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Science, Maths & Technology
How might COVID-19 affect cancer patients at different stages of their disease?
Will Covid-19 delay cancer treatment? What should you do if you think you have cancer symptoms in these strange times? This articles explains...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Coronavirus: The Lowdown
The Covid-19 pandemic is affecting almost everyone worldwide. We've pulled together some content on the virus and how to cope in these unprecedented times.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
The social Olympian: Family and geography
Ben Oakley explores some of the social factors significant in developing top sports people.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
The language used during end of life care matters
The language we use to talk about end of life care matters because it conveys the values we attribute to life and death says lecturer at The Open University, Dr Erica Borgstrom.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Investigating Links Between Pesticides and Mental Health
What are the links between mood disorders and a type of pesticide called Organophosphates? One OU PhD student explains their research...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
A reader's guide to Music And Silence
An imaginative tale of 17th Century Europe inspired by the real-life fairy tale spectacle of Frederiksborg.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Women have heart attacks too - but why do they often go misdiagnosed?
Women are no less likely to die from a heart attack than men - and some groups of women may be more likely to suffer an attack. But more men receive treatment for the condition. Patricia Davidson suggests why this might be - and how it should change.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
How is Khat adding to the food crisis in Yemen?
Yemen is already suffering from conflict. Now, in the chaos, khat farming is growing - redirecting resources from much-needed food production.
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Education & Development
Children and young people’s participation
Listening to children is a first step in the participation agenda, which is reasonably well established. By contrast, enabling children to share in decision making lags some way behind. This free course, Children and young people's participation, emphasises that the adoption of an integrated approach to participation by different sectors of the ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Veganism interactive
Veganism has been big news in recent years, and that trend looks set to continue. Explore the rise of veganism in this interactive, you will learn about how veganism relates to speciesism, the historical background to the vegan movement, and more.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Feeling Stuck in your Job or Career? The ACT Matrix may be the Tool you Need
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an evidence-based therapy which offers simple tools to help deal with everyday life challenges, and effectively handle difficult thoughts and feelings, accepting what is out of our personal control and committing to action that improves our lives.
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Society, Politics & Law
The drug legislation dilemma
UK drug policy is “disastrous” says Open University Visiting Professor and former government advisor David Nutt. In a lecture at the OU the professor called for scientists to have greater input to the control of illegal substances.