Medicine & Health
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Limiting screen time protects children’s mental health
University of Jyväskylä - Jyväskylän yliopistoPeer-Reviewed Publication
A recent Finnish study suggests that limiting screen time and promoting physical activity from childhood may help safeguard mental health in adolescence. The findings are particularly significant given that mental health problems affect up to 30% of young people and pose a growing societal challenge.
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- JAMA Network Open
Study introduces online tool to guide surgical decisions for gallbladder cancer
Boston University School of MedicinePeer-Reviewed Publication
A new study led by researchers from Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine have discovered key risk factors that can help predict when surgery for gallbladder cancer may not be beneficial, leading to ER or complications.
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- Annals of Surgical Oncology
Stand up to cancer adds new expertise to scientific advisory committee
Stand Up To CancerBusiness Announcement
Study: Tuberculosis relies on protective genes during airborne transmission
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPeer-Reviewed Publication
Scientists discovered genes in the tuberculosis bacterium that becomes essential for the pathogen’s survival when it’s exposed to air through coughing. These genes could be targets for new therapies that simultaneously treat infection and prevent transmission.
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- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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- NIH/National Institutes of Health, Abby and Howard P. Milstein Program in Chemical Biology and Translational Medicine, Potts Memorial Foundation, National Science Foundation Center for Analysis and Prediction of Pandemic Expansion, Inditex, NASA Translational Research Institute for Space Health, Analog Devices, Inc
Dissociation is a coping mechanism impeding effective climate action
Cambridge University PressPeer-Reviewed Publication
Collective dissociation is preventing people from taking effective action to tackle the overwhelming climate emergency, research published in Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health has found.
The overwhelming scale and complexity of the climate emergency often leave individuals feeling powerless, leading to a sense of futility in their ability to effect meaningful change. Collective dissociation is a form of trauma processing, and it threatens the cooperation needed to address the climate emergency. Instead, it reinforces isolation and prevents objective assessment of a destructive reality.
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- Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health
Prevalence of neutralizing antibodies to AAV2 and AAV9 in individuals with Niemann-Pick disease
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering NewsPeer-Reviewed Publication
- Journal
- Human Gene Therapy