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Ancient ocean methane not an immediate climate change threat - New research has directly shown that large reservoirs of natural ocean methane in mid-latitude regions will not be catastrophically released to the atmosphere under warming conditions.
rochester.eduSubmitted by avogadros_number t3_ycwe4s
Gaia discovers a new family of black holes: astronomers studied the orbits of stars and noticed that some of them wobbled on the sky, as if they were gravitationally influenced by massive objects. No light could be found using several telescopes, leaving only one possibility: black holes.
esa.intSubmitted by Andromeda321 t3_126mb04
In England, the proportion of children and adolescents prescribed antipsychotics doubled from 0.06% to 0.11% between 2000 and 2019 — study suggests antipsychotics are prescribed for an increasingly broad range of reasons, the most common being autism
manchester.ac.ukSubmitted by marketrent t3_109vd7d
New Nature study finds fungi and spore all over the filaments of an overused mask and demonstrates humid air filtration efficiency is compromised prolonged wearing - Title: "assessing the consequences of prolonged usage of disposable face masks"
nature.comSubmitted by IceGroundbreaking715 t3_ysht77
Association between triglyceride-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and prediabetes: a cross-sectional study in Chinese non-obese people with a normal range of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol | Journal of Translational Medicine
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Based on data from 36 low- and middle-income countries(LMICs), women are more likely to terminate their pregnancies if they were married, had more than four children, were over 30, or had higher levels of education. About 45% of all abortions are considered unsafe, of which 97% take place in LMICs.
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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.
cmaj.caSubmitted by MistWeaver80 t3_11lbaru
A link between depression and changes in counts of several types of immune cells in the blood has been revealed by researchers, this suggests that changes to different components of our immune system — both the innate and adaptive immune response — could play a role in causing depression
bristol.ac.ukSubmitted by giuliomagnifico t3_11fb4g0
Study refutes industry claims that ban on menthol cigarettes leads to increased use of illegal smokes: Banning menthol cigarettes doesn't lead more smokers to purchase menthols from illicit sources, contradicting claims made by the tobacco industry
tobaccocontrol.bmj.comSubmitted by lolfuys t3_109r8i7
App helps to significantly improve memory recall and could have applications for improving memory. Users of the app were able to recall more than 50% more details about everyday experiences that took place as many as six months earlier than if they had only recorded events and never replayed them.
artsci.utoronto.caSubmitted by Wagamaga t3_10f4zbi
Findings show substantial amounts of H₂O could only have been delivered to Earth by means of unmelted material, such as chondrites, and not melted material such as achondrites. The results could have important implications for the search for water—and life—on other planets
cmns.umd.eduSubmitted by GeoGeoGeoGeo t3_11zackp