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Major incident declared after ‘gas explosion’ destroys terraced houses in Heysham, Lancashire
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict: why is there violence in Gaza and Jerusalem?
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Scientists identify receptor in cells that could be key to preventing cancer drug-induced hearing loss
University of Alberta scientists have identified a receptor in cells that could be key to preventing permanent hearing loss in childhood cancer survivors who are being treated with the drug cisplatin. SOURCE: News Medical Child Health News Feed - ... [Continue Reading]
What does approval of the Pfizer vaccine for teens and preteens mean for my child?
Extending the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to preteens and young adolescents adds nearly 17 million more Americans to the pool of those eligible to be immunized against covid-19, helping to build a vaccinated population closer to herd ... [Continue Reading]
Yoga and breathing exercises have a positive effect on children with ADHD
Yoga and breathing exercises have a positive effect on children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). SOURCE: News Medical Child Health News Feed - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
What’s Up With Energy?
Inactivity or overeating? For the young, which is the bigger obesity villain? This question, in the words of journalist Gretchen Reynolds, […] remains murky and matters, as obesity researchers point out, because we cannot effectively respond to ... [Continue Reading]
Friday morning UK news briefing: Patients win right to see GP in person
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Supercarriers: Just 2% of SARS-CoV-2 positive people carry 90% of the virus
A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that the vast majority of the viral load in a community at any given point is present in a very small minority of the infected population, underlining the vast ... [Continue Reading]
Obesity during adolescence linked to increased risk of stroke as an adult, study finds
Higher body mass index (BMI) -- an indicator of obesity -- in late adolescence is associated with a significantly higher risk of first ischemic stroke in men and women under age 50, regardless of whether they had Type 2 diabetes, a new study finds. ... [Continue Reading]
An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure
To express the thought behind yesterday’s post another way: Exercise with weight loss as your goal, and you may face disappointment. Exercise to gain dozens of contributory benefits, and for a general feeling of well-being, and you win every ... [Continue Reading]
Thursday morning UK news briefing: Israel facing conflict on two fronts
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Comprehensive blood atlas of COVID-19 identifies hallmarks of disease severity
Researchers in the UK have presented a multi-omics integrated blood atlas that delineates the host immune response in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) of varying severity, providing a unique reference resource for the interpretation ... [Continue Reading]
New genetic variants responsible for neurodevelopmental disorders
Researchers have revealed how variants of a gene responsible for packing and condensing genetic material present a novel cause for certain neurodevelopmental disorders. SOURCE: Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Coronavirus Chronicles — The Pain of Adaptation
Although for many people, physical exercise is an important part of their program to vanquish obesity, a contrary belief holds that exercisers tend to negate their extra physical activity by eating more. There is a study of Ecuadorian children that ... [Continue Reading]
Wednesday morning UK news briefing: The big home-working gamble
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Investigational gene therapy can restore immune function in children with inherited immunodeficiency disorder
An investigational gene therapy can safely restore the immune systems of infants and children who have a rare, life-threatening inherited immunodeficiency disorder, according to research supported in part by the National Institutes of ... [Continue Reading]
Online therapy effective against OCD symptoms in the young
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents is associated with impaired education and worse general health later in life. Access to specialist treatment is often limited. According to a new study, internet-delivered cognitive ... [Continue Reading]
New mothers twice as likely to have post-natal depression in lockdown, study finds
Almost half (47.5 percent) of women with babies aged six months or younger met the threshold for postnatal depression during the first COVID lockdown, more than double average rates for Europe before the pandemic (23 percent), a new study ... [Continue Reading]
Coronavirus Chronicles — Keep It Moving
This page has spoken of Alasdair Wilkins, who lost 100 pounds by spending an hour each day walking an uphill treadmill while watching movies. One of his notable quotations is, “I was thinking about my weight loss on a very small scale: I just ... [Continue Reading]
Tuesday morning UK news briefing: Britain ‘not facing a third wave’
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Gesture and speech go hand-in-hand in twins’ early language development, show studies
Gestures--such as pointing or waving--go hand in hand with a child's first words, and twins lag behind single children in producing and using those gestures, two studies from Georgia State University psychology researchers show. SOURCE: News Medical ... [Continue Reading]
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