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Can high blood pressure protect the over-80s from dementia?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can high blood pressure protect the over-80s from dementia?

...work to pump blood around the body. As blood pressure increases, so too does the effort of the heart. Over time, the added strain caused by high blood pressure can damage the heart and increase the risk of having a heart attack. High blood pressure can also indicate that the blood vessels are themselves damaged or blocked. This is particularly bad for the brain, because...
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Why getting active with children is good for parents too
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why getting active with children is good for parents too

...work needed to increase the involvement of dads and parents from other ethnic groups. The findings also showed that families wanted to carry on taking part in physical activity sessions when they had completed the programme but often the only next steps they could find were linked to sports, which was not what they wanted. The project is ongoing so hopefully more and more...
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The language used during end of life care matters
Health, Sports & Psychology

The language used during end of life care matters

...work out that this phrase could be code. Code that someone was dying. In this article, I’ll discuss two different ways in which language is used in end-of-life care which may lead to confusion about dying: the use of euphemisms to address dying, and the negative language used around decisions to reduce medical intervention. Transcript Firstly, there’s the use of...
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Strange coloured teeth; strange coloured bones
Science, Maths & Technology

Strange coloured teeth; strange coloured bones

...working at a nickel-cadmium battery factory) can give you yellow teeth. Dogs dosed with thalidomide reportedly end up with yellow-green bones. Some folks even suspect eating a lot of carotene-rich foods such as carrots or sweet potatoes can turn your bones yellow. Yellow tetracycline antibiotics can cause teeth and bones to acquire a yellow-green-brown colour (one paper I...
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How do you tell the biological sex of a T-Rex?
Science, Maths & Technology

How do you tell the biological sex of a T-Rex?

...and more about dinosaurs and their kin in ever more exquisite detail. So, how do you identify the sex of a T. rex? Super awesome advanced science, and a lot of hard work, that’s how! *Apparently it can be induced in males through extreme dosing of oestrogen, but that’s another story… This article was originally published by the PLOS network under a CC-BY licence...
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What is Manupedia and how do I use it?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is Manupedia and how do I use it?

...works. Often this is presented as a list of steps to the process. Different variants of the process are outlined in separate illustrations and explanations. Every entry then includes three separate sections titled, not surprisingly, manufacture, materials and design. Each section then analyses the process from its particular perspective, often including information...
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SEND crisis: overdiagnosis - fact or fiction?
Education & Development

SEND crisis: overdiagnosis - fact or fiction?

...works as well as better ways of identifying these differences. An analogy that’s often used is that when telescopes improved, we suddenly saw more stars in the sky. These stars were always there but we couldn’t see them without better equipment. However, even with increases in diagnosis there are still issues with underdiagnosis. The British Dyslexia Association, for...
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British Science Week
Science, Maths & Technology

British Science Week

...working world. The links below explore some debates and questions surrounding the topic. Health Sciences - anxiety and pain Focusing on anxiety, you will consider key issues concerning diagnosis, causes and interventions in our FREE course 'Understanding anxiety'. Plus, pain - we all understand what pain is, don't we? Or do we? Try one of our FREE courses to learn more!...
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