Medicine & Health
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Beyond jet lag: New study from NUS unveils extent of travel-related sleep disruption from 1.5 million nights of data
National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of MedicinePeer-Reviewed Publication
A collaborative study conducted by researchers at the Centre for Sleep and Cognition at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine) and ŌURA found that while sleep duration recovers quickly, sleep timing and sleep architecture can take significantly longer to realign when traveling across time zones.
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- SLEEP
Number of teeth and incidence of hip fracture in older adults ages 75 and over
Osaka Metropolitan UniversityA retrospective cohort study aimed to clarify the association between the number of teeth and the incidence of hip fractures.
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- Journal of Epidemiology
‘Forever chemicals’ are everywhere. Most of their health effects are unknown
Duke UniversityPeer-Reviewed Publication
‘Forever chemicals’ are everywhere. But only a handful have been evaluated for potentially toxic effects. Researchers think there may be a faster, cheaper way to figure out which ones might be hazardous to our health -- using worms.
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- Toxicological Sciences
- Funder
- NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health
Bans on outdoor junk food ads derailed by industry lobbying
BMJ GroupPeer-Reviewed Publication
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- The BMJ
- Funder
- BMJ Investigations Unit with support from Impact on Urban Health
Prescribing parkrun is a retrograde step, argues doctor
BMJ GroupPeer-Reviewed Publication
- Journal
- The BMJ
High prevalence of tooth and gum issues in teenage professional footballers in England
BMJ GroupPeer-Reviewed Publication
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- BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
- Funder
- None declared