Can biology reveal parental manipulation?
Parental alienation is when one parent manipulates the child into distancing themselves from the other parent. But does this leave detectable biological evidence?
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EPA may stop assessing health benefits when setting air pollution rules
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may soon stop putting a dollar value on the health benefits of cleaner air.
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In patients' homes, medical students learn what textbooks miss—new study
For many medical students, the earliest years of training are heavy on textbooks and light on real patient contact. But a new study suggests that meaningful clinical learning can begin much earlier, not in hospitals, but ...
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Environmental toxins and stress during pregnancy affect children's development, research shows
Research at Karlstad University shows that exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals and adverse life events during pregnancy can influence children's behavior and brain development.
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Precautionary approach to alcohol-free and low alcohol drinks needed to protect public health, say experts
Alcohol-free and low-alcohol ("nolo") drinks have the potential to improve public health, but experts writing in The BMJ call for a precautionary approach that maximizes potential benefits (e.g., increased substitution of ...
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Surgery is no more effective than six weeks in a cast for unstable ankle fractures, clinical trial finds
Wearing a cast for six weeks appears to be no less effective than surgery for healing unstable ankle fractures and carries fewer treatment-related harms, finds a clinical trial from Finland published in The BMJ.
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Home fingertip oxygen monitors less accurate for people with darker skin tones: Study
Fingertip monitors known as pulse oximeters that can be used at home to detect low blood oxygen levels (hypoxemia) give higher readings for patients with darker than lighter skin tones, finds the largest study on this topic, ...
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New simulator mimics real tissue for safer endoscopic cancer surgery training
A research team at Tohoku University, in collaboration with Denka Company Limited and U-A Corporation, has developed a high-fidelity "dry" simulator for endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). ESD is a minimally invasive ...
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Alcohol treatment twice as likely to fail in adolescents who are not in employment, education or training
Alcohol treatment for adolescents in England who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) is more than twice as likely to fail than compared to those who are, University of Manchester researchers have found.
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What does it mean to be in a cancer clinical trial?
Many people are surprised to learn that clinical trials aren't just for people who have run out of standard treatment options, but are an important part of cancer care at every stage and most aspects of diagnosis and treatment. ...
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