National response required for the psychological trauma of Australian bushfires
It is difficult to overestimate the emotional devastation and mental anguish caused by Australia’s current bushfire crisis. As unprecedented events
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Pictured: The first MRI scans of couples having sex from 1999
BMJ reveals study of first MRI scan of a penis in a vagina is one of its most-downloaded articles EVER
Read moreDepression affects one-third of lung cancer patients
About one-third of patients newly diagnosed with the most common form of lung cancer have moderate to severe symptoms of
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Tracking the movements and minds of surgeons to improve performance
Stanford scientist Carla Pugh has spent years developing wearable technologies for surgeons. Her goal: Use data to improve surgical decision-making.
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Researchers at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) and the University Health Network (UHN) have discovered detailed new information
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Sleep deprived? Study finds losing a night of sleep may increase Alzheimer’s biomarker
A preliminary study has found that when young, healthy men were deprived of just one night of sleep, they had
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Lady Gaga Says She Takes 'An Unorthodox Box Of Pills' For PTSD After Being Raped
Lady Gaga shared new details about her past sexual assault in an interview with Oprah Winfrey. Oprah featured the singer
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The empathy option: Digging into the science of how and why we choose to be empathetic
You’re flipping through the television channels when you hear the familiar beginning strains of a Sarah McLachlan song. You hastily
Read moreNew Insights: Armies of strategically stationed T cells fight viral infections, cancer
The immune system mounts robust responses to infections, vaccines and cancer, but only now have scientists fully begun to unravel
Read moreTheatre trips cut the risk of early death by 30%, study shows
Want to live for longer? Go to the theatre or a museum once a month: Scientists find it may cut
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