Parental alienation is when one parent manipulates the child into distancing themselves from the other parent. But does this leave detectable biological evidence?
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Can biology reveal parental manipulation?
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EPA may stop assessing health benefits when setting air pollution rules
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may soon stop putting a dollar value on the health benefits of cleaner air.
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In patients' homes, medical students learn what textbooks miss—new study
For many medical students, the earliest years of training are heavy on textbooks and light on real patient contact. But a new study suggests that meaningful clinical learning can begin much earlier, not in hospitals, but in people’s homes.
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Psychotherapy for older adults with depression: a narrative review
de Sousa RD, Zagalo DM, Costa T, de Almeida JMC, Canhão H, Rodrigues A. Exploring depression in adults over a decade: a review of longitudinal studies. BMC Psychiatry. 2025;25:378.
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Short-pulse multi-spot PRP, burn size and the risk of undertreatment
Burgess PI, Dinah C, Lois N, Burdon M. NICE guidelines reaffirm the key role of laser for treating proliferative diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular oedema. Eye. 2026;40:3–6.
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Environmental toxins and stress during pregnancy affect children's development, research shows
Research at Karlstad University shows that exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals and adverse life events during pregnancy can influence children’s behavior and brain development.
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Surgery is no more effective than six weeks in a cast for unstable ankle fractures, clinical trial finds
Wearing a cast for six weeks appears to be no less effective than surgery for healing unstable ankle fractures and carries fewer treatment-related harms, finds a clinical trial from Finland published in The BMJ.
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Home fingertip oxygen monitors less accurate for people with darker skin tones: Study
Fingertip monitors known as pulse oximeters that can be used at home to detect low blood oxygen levels (hypoxemia) give higher readings for patients with darker than lighter skin tones, finds the largest study on this topic, published in The BMJ.
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Precautionary approach to alcohol-free and low alcohol drinks needed to protect public health, say experts
Alcohol-free and low-alcohol (“nolo”) drinks have the potential to improve public health, but experts writing in The BMJ call for a precautionary approach that maximizes potential benefits (e.g., increased substitution of alcoholic drinks with…
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New simulator mimics real tissue for safer endoscopic cancer surgery training
A research team at Tohoku University, in collaboration with Denka Company Limited and U-A Corporation, has developed a high-fidelity “dry” simulator for endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). ESD is a minimally invasive procedure developed in…
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