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Chronic Pain: Researchers reveal childhood trauma raises risk of chronic pain in adulthood

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Chronic Pain: Researchers reveal childhood trauma raises risk of chronic pain in adulthood

WASHINGTON: According to new research, physical, sexual, or emotional abuse or neglect, either alone or in combination with other types of childhood trauma, increases the likelihood of chronic pain and accompanying disability in adulthood.These new findings highlight the need of addressing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), which are potentially traumatic events that occur before the age … Read more

Why do these mosquitoes keep perching on the nostrils of frogs who want to eat them?

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Why do these mosquitoes keep perching on the nostrils of frogs who want to eat them?

As It Happens6:28Why do these mosquitos keep perching on the nostrils of frogs who want to eat them? John Gould had been snapping pictures of mosquitoes on frogs for years before he noticed a trend — the bloodsuckers always seem to land right on the amphibians’ noses. “You would think that a frog would be … Read more

Colorado poll finds housing affordability, crime are top concerns

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Colorado poll finds housing affordability, crime are top concerns

A majority of Colorado voters say home ownership is only going to become less attainable, voicing broad concerns about the cost of living and the state’s broader affordability, according to results from a bipartisan poll released Tuesday. The poll, conducted for the Colorado Polling Institute Nov. 26-27 by a team of pollsters, also found a … Read more

How the world gets Universal Health Coverage back on track – POLITICO

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How the world gets Universal Health Coverage back on track – POLITICO

In a tiny village along the Peruvian Amazon, women line up on a warm, rainy August morning to protect themselves against cervical cancer, a disease that claims the lives of six women in Peru every day. News had spread throughout nearby villages of a pilot screening project for human papillomavirus (HPV), a common virus responsible … Read more

Call to Aid UK IVF Patients Urges Donation of Unused Embryos Amidst Research Setback

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Call to Aid UK IVF Patients Urges Donation of Unused Embryos Amidst Research Setback

In a bid to address the critical shortage of embryos for research purposes, fertility experts and bioethicists are calling on in vitro fertilisation (IVF) patients to consider donating their unused embryos after a shortage in donations over the past 15 years. A dramatic 25-fold decrease in the donation of embryos is attributed to the rising … Read more

Helium startups on the Prairies hope to keep domestic supplies afloat

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Helium startups on the Prairies hope to keep domestic supplies afloat

To the untrained eye, the collection of pipes and structures rising out of the prairie 200 kilometres east of Calgary looks like any other natural gas processing plant in southern Alberta.  But the Steveville plant isn’t focused on extracting hydrocarbons. Instead, the prize it’s seeking deep underground is helium.  The element is most commonly associated with … Read more

Ottawa getting $40 million refund from former parent company of Quebec COVID vaccine maker

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Ottawa getting million refund from former parent company of Quebec COVID vaccine maker

Ottawa will be getting a $40 million refund after it gave Quebec City-based biopharmaceutical company Medicago more than $300 million to develop and manufacture a home-grown COVID-19 vaccine that never made it to market. The news comes after Conservative, Bloc and NDP MPs on the House of Commons health committee grilled staff from Canada’s procurement department this … Read more

5 feline facts to help see your cat in a new light

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5 feline facts to help see your cat in a new light

Quirks and Quarks54:01Cat facts — the latest science on our feline companions Cats have lived alongside humans for millennia, but there’s still much we don’t know about our companions. How do cats purr? Why do they look so annoyed all the time? And when and where did cats begin sharing homes with humans?  Part of … Read more

Research: Study sheds more light on brain’s dopaminergic system

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Research: Study sheds more light on brain’s dopaminergic system

VIENNA: A novel dopaminergic system organoid model offers information on its complicated operation and possible implications for Parkinson’s disease.The model, built by Jurgen Knoblich’s group at the Austrian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA), mimics the structure, connection, and functionality of the dopaminergic system.The study, published in Nature Methods, also reveals that chronic … Read more