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infant
Children's Health, Healthcare
Infant brains: bodies are active during new sleep stage
Lourdes Antenor Jun 17, 2021

Infant human babies do even more than we thought while sleeping. A new study from University of Iowa researchers provides further insights into the coordination

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restrictions
Aged Care, COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Melbourne will ease lockdown restrictions on Friday
Lourdes Antenor Jun 17, 2021

Restrictions across Victoria will ease on Friday as the state records 5 new locally acquired COVID cases. One “concerning” case involves a vaccinated nurse at

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Mosquitoes
Healthcare, Healthcare News
As climates change, prepare for more mosquitoes in winter
Lourdes Antenor Jun 15, 2021

In many parts of the world, mosquitoes are a common summertime nuisance. But in places on the front lines of climate change, these disease-spreading insects

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Zinc
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Zinc causes and prevents kidney stones according to new discovery
Lourdes Antenor Jun 15, 2021

A funny thing happened on the way to discovering how zinc impacts kidney stones — two different theories emerged, each contradicting the other. One: Zinc

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diet
Healthcare, Mental Health
Women’s mental health has higher association with their diet
Lourdes Antenor Jun 11, 2021

Women’s mental health likely has a higher association with their diet than men’s, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York.

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yeast
Healthcare, Learning - Function
Are heavy metals toxic? Scientists find surprising new clues in yeast
Lourdes Antenor Jun 11, 2021

Lanthanides are rare-earth heavy metals with useful magnetic properties and a knack for emitting light. Researchers had long assumed that lanthanides’ toxicity risk was low

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gene
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Learning - Function
Gene protection for COVID-19 identifies why some people don’t get sick
Lourdes Antenor Jun 10, 2021

The first evidence of a genetic link explaining why some people who catch Covid-19 don’t become sick has been discovered. A scientific and medical team

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couple
Aged Care, COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Couple who travelled from Victoria to Queensland under investigation, NSW on high alert
Lourdes Antenor Jun 10, 2021

A couple who travelled from Victoria through the NSW while infectious with COVID-19 have presented a “real and present danger” to the communities and places

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family
Children's Health, Healthcare, International News
What works in family planning and reproductive health programmes?
Lourdes Antenor Jun 9, 2021

The following are real-life lessons from family planning interventions and reproductive health programmes in 15 different countries.   Paola is part of a community-based, partner-led programme to reduce pregnancy

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blood clots
Healthcare, Healthcare News
A breakthrough in understanding the physics of blood clots
Lourdes Antenor Jun 8, 2021

Heart attacks and strokes — the leading causes of death in human beings — are fundamentally blood clots of the heart and brain. Better understanding

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Emotion
Healthcare, Healthcare News, International News
Understanding feelings and emotion: When less is more
Lourdes Antenor Jun 3, 2021

A facial expression or the sound of a voice can say a lot about a person’s emotional state; and how much they reveal depends on

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Natural Killer
Healthcare, Healthcare News, International News
SKI Scientists Learn What Fuels the natural killer cells of the Immune System
Lourdes Antenor Jun 3, 2021

Despite a name straight from a Tarantino movie, natural killer (NK) cells are your allies when it comes to fighting infections and cancer. If T

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