How do you stay safe outdoors during the Pandemic? Emma Hammett of First Aid For Life advises how to stay safe as Covid-19 lockdown eases and outlines 19 possible symptoms to look out for. Lockdown is gradually easing in the UK and we welcome the cautious reopening of many non-essential business. Covid-19 guidance is now […]
People who are genetically predisposed to being overweight have a much harder time keeping their weight. A research team led by nutritional epidemiologist Leonie-Helen Bogl at MedUni Vienna’s Division of Epidemiology has conducted a specialised data analysis of a Finnish cohort study of twins and found that genetic risk factors influence eating behaviour. Especially the […]
Read More… from Genetics influence weight and eating behaviour
It’s child’s play: how parents can help young children adjust to post lockdown life – five tips from a Priory psychiatrist UK schools’ lockdown has had a significant impact on children’s mental health But the loosening of lockdown restrictions increases opportunities for children to play, helping them adjust to the ‘new normal’ Parents playing alongside […]
Read More… from Coping strategies for children post lockdown
What do premature babies hear while lying in an incubator? “That is the question addressed by an interdisciplinary team from the Medical University of Vienna, led by Vito Giordano (neuroscientist at the Division of Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care and Neuropediatrics at the Comprehensive Center for Pediatrics (CCP) of Medical University of Vienna), by musicologist/acoustician Christoph Reuter, […]
Read More… from Premature babies: high exposure to noise in the incubator
Synairgen announces positive results from trial of SNG001 in hospitalised COVID-19 patients Patients who received SNG001 had a 79% lower risk of developing severe disease compared to placebo Patients who received SNG001 were more than twice as likely to recover from COVID-19 as those on placebo Southampton, UK – 20 July 2020: Synairgen plc (LSE: […]
Read More… from Positive results from trial of SNG001 in COVID-19 patients
Devastating mental health toll of sarcoma cancer worryingly high across the UK, charity Sarcoma UK warns: Agonising levels of anxiety, depression as well as having to give up full-time education or employment are some of the ways sarcoma cancer is destroying lives, a new survey reveals today. Even prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, one in […]
Read More… from Sarcoma UK warns of devastating mental health toll
Watch this fascinating and rather therapeutic formation of the the human skeletal system by 7active. A 3d animation studio for medical sciences. […]
Losing sleep: How researchers miss a key contributor to autism according to new research from Assistant professor of biomedical sciences at Washington State University Spokane, Lucia Peixoto and Annette Estes, Director and Susan and Richard Fade Endowed Chair of and University of Washington Autism Center. Doctors and scientists should consider sleep problems an integral part […]
Daily listening to Mozart reduces seizures in individuals with epilepsy: A randomized control study. Researchers at the Toronto Western Hospital have also confirmed that only the original will work. In fact, listening to Mozart’s music once a day reduces the frequency of seizures. Objective Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders . Many […]
Read More… from Mozart reduces seizures in individuals with epilepsy
In 1994, American neuroscientist Dr Stephen Porges proposed the Polyvagal Theory, a theory that links the evolution of the mammalian autonomic nervous system to social behavior and emphasizes the importance of physiological state in the expression of behavioral problems and psychiatric disorders. Holly Bridges, an Australian therapist, author and keynote speaker has developed the Autism […]
Read More… from Polyvagal Theory debunked : the myth of social engagement