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Aug

The world must cooperate to avoid a catastrophic space collision

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EDITORIAL 11 August 2021 Governments and companies urgently need to share data on the mounting volume of satellites and debris orbiting Earth. There’s an awful lot of stuff orbiting Earth, with more arriving all the time. More than 29,000 satellites, pieces of rockets and other bits of debris large enough to track from the ground […]

11
Aug

Long-term night shift work is associated with the risk of atrial fibrillation and coronary heart disease

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Ningjian Wang, Ying Sun, Haojie Zhang, Bin Wang, Chi Chen, Yuying Wang, Jie Chen, Xiao Tan, Jihui Zhang, Fangzhen Xia, Lu Qi, Yingli Lu, Long-term night shift work is associated with the risk of atrial fibrillation and coronary heart disease, European Heart Journal, 2021;, ehab505, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab505

11
Aug

Myopia incidence and lifestyle changes among school children during the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based prospective study

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Zhang X, Cheung SSL, Chan H, et al Myopia incidence and lifestyle changes among school children during the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based prospective study British Journal of Ophthalmology Published Online First: 02 August 2021. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2021-319307 Abstract Background The impacts of social restrictions for COVID-19 on children’s vision and lifestyle remain unknown. Aims To investigate myopia incidence, spherical equivalent refraction (SER) and lifestyle changes among schoolchildren […]

11
Aug

A non-technical summary of predatory journals and the impact they could have on the patient community

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Source: Centre for Journalology http://www.ohri.ca/journalology/oss-patients-and-public This section may be useful to the public, patients, and to journalists trying to better understand predatory journals. What is a predatory journal? When a researcher finishes a study, they aim to publish their research findings in an academic journal. There are many legitimate academic journals, but some journals are […]

10
Aug

New Starlink Dishes For Cars, Planes To Carry Radiation Hazard Warning

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Source https://wccftech.com/new-starlink-dishes-for-cars-planes-to-carry-radiation-hazard-warning/ By Ramish Zafar, Aug 8, 2021 Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s (SpaceX) Starlink satellite internet service is making progress in delivering internet connectivity to vehicles. SpaceX’s subsidiary, SpaceX Services Inc, also referred to as SpaceX, has filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asking it to operate brand new user terminals. These terminals, ‘high […]

10
Aug

Needed: More Reliable Bioeffects Studies at “High Band” 5G Frequencies

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PERSPECTIVE article Front. Comms. Net., 10 August 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/frcmn.2021.721925 Foster KR and Vijayalaxmi (2021) Needed: More Reliable Bioeffects Studies at “High Band” 5G Frequencies. Front. Comms. Net 2:721925. doi: 10.3389/frcmn.2021.721925 One major source of controversy related to possible health effects of radiofrequency radiation (RFR) is the large number of reported statistically significant effects of exposure, over the […]

09
Aug

Transcriptomic Profile Reveals Deregulation of Hearing-Loss Related Genes in Vestibular Schwannoma Cells Following Electromagnetic Field Exposure

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Colciago, A.; Audano, M.; Bonalume, V.; Melfi, V.; Mohamed, T.; Reid, A.J.; Faroni, A.; Greer, P.A.; Mitro, N.; Magnaghi, V. Transcriptomic Profile Reveals Deregulation of Hearing-Loss Related Genes in Vestibular Schwannoma Cells Following Electromagnetic Field Exposure. Cells 2021, 10, 1840. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10071840 Abstract Hearing loss (HL) is the most common sensory disorder in the world population. One common cause […]

09
Aug

Impact of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms on Addiction Vulnerability in Adolescents

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Ryan W. Logan, Brant P. Hasler, Erika E. Forbes, Peter L. Franzen, Mary M. Torregrossa, Yanhua H. Huang, Daniel J. Buysse, Duncan B. Clark, Colleen A. McClung, Impact of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms on Addiction Vulnerability in Adolescents, Biological Psychiatry, Volume 83, Issue 12, 2018, Pages 987-996, ISSN 0006-3223,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.11.035. Abstract Sleep homeostasis and circadian function are important […]

08
Aug

Circadian Rhythm and Sleep Disruption: Causes, Metabolic Consequences, and Countermeasures

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Gregory D. M. Potter, Debra J. Skene, Josephine Arendt, Janet E. Cade, Peter J. Grant, Laura J. Hardie, Circadian Rhythm and Sleep Disruption: Causes, Metabolic Consequences, and Countermeasures, Endocrine Reviews, Volume 37, Issue 6, 1 December 2016, Pages 584–608, https://doi.org/10.1210/er.2016-1083 Abstract Circadian (∼24-hour) timing systems pervade all kingdoms of life and temporally optimize behavior and physiology in […]