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Francis Angevine

Personalised medicine will make drug experimentation on populations the norm

In June 2023, the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (“MHRA”) announced it will be the first drug safety regulator in the world to pilot its own genetic “biobank,” to better understand how a patient’s genetic makeup can impact the safety of their medicines. “The Yellow Card

US government-commissioned study finds mRNA injections cause myocarditis

An agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services, the Health Resources and Services Administration, requested a study to review the evidence regarding specific potential harms related to covid-19 injections used in the United States. On Tuesday a report of the study’s findings was released. The report

Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance of Mycobacterium spp. in the United Arab Emirates: A retrospective analysis of twelve years of National AMR Surveillance Data

The Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) region accounts for almost 8% of all global Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) cases, with TB incidence rates ranging from 1 per 100,000 per year in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to 204 per 100,000 in Djibouti. The national surveillance data from the EMRO/

Effect of computerized cognitive remediation therapy on mental time travel in patients with schizophrenia— a pilot randomized controlled trial

Objective: To investigate the intervention effect of computerized cognitive remediation therapy (CCRT) on mental time travel (MTT) in patients with schizophrenia(SCZ).

Bipolar disorders and schizophrenia: discrete disorders?

Background: With similarities in heritability, neurobiology and symptomatology, the question has been raised whether schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are truly distinctive disorders or belong to a continuum. This narrative review summarizes common and distinctive findings from genetics, neuroimaging, cognition and clinical course that may help to solve this ethiopathogenetic puzzle.

Where in the brain is creativity? The fallacy of a creativity faculty in the brain

The neuroscience of creativity is built on a tacit and near universal assumption that is false.Paradoxically, this is not contentious; once made explicit, the assumption is readily conceded as false.

Hand Sanitizers Could Damage Critical Supporting Cells in the Brain

Toxic chemicals found in hand sanitizers and other disinfectants, as well as household items like furniture and electronics, could be harming brain development in children and future generations.

Gelatin-based biomaterials and gelatin as an additive for chronic wound repair

Disturbing or disrupting the regular healing process of a skin wound may result in its progression to a chronic state.

Re-imagining vulnerability and risk framing of parents with mental illness and their children

To elicit compassion and communicate urgency to policy makers and governments, researchers and program developers have promoted a narrative of vulnerability and risk to frame the experience of families when parents have mental illness. Developed within a western medicalised socio-cultural context, this frame has provided a focus on the need

Exploring causal correlations between inflammatory cytokines and ménière's disease: A Mendelian randomization

Objectives Previous studies have highlighted associations between certain inflammatory cytokines and Ménière's Disease (MD), such as interleukin (IL) -13 and IL-1β.

Exploring causal correlations between inflammatory cytokines and ménière's disease: A Mendelian randomization

Objectives Previous studies have highlighted associations between certain inflammatory cytokines and Ménière's Disease (MD), such as interleukin (IL) -13 and IL-1β.

Whales die while offshore wind developer hides crucial “whale protection” information

Last week, a female right whale died 50 miles off the Virginia coast, this marks the fourth documented North Atlantic right whale death in US waters this year. Researchers say there are as few as 350 right whales left in the North Atlantic, with only 70 of those animals being

Selective disrupted gray matter volume covariance of amygdala subregions in schizophrenia

Objective: Although extensive structural and functional abnormalities have been reported in schizophrenia, the gray matter volume (GMV) covariance of the amygdala remain unknown.

Visitor characteristics and changes in mental health stigma after attending the Mind Space mental health experience exhibition

Mind Space is an experiential mental health exhibition in Hong Kong, aiming to raise public awareness and provide education regarding mental health.

CBD Myths: Demystifying Cannabis

There are CBD myths that will soon not stand the test of time.