Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects approximately 10% of road accident participants and as many as half of people who have experienced war, and victims of rape…
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Parents rush to vaccinate children after measles outbreak hits Texas
Illustration of the virus which causes measles. Credit: CDC/ Allison M. Maiuri, MPH, CHES Five-year-old Shado is one of dozens of children being rushed to a health center in the…
Critical illness is more common than expected in African hospitals, but low-cost treatments offer hope
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain One in eight patients in hospitals in Africa is critically ill, and one in five of the critically ill die within a week, according to a…
Dairy farm workers’ sleep and stress levels impacted by calving season demands
Credit: cottonbro studio from Pexels Sleep is as important to humans as food and water, but it is often sacrificed to work, especially for farm workers. Dairy farming, in particular,…
Scientists discover key protein in resilience to stress
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain When faced with chronic stress, why do some people develop anxiety and depressive symptoms while others show resilience? A protein that acts as a cannabinoid receptor…
15-minute screening tool can help stroke survivors with visual perception problems
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new 15-minute tool to screen stroke survivors for visual perception problems has been launched by researchers from Durham and Oxford universities. The free screening tool…
How parenthood may help keep your brain young
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Parents’ brains may be getting an unexpected benefit from raising children: protection against some effects of aging, according to a new study of nearly 37,000 adults.…
Hormone FGF21 found to influence brain’s food reward system in response to protein restriction
Protein restriction increases preference and motivation for whey protein in WT but not Fgf21-KO mice. Credit: Molecular Metabolism (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2024.102068 When faced with multiple food options and ultimately choosing…
First female runner could soon break the 4-minute-mile barrier
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister pushed through the finishing tape at Iffley Road track in Oxford, England, and collapsed into the arms of friends after…
Novel bone marrow transplant shows high success in curing sickle cell disease
Normal blood cells next to a sickle-blood cell, colored scanning electron microscope image. Credit: Wikipedia/Illustration from Anatomy & Physiology A bone marrow transplant process co-developed by investigators at the Johns…
