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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/28/well/mind/insomnia-cognitive-behavioral-therapy.html?smid=nytcore-android-share C.B.T.-I. teaches people different ways to relax, like deep breathing and mindfulness meditation, and helps patients develop realistic expectations about their #sleep habits. It is especially important that people with #insomnia learn to view their bed as a place for restful sleep rather than associating it with tossing and turning. Patients undergoing C.B.T.-I. are […]

https://time.com/6309307/australia-parasite-worm-brain/ By Rod McGuirk / AP August 29, 2023 3:15 AM EDT CANBERRA, Australia — A #neurosurgeon investigating a woman’s mystery symptoms in an Australian hospital says she plucked a wriggling worm from the patient’s brain. Surgeon Hari Priya Bandi was performing a biopsy through a hole in the 64-year-old patient’s skull at Canberra Hospital

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/10/colombian-children-found-alive-five-weeks-after-amazon-jungle-plane-crash Malnourished and covered in insect bites, four Indigenous children were rescued alive from the #Colombian Amazon on Friday afternoon, 40 days after the plane they were travelling in crashed into the #jungle. In a remarkable feat of resilience, the children survived heavy storms in one of the most inhospitable parts of the country, home

Danielle Calma May 3, 2023 You clean your kitchen surfaces and bathroom floors, but when was the last time you thought to scrub your faucet heads or clean the dishwasher filter? These are among the dirtiest spaces in your home, but they often go uncleaned because people don’t know they need to be cleaned—or they

https://www.nytimes.com/article/cpr-cardiac-arrest.html What is a cardiac arrest and how do you know if someone is having one? A cardiac arrest, also known as sudden cardiac death, occurs when the heart suddenly stops beating. The person collapses to the ground and is unconscious, appears lifeless, has no pulse and is not breathing. There can be many causes.

By Kate Madden Yee, AuntMinnie.com staff writer December 12, 2022 — Radiation exposure from CT imaging increases brain cancer risk in children by up to fivefold, depending on the level of exposure, according to research published December 6 in the Lancet Oncology. The findings suggest that it’s crucial to track children’s radiation exposure from CT,

Gene editing technology for treatment-resistant cancer could be a ‘scientific layup’ to treat other diseases For the first time, a new #gene editing technology called base editing was used to modify immune cells and successfully treat a teen with treatment-resistant #leukemia. A month afterward, 13-year-old Alyssa was in remission, and she continues to do well