A new clinical trial from King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, & Neuroscience, in collaboration with Oxford University, Oxford…
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Vape sellers are using popular music videos to promote e-cigarettes to young people – and it’s working
Research that my colleagues and I recently conducted demonstrates that electronic cigarette product placement in music videos is associated with…
Will the Covid vaccine protect people who had to shield?
Will the Covid vaccine protect people who had to shield? Patients with autoimmune conditions or on chemotherapy fear a weaker…
End-of-life care remains aggressive for people with ovarian cancer
People with ovarian cancer frequently receive aggressive end-of-life care despite industry guidelines that emphasize quality of life for those with…
Low-calorie diet and mild exercise improve survival for young people with leukemia
In some cancers, including leukemia in children and adolescents, obesity can negatively affect survival outcomes. Obese young people with leukemia…
People gave up on flu pandemic measures a century ago when they tired of them – and paid a price
Picture the United States struggling to deal with a deadly pandemic. State and local officials enact a slate of social-distancing…
Meta-analysis shows children prefer people who speak like them
Research shows that children prefer to befriend, listen to, and imitate people who speak similarly to them. While most of…
Are face masks helping people with allergies?
The masks people have been wearing to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 are also good at filtering out pollen…
Virtual reality could help to reduce pain for people with nerve injuries
We all feel physical pain in different ways, but people with nerve injuries often have a dysfunctional pain suppression system,…
Hepatitis B: What people can learn from donkeys
The discovery of a previously unknown hepatitis B virus in donkeys and zebras opens up new opportunities for understanding the…