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Dogs Seem to Truly Grieve For Their Lost Canine Buddies, Survey Reveals

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The loss of a beloved canine companion is devastating, and new research shows that you might not be the only one feeling it. Any other dogs in your family could also go through mourning, as indicated by their behavior.   A survey of 426 multiple-dog owners in Italy revealed that, when one dog in the … Read more

There’s an Effective Way to Treat Gaming And Internet Addiction in Teens

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Being unhealthily addicted to video games or the internet is now recognized by the World Health Organization‘s International Classification of Diseases, with adolescents particularly at risk – and as you might expect, the global coronavirus pandemic has made the situation worse.   With the disorders linked to mental health problems and poorer academic performance, researchers … Read more

Nearly 50% of Anti-Abortion Americans Would Still Help a Loved One Arrange It

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Almost half of Americans morally opposed to abortion would help a friend or family member with arrangements to get one, and a majority would offer emotional support, a new study said Friday.   The authors of the paper, which appeared in the journal Science Advances, wrote the finding showed that people are willing to cross … Read more

Nearly 50% of US Bald Eagles Have Chronic Lead Poisoning, Heartbreaking Study Shows

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It’s a common pattern during hunting season in the winter: Hunters shoot elk or deer, then eagles scavenge the waste.  That scavenged meal may have deadly consequences for eagles, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.   The researchers detected high rates of lead poisoning among the two most common types of eagles in … Read more

Scientists Convert Donor Lungs to Universal Blood Type in a Medical First

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Patients can wait a long time for potentially life-saving lung transplants, since the need to find close matches complicates the process. One of the characteristics that need to be matched is patient and donor blood type.   Now new research shows that the blood type of some donated lungs could be altered before transplant, which … Read more

Vast Majority of People With Depression Aren’t Getting Treatment, Global Review Finds

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Depression has become a leading cause of disability worldwide with no signs of slowing down. By 2030, the World Health Organization predicts the disorder could be the main contributor to the global burden of disease.   Even though we now have some effective treatments for depression, including medications and psychological interventions, medical care remains woeful … Read more

Extreme ‘Megadrought’ Gripping The US Is Like Nothing Seen in 1,200 Years

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The megadrought that has parched the southwestern United States and parts of Mexico over the last two decades is the worst to hit the region in at least 1,200 years, researchers said Monday.   Human-caused global heating accounts for more than 40 percent of the dry spell’s intensity, they reported in the journal Nature Climate … Read more

The Olympics Has 100 Percent Fake Snow–Here’s The Science of How It Gets Made

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The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. The winter Olympics conjure up images of snowy mountain ranges, frozen ice rinks and athletes in cold-weather gear. And for good reason. Winter Olympic venues have often been in places that receive an average snowfall of 300 inches per … Read more

Analysis From 113 Countries Shows The Harrowing Extent of Loneliness We Live With

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More humans are alive today than ever before, and yet around the world, people are still feeling alone a lot of the time. Even before the global pandemic hit, a sweeping meta analysis has found chronic or severe loneliness was a common and overlooked experience in numerous nations.   Past studies in the industrialized world … Read more