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Nutritional psychiatry is the future of mental health treatment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Nutritional psychiatry is the future of mental health treatment

...artificial additives and sugar. The link between poor mental health and nutritional deficiencies has long been recognised by nutritionists working in the complementary health sector. However, psychiatrists are only now becoming increasingly aware of the benefits of using dietary approaches to mental health, calling for their peers to support and research this new field of...
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Article 5 mins
Merry microbes: how might festive feasting affect your gut microbiota?
Science, Maths & Technology

Merry microbes: how might festive feasting affect your gut microbiota?

...artificially elevated levels of fat, sugar and animal fats and proteins. These foods can create the environments where detrimental bacteria can flourish. In my research I am investigating how different conditions can affect the gut microbe population and whether it is possible to monitor changes in the gut microbiota, by monitoring changes in the gases they release as a...
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Understanding PCSO powers
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding PCSO powers

...intelligence from the community; they are often the eyes and ears of policing and their presence in the community has become important on a local level as a result of regular police officers’ increasing involvement in other duties. Policing is not just about responding to emergency calls but also about preventing crime from happening. This is especially true of the role...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Could Donald Trump use his pardons to derail the Russian investigation?
Society, Politics & Law

Could Donald Trump use his pardons to derail the Russian investigation?

...Intelligence Committee, recently cautioned about “the possibility of presidential pardons in this process.” The June 2016 meeting of Donald Trump Jr., Paul Manafort, Jared Kushner and Russian go-betweens promising dirt about Hillary Clinton raises the specter of criminal liability under campaign finance laws. Those laws prohibit foreign nationals from “directly or...
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How the Good Friday Agreement changed my life...
OpenLearn Ireland

How the Good Friday Agreement changed my life...

...intelligence and ideas about practical conflict resolution. The theory that those who have worked through conflict can best understand those still in conflict, offering insights and support, remains true to this day. That is why I remain an enthusiast for peaceful, democratic progress in Baghdad, Belfast, Bogota or Barcelona and utterly confident that we can overcome our...
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Article 10 mins
Desert Island Discs at 75: An OpenLearn listening list
History & The Arts

Desert Island Discs at 75: An OpenLearn listening list

...intelligence? Susan Blackmore [Susan Blackmore] Susan Blackmore Susan Blackmore is a psychologist. She's explored the idea of consicousness and the sense of self. Earlier in her career, she was a leading thinker in the field of parapsychology - taking a sceptical approach to paranormal. It's a field she's since left. Part of the reason for moving away from the...
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Audio 10 mins
What effects does mercury have on health and the environment?
Science, Maths & Technology

What effects does mercury have on health and the environment?

...intelligence, poor memory and attention deficit disorder. Mercury compounds have no detectable effect on the mother, but can be detected in her hair, and mercury levels in maternal hair are strongly related to the severity of post-birth effects in children. Is the risk from mercury higher for infants and nursing mothers? Infants can also be exposed to mercury compounds...
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Innovation in health and social care: social and historical
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care: social and historical

...Artificial pacemaker: Two Australian scientists, Mark C. Lidwill and Edgar H. Booth, developed the cardiac pacemaker in 1926. The original device was portable and consisted of two poles, one of which was connected to a salt solution-soaked skin pad, while the other pole was attached to a needle that was inserted into a patient’s heart chamber. With this device, they...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs