Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain More than half of stroke survivors may develop cognitive impairment within a year after their stroke, and 1 in 3 are at risk for developing dementia…
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‘Eat, sleep, console’ reduces hospital stay and need for medication among opioid-exposed infants
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers have found the “Eat, Sleep, Console” (ESC) care approach to be more effective than using the Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Scoring Tool (FNAST) to assess and…
Focusing on Mental Imagery Helps Teens Break Free From Negativity
Summary: A new study reports that negative rumination can be improved by using mental imagery for teens. The researchers reported that mental imagery improves negative affect and helps regulate the…
Schizophrenia Identified in 60 Seconds via Visual Fixation
Summary: Researchers have identified spatial and temporal abnormalities in spontaneous fixational saccades as a potential biomarker for cognitive and positive symptoms in schizophrenia. Researchers combined patient data of fixational eye…
Japan approves abortion pill for the first time
The abortion pill will become available in Japan for the first time after the health ministry approved the drug used to terminate early-stage pregnancy. Abortion is legal in Japan up…
European paediatricians sound alarm over medicine shortage
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Paediatricians from European countries have raised the alarm over a shortage of medicines for children including antibiotics and asthma treatment, warning it was endangering health. In…
Transgender women are still at risk for prostate cancer
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Transgender women keep their prostates even after gender-affirming surgery, but the extent to which they remain at risk of prostate cancer has been unclear. Now a…
Clouds carry drug-resistant bacteria across distances: study
Atmospheric monitoring could help pinpoint the sources of drug-resistant bacteria found in clouds, researchers said. For a team of Canadian and French researchers, dark clouds on the horizon are potentially…
