The removal of group homes or institutions will not lead to better child well-being and could even worsen outcomes for some orphaned and separated children. This is according to new findings from a three-year study across five low- and middle-income countries. Children in institutions are as healthy and, in some ways, healthier than those in family-based care, according to the study, which was led by Kathryn Whetten, a Duke professor of public policy ...
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The pathogens posing the greatest risk to Europe based upon a proxy for impact have been identified by researchers at University of Liverpool, using a 'big data' approach to scientific research. The researchers from the University's Institute of Infection and Global Health ranked the top 100 pathogens affecting humans and the top 100 affecting domestic animals using a system which, they believe, will help governments across the continent plan for risks associated ...
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In Britain, people from low socio-economic positions still eat more salt than those from higher socio-economic positions, irrespective of where they live. A paper published in the iBMJ Open/i journal and led by Warwick Medical School suggests social inequalities in salt intake have hardly changed in the period from 2000-01 to 2011. This is despite a national average salt reduction over this time.This paper is the first to monitor social inequalities following ...
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Across the UK and in the north of England in particular, pizzas spiked with chemicals that can get people high is becoming a trend, say sources. 'Legal high', which mimic the effects of illegal narcotics such as cocaine, cannabis and ecstasy, are untested and unclassified drugs that could have serious and unpredictable effects on users, the Daily star reported. A drug misuse worker has said that there is one pizzeria in central Newcastle that has ...
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A new study has revealed that rise in sea-level around the coast of Antarctica is caused by fresh water from melting glaciers. The study conducted by the University of Southampton explored that the sea-level around the coast of Antarctica rose 2cm more than the global average of 6cm. Craig Rye, lead author of the study, said that freshwater was less dense than salt water and they expected a localized rise in sea levels in regions where an excess of freshwater ...
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