New regulations come into force Monday in Britain banning daytime TV and online adverts for so-called junk foods, in what the government calls a “world-leading…
Category: 6. Health
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UK starts ban on junk food ads on daytime TV and online
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1 confirmed case of meningococcal meningitis reported in western Mongolia-Xinhua
ULAN BATOR, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) — One confirmed case of meningococcal meningitis has been reported in Uvs province in western Mongolia, local health authorities said Monday.
The infected was a five-year-old boy in Malchin soum, an…
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Alexis Komor, Expanding the Gene Editing Toolbox
Editing DNA—the genetic material we’re born with—to cure or model a rare disease may still sound like the stuff of science fiction but, for Alexis Komor, this is business as usual.
Komor, a professor in the…
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3D printed scaffolds bring artificial bone closer to reality
New 3D printed scaffolds more accurately mimic the structure and behaviour of natural bone.
Scientists are one step closer to building artificial bone that truly behaves like the real…
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The patriarchy loathes women in midlife. Don’t fall for it – The Irish Times
The official word of 2025 was “rage-bait”, which isn’t a word. My guess is that if the relevant committee had included more women, it might have been “perimenopause”, which wasn’t a word until recently.
I’ve written before about my…
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Dental hygiene key to predicting mortality, Japanese researchers find
Poor oral health among older adults is closely linked to higher mortality rates and a higher risk of requiring long-term care, according to two separate large-scale studies by researchers at Osaka…
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Domestic violence survivors show similar brain trauma to professional athletes, Australian-first study finds | Domestic violence
An Australian-first study has strengthened evidence that intimate partner violence can cause lasting brain injuries, leading to memory loss, learning disabilities and other long-term cognitive problems.
A Monash University study published in the
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Development of a multimodal magnetic resonance imaging-based machine learning prediction model for flight cadets
Chen, X. et al. Altered default mode network dynamics in civil aviation pilots. Front. Neurosci. 13, 497359 (2020).
Zhang, J. et al. The effect of Bafa Wubu of Tai Chi on college students’…
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