Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain There was a 65% increase in the number of children and young people being admitted to general acute medical wards in hospitals in England because of a mental health concern between 2012 and 2022, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. The study, published in The Lancet Child and Adolescent …
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Credit: SHVETS production from Pexels A new study published in The BMJ suggests that prehabilitation (also called prehab) may be able to reduce complications and length of hospitalization after surgery, while also improving quality of life and physical recovery. The systematic review and meta-analysis, which is the largest of its kind, examined data from more …
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The researchers prepared the film by combining xyloglucan, a polymer from tamarind seeds, with green tea extract, then drying the mixture at 4°C for seven days. The resulting film offers adhesion and properties comparable to commercial oral mucoadhesive films. Credit: Reproduced from Hirose et al. with permission from the American Chemical Society Image source link: …
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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People know less about recreational nitrous oxide use than they think they do, new University of Otago–Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research shows. Nitrous oxide is a gas that can be inhaled to create short-lived psychoactive effects, such as euphoria, dissociation, and hallucinations. In Aotearoa New Zealand, it is illegal to sell, supply …
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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Spravato (esketamine) CIII nasal spray for adults living with major depressive disorder who have had an inadequate response to at least two oral antidepressants, according to a news release issued by Johnson & Johnson. Spravato is the first and only approved monotherapy for adults with refractory major …
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SHAP value plots for each feature are shown, ranked by importance (mean absolute SHAP value). Each dot represents 1 individual, with their position representing their SHAP value. Color is used to indicate the specified feature characteristic. Red dots indicate those who have the listed characteristic, while blue dots indicate those who do not. For example, …
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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Globally, mothers are having fewer childrenYet despite this latest observed decline in birth rates, the number of twins and triplets being born today is higher than ever before, This is the first time this has ever happened in history—and research is predicting a continued rise in twinning ratesIn previous years, twinning …
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Credit: Alex Green from Pexels A recent study by researchers from the University of Toronto, Tyndale University and the University of Texas at Arlington found that older adults are at greater risk of having a stroke if they experienced their parents divorcing during childhood. The study was published online in PLOS One, Among Americans aged …
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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In the Buddhist language, Pāli, the word for human dissatisfaction and suffering is dukkha. For buddhist thinkersall human suffering is caused by desire, attachment or craving. As a Buddhist philosopher who has just completed a Ph.D. with a focus on Buddhist thought, I believe this ancient insight describes our contemporary world …
A female Assamese macaque (Macaca assamensis) with her infant at Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand. Credit: Thawat Wisate Maternal stress hormone levels during early pregnancy can have a lasting effect on the stress system of the offspring. The results of a long-term study on wild Assamese macaques in Thailand indicate that maternal stress in the …