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A team of US scientists on the Dog Project, have been studying how dogs process the words that are spoken to them by their owners. The scientists have trained the dogs they study to enter into an MRI scanner voluntarily, without sedation or restraint and stay still.. They have already examined subjects such as the dogs’ neural responses to expected...Read More

Bullying and harassment is not just reserved for the school playground, but it can also be very real in the world of work. The 2017 NHS staff survey showed that 24% of all NHS staff have reported that they have experienced some form of bullying. Other research has shown that just under 30% of all NHS staff have experienced some...Read More

With around 60% of the UK population said to be overweight or obese, including 27% women and 26% men weighing as obese, a national initiative has been introduced to encourage people to exercise more. Conceived by Public Health England and the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine and funded by National Lottery money, the organisation aims to make it easier...Read More

A team of Canadian researchers from the University of Montreal, have found that cannabis can cause long-lasting damage to the developing brains of teenagers while the Canadian Government legalised the sale of cannabis for both medical and recreational use for over 18s in June. The study involved 3,800 adolescents, following them for four years. The study was published in the...Read More

An international team of scientists have examined data from six studies to examine when teen smokers take up smoking. The researchers are all involved in the Ageing Lungs in European Cohorts (ALEC) study which is co-ordinated by Deborah Jarvis of Imperial College, London. The study was published in PLOS, which is a peer-reviewed journal. It is available to read online...Read More

A team of scientists have studied whether prescribing video game exercises at home could help improve chronic lower back pain. The researchers from the University of Sydney, Australia looked at the benefits of prescribing patients self-managed video games, to be played at home. The study was a randomised, controlled trial and the results were published in Physical Therapy. The abstract...Read More