worldwide and increases with...
PTSD is a common and debilitating mental disorder that occurs after a traumatic event.
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A large new study from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium provides the first molecular genetic evidence that genetic influences play a role...
The cost of treating a smoking-related chronic lung disease will exceed more than £2.3 billion per year in England -- and £200 million in Scotland -- by 2030, research suggests.
Rising healthcare costs will be caused by a substantial increase...
