Cart is empty The effects of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) create an economic burden to the U.K. totaling a staggering £5 billion, a new study titled “A cost-of-illness analysis of the economic burden of obsessive-compulsive disorder in the United Kingdom” and published in Comprehensive Psychiatry has concluded.
No universal body image experience in pregnancy, says meta-analysis
A new study has discovered large variations in how pregnancy can affect women’s perceptions of their own body, including experiences of negative body image.
Implementation of Children’s Code Act being frustrated – Deputy Chief Justice
By GRACE CHAILE
DEPUTY Chief Justice, Michael Musonda SC says the Judiciary has endured countless obstacles and frustrations in the practical implementation of the Children’s Code Act no.12 of 2022.
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Feds rein in use of predictive software that limits care for Medicare Advantage patients
Judith Sullivan was recovering from major surgery at a Connecticut nursing home in March when she got surprising news from her Medicare Advantage plan: It would no longer pay for her care because she was well enough to go home.
Canceling cancer with T cells
What if we could engineer our immune system to make the human body better at fighting cancer? Professor Roy Mariuzza is part of a major research effort aimed at doing just that. An expert in the structural biology of immune system proteins, Mariuzza studies T cells, the body’s first responders against cancer.
Medicaid expansion in Missouri led to reduction in out-of-pocket costs, analysis finds
After Medicaid expansion began in Missouri in July 2021, the proportion of emergency department visits financed by Medicaid rose by nearly 15 percentage points, while the proportion of such visits financed by the uninsured dropped by 14 percentage points, finds a new analysis from the Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy and Economics Research at Washington University in St. Louis.
Video: Why you and your family need a flu shot
If you haven’t had the flu in a few years, there’s a reason. As Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases physician with the Mayo Clinic Children’s Center, shares, all the more reason to ensure you and your family are vaccinated this year.
MPOSHA tried to strangle me – munir
…reports the Water and Sanitation Minister to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Nelly Mutti
By NATION REPORTER
MUNIR Zulu has reported Water and Sanitation Development Minister Mike Mposha of having attempted to strangle him by the neck and has since written a complaint letter to the Speaker of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti against the Munali UPND lawmaker.
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Cell atlases of the human brain created in parallel projects
In two parallel projects, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have been involved in creating the most comprehensive atlases of human brain cells to date. The two studies, which are published in Science, provide clues on different brain diseases and give hope for medical advancements in the future, such as new cancer drugs.
New research shows how brain inflammation in children may cause neurological disorders such as autism or schizophrenia
Severe inflammation in early childhood is a clinically known risk factor for developing autism and schizophrenia. Now, for the first time, scientists from the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have discovered that inflammation alters the development of vulnerable brain cells, and this could have mechanistic links to neurodevelopmental disorders. This finding could lead to treatments for many different childhood-onset neurodevelopmental disorders.