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Language skills are essential to a child’s ability to communicate and develop. These skills enable children to engage with other people and learn from their surroundings and in the classroom.

Researchers investigate the advantages and disadvantages of two types of contraceptive coils

In the "ThemenCheck Medizin" procedure offered by the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG), interested members of the public can submit proposals for the assessment of medical procedures and technologies.

29 Nov 2023

Early childhood education provides benefits for youngsters during the pandemic

The more time pre-schoolers spent in childcare during the first year of the pandemic, the more their vocabulary grew, a new study has found.

28 Nov 2023

Study reveals high alcohol consumption in men increases mortality risks in China

The associations of cause-specific mortality with alcohol intake.

28 Nov 2023

From 'Covidiots' to 'zoom fatigue': The new words of the pandemic

Remember 'Covidiots' and the first protests by 'anti-vaxxers'? The early stages of the pandemic saw plenty of new words enter the public 'voice', but many of these novel terms were actually fairly short-lived.

27 Nov 2023

New stem cell-based treatment for Type 1 diabetes can reduce dependence on daily insulin injections

An innovative stem cell-based treatment for Type 1 diabetes can meaningfully regulate blood glucose levels and reduce dependence on daily insulin injections, according to new clinical trial results from the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH).

27 Nov 2023

Infant face preference linked to genetics

Whether infants at five months of age look mostly at faces or non-social objects such as cars or mobile phones is largely determined by genes.

27 Nov 2023

Progressive and anti-abortion? New group plays fast and loose to make points

This summer pedestrians, drivers, and passengers in Washington, D.C., saw a new type of graffiti among the usual urban scrawls: anti-abortion advocacy designed to troll this ultra-blue city.

27 Nov 2023

Study estimates the life expectancy and years of life lost by autistic people in the UK

A new study led by UCL researchers confirms that autistic people experience a reduced life expectancy, however the number of years of life lost may not be as high as previously claimed.

23 Nov 2023

Mendelian randomization reveals a causal relationship between diabetes mellitus and pancreatic cancer

Announcing a new article publication for BIO Integration journal. This study investigates the association between diabetes mellitus and susceptibility to pancreatic cancer by using Mendelian randomization (MR) methods and an extensive human genome-wide association study (GWAS) dataset.

23 Nov 2023

A review of automated clinical depression diagnosis tools

A review on how the latest computational methods that utilize facial, acoustic, and semantic features are being deployed to predict major depressive disorders.

23 Nov 2023

Revolutionizing pain management: Study highlights effectiveness of low-dose local anesthetics

The therapeutic efficacy of low-dose local anesthetics (LAs) in various clinical conditions, highlighting gaps in current research for future exploration.

23 Nov 2023

Optimizing hospital patient safety: Machine learning model enhances early warning system performance

Researchers propose a novel predictive model based on machine learning for the early prediction of adverse events.

23 Nov 2023

Large Language Models pose threat to scientific accuracy, new study warns

Large Language Models (LLMs) pose a direct threat to science, because of so-called 'hallucinations' (untruthful responses), and should be restricted to protect scientific truth, says a new paper from leading Artificial Intelligence researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute.

22 Nov 2023

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Researchers investigate the advantages and disadvantages of two types of contraceptive coils

Early childhood education provides benefits for youngsters during the pandemic

Study reveals high alcohol consumption in men increases mortality risks in China

From 'Covidiots' to 'zoom fatigue': The new words of the pandemic

New stem cell-based treatment for Type 1 diabetes can reduce dependence on daily insulin injections

Infant face preference linked to genetics

Progressive and anti-abortion? New group plays fast and loose to make points

Study estimates the life expectancy and years of life lost by autistic people in the UK

Mendelian randomization reveals a causal relationship between diabetes mellitus and pancreatic cancer

A review of automated clinical depression diagnosis tools

Revolutionizing pain management: Study highlights effectiveness of low-dose local anesthetics

Optimizing hospital patient safety: Machine learning model enhances early warning system performance

Large Language Models pose threat to scientific accuracy, new study warns

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