The FINANCIAL -- Pregnant women may be especially vulnerable to developing more severe cases of COVID-19 following SARS-CoV-2 infection, but little is known about their anti-SARS-CoV-2 immune response or how it may affect their offspring.
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British Reporter — Researchers have outlined 14 steps that schools, mental health services and policymakers can take to help children and young people whose mental health has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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British Reporter — A new industry-academic partnership between the University of Oxford and biopharmaceutical company NuCana as found that chemotherapy drug NUC-7738, derived from a Himalayan fungus, has 40 times greater potency for killing cancer cells than its parent compound.
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Researchers looked at 15 million people to find the answer. Many people have been talking about the “COVID 15,” referring to gaining 15 pounds during quarantine. But did people really gain weight? This question intrigued researchers. So they examined patient data from electronic
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British Reporter — UK leading pregnancy charity Tommy’s warns that pandemic pressures can take a physical toll on mums-to-be – even if they don’t personally catch Covid-19, following new research, published in the medical journal Placenta co-authored by University of Manchester scientists.
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Renting, living alone were pandemic mental health risk factors. The last year and a half have been a struggle for all of us, and that’s putting it lightly.
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British Reporter — Memories of past events and experiences are what define us as who we are, and yet the ability to form these episodic memories declines with age, certain dementias, and brain injury, University of Glasgow notes.
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Large Kaiser Permanente study finds 25% increase in rate of use. A Kaiser Permanente analysis of more than 100,000 pregnancies in Northern California finds a 25% increase in the rate of cannabis use early in pregnancy after the pandemic began in spring 2020.
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Researchers at the University of Toronto have found that nuts do not contribute to weight gain. The review of quality research on links between nuts, fat consumption and body weight was recently published in the journal Obesity Reviews and is among the most
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British Reporter — Women’s increased use of alcohol is of particular concern. As Harvard University notes. As the baby boomer generation moves into retirement age, it is expected that by the year 2034, older adults (ages 65 and up) will outnumber children in
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British Reporter — A recent study has monitored how the use of a sleep app alongside NHS therapy services has helped improve participants’ sleep, UKRI notes.
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