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Reply to Pregnant women and new mothers with schizophrenia are three times more likely to visit the emergency room as a result of being victims of interpersonal violence, a new study finds. About 1 in 5 (20.7%) women with schizophrenia experience physical or sexual violence during their lifetime. by MistWeaver80

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AntiTyph t1_jbbdhjk wrote

Reply to comment by BurnerAcc2020 in Global food consumption alone could add nearly 1 °C to warming by 2100. Seventy five percent of this warming is driven by foods that are high sources of methane (ruminant meat, dairy and rice). by Plant__Eater

They also have an SSP1 pathway in the paper which still results in 0.38-0.67C of warming. They also include a rough estimate for zero population growth from 2020 levels... which is still ~ 0.3C of warming.

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marketrent OP t1_jbbbflh wrote

Reply to Patient with prostate cancer developed an ‘uncontrollable’ Irish accent, showing symptoms consistent with foreign accent syndrome — likely due to his immune system attacking his nervous system by marketrent

Excerpt from the linked summary^1,2 by Vishwam Sankaran:

>The 50-year-old man from North Carolina, who had metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, showed symptoms consistent with foreign accent syndrome (FAS), according to a recent study in the British Medical Journal.

>The new research marks the first reported instance of a person developing FAS linked to a prostate cancer diagnosis.

>While the 50-year-old lived in England in his 20s and had friends from Ireland, the case study mentions that he had reportedly never spoken with the Irish accent.

>“His accent was uncontrollable, present in all settings and gradually became persistent” until his death, researchers wrote in the study.

>Scientists suspect the patient‘s voice change was likely due to paraneoplastic neurological disorder (PND) – a condition in which a cancer patient’s immune system attacks their nervous system, including parts of the spinal cord, nerves and muscles.

>“His presentation was most consistent with an underlying PND,” they said.

>FAS is a speech disorder that causes a sudden change to a person’s speech patterns, with previous studies finding it to be a condition linked to brain damage, such as following a stroke.

>Since the first-ever diagnosis of the condition in 1907, there have so far been over 110 known cases of the syndrome across the world.

^1 Scientists reveal why American man with prostate cancer developed ‘uncontrolled’ Irish accent, Vishwam Sankaran for the Independent, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/american-man-irish-brogue-prostate-cancer-b2292537.html

^2 Broderick A, Labriola MK, Shore N, et al. Foreign accent syndrome as a heralding manifestation of transformation to small cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer. BMJ Case Reports CP 2023;16:e251655. http://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2022-251655

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Reply to Patient with prostate cancer developed an ‘uncontrollable’ Irish accent, showing symptoms consistent with foreign accent syndrome — likely due to his immune system attacking his nervous system by marketrent

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sgramstrup t1_jbb9z7c wrote

Reply to New research analyses fake interaction services on social media. Researchers found that for less than 9 cents you can get 1000 views on TikTok, SoundCloud or Instagram/IGTV. Buying Instagram followers is more expensive: for 4.3 euros you can get 1000. by Wagamaga

It seems to me that we need a meta-study on the negative effects of competition and the permanent hunt for our attention, opinions and resources.

I find it more and more difficult to find positive effects of 'Capitalism', from Scientist outside the openly biased (imho) economic circles. Is market Economy even a Science, or is it a belief-system sprinkled with pretty Math - like Astrology ?

Who proved that all of this crap was good for us ?

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mrlolloran t1_jbb6ox3 wrote

Reply to comment by PM_ME_GAY_STUF in Researchers team has spent 9 years monitoring gluten-free products to analyse whether they are nutritionally deficient, and found that they are not usually nutritionally equivalent to those that contain gluten, but the quality of the products has increased considerably by giuliomagnifico

Really? No context? What about the comment Bubbagump made where he said “cooking isn’t processing?”

Just because you came in way after the fact doesn’t mean there isn’t sufficient context to at least cast doubt on what you thought they meant.

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kintleko t1_jbb3csm wrote

Reply to Hormones Don't Affect Behavior of Female Mice, Study Finds by mikuooeeoo

Title is misleading. When it comes to sex behavior, for example, hormones absolutely matter. But this study assessed open-field behaviors, what mice generally do to explore their environment. The take-away isn't "hormones don't influence behavior."

The take-away is this:
Instead of using male mice for most general behavior studies, we should consider using females. They have less variability in their exploratory behavior than men, and estrous cycle doesn't seem to influence this particular measurement much. The authors say: "Our findings argue for the inclusion of both sexes in experiments querying behavior and support the perspective that females—rather than males—should be the default sex used in studies of exploratory behavior in circumstances in which both sexes cannot be tested."

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wsclose t1_jbay6vy wrote

Reply to Researchers team has spent 9 years monitoring gluten-free products to analyse whether they are nutritionally deficient, and found that they are not usually nutritionally equivalent to those that contain gluten, but the quality of the products has increased considerably by giuliomagnifico

I can tell you that the "gluten free" products have gotten a lot better. My grandmother was diagnosed with celiac in the late 90s early 2000s and her food choices sucked. She lived off of rice crackers and peanut butter for a while, while her doctors worked on a safe foods list. My mother in law also has celiac and what she can eat now is so much better than what was available 20 years ago.

Anyone who has a close family member with celiac should get tested every few year to make sure you don't have it yourself. It's hereditary and often is diagnosed later in life. A celiac blood panel should include total IgA and tissue transglutaminase IgA (tTG IgA) while eating a normal diet.

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