Can you catch shingles? A GP explains what people get wrong about this common virus
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The NHS incurs an estimated £340 million in additional health care costs annually due to weight-related health problems in children—but it is not just obesity driving the costs. New research from the University of Oxford reveals that underweight children need comparable medical support as those who are severely obese, challenging assumptions about childhood health priorities.
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The idea that you can "catch" shingles is one of the more common misconceptions I hear from patients who arrive worried they've got it. Often, they've recently been near a child with chickenpox or someone else with shingles, and are understandably anxious they've picked it up.
UC Berkeley's Rikky Muller (Ph.D.'13 EECS), associate professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences, can still recall her first glimpse into the world of neurotechnology. At a conference nearly two decades ago, she saw something that didn't seem possible: chips recording neural signals from the brain, then using those signals to control robotic arms.
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Researchers in Sweden are testing a 250-year-old medicine in patients with one of the world's deadliest cancers.
Time—or the lack of it—could be a missing link in dementia prevention, according to a new paper from UNSW Sydney's Center for Healthy Brain Aging (CHeBA).
A University of Texas at Arlington study reveals that even children who meet standard developmental milestones may be falling behind in age-appropriate motor skills. Priscila Tamplain, UT Arlington associate professor of kinesiology and director of the Motor Development Lab, has published multiple articles on the topic and cautions parents not to overlook the issue.
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