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Medical Notes: September 12, 2021

>> September 12, 2021

A lot of people who have a sleepless night hope they can find time for a nap the next day to make up for it. But a new study in the journal Sleep shows that that doesn’t work. Scientists say 30-to-60 minute naps have no effect on relieving sleep deprivation… …

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Medical Notes: September 5, 2021

>> September 5, 2021

Growing up in poverty physically changes the brain… which makes it much more likely poor kids have cognitive and behavioral difficulties later. A brain imaging study in the journal Biological Psychiatry followed children for 17 years starting around age three. …

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Medical Notes: Week of September 9, 2018

>> September 9, 2018

A look at the top medical headlines for the week of September 9, 2018 including: A connection between adolescent drinking and adult prostate cancer, a study on music preferences related to income, and finally, matching musical tastes to dating profiles to see …

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Medical Notes: Week of March 18, 2018

>> March 18, 2018

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first at home test for the BRCA1 and 2 genes that cause breast cancer but regulators warn that the test does not reveal a woman’s full risk. The saliva test from 23andMe tests for only three of the more than …

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Social Anxiety in Children

>> June 25, 2017

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 13% of Americans, or 15 million people, suffer from social anxiety. It is the most common form of anxiety disorder and the fourth most common mental illness. Adolescence is typically when the onset of …

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