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After Years of Sleeplessness, 25-Year-Old Gains Strength from Social Media

A 25-year-old, diagnosed with a rare medlinkneurological disorder/medlink that prevents them from truly experiencing sleep, shared their story on medlinksocial media/medlink.




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Growing Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance

Infections that were once easily treatable are now becoming life-threatening due to the growing threat of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). This alarming trend, highlighted by Dr.




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Brain Interprets Visuals Based on Existing Knowledge

The medlinkhuman brain/medlink processes visual information by integrating new observations with pre-existing knowledge. A mechanism for acquiring




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India's Response to the Growing Mpox Threat

The fatal new strain of Mpox bclade 1b/b, often known as monkeypox, initially emerged in Central Africa and has since spread across the continent




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Enhanced Virtual Reality Walking With Tactile Senses

Walking is a basic human activity that affects physical mobility, as well as cognitive and sensory perceptions. The use of Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented




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Unsafe Food Imports Largely Escaping Market Removal

A lawmaker revealed that only 12% of unsafe food imports have been removed from the market, according to government data. According to the data from




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Smoking Reduction Can Extend Life Span and Prevent Premature Death

Accelerating the decline of medlinktobacco smoking/medlink internationally, by decreasing smoking prevalence from current levels to 5% everywhere,




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Why Tobacco Firms Should Fund UK's Anti-Smoking Fight

Smoking is a life-threatening habit and causes serious health issues. If smoking is not controlled, it is not possible to reduce the gap between rich and poor people who can live healthily.




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Exploring Curiosity Styles: Insights from Wikipedia Browsing Habits

At some point, you might have searched for specific information online, only to end up "going down the Wiki rabbit hole." In this journey, you uncover




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Fasting-Mimicking Diet Offers Hope for Chronic Kidney Disease

In patients with medlinkchronic kidney disease/medlink, irreversible disease progression is triggered by the loss of podocytes, essential components of the kidney's glomerular filtration barrier.




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How Social Media Likes and Comments Fuel Muscle Dysmorphia in Young Men

A recent Australian study suggests that social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram are contributing to unrealistic and unhealthy obsessions with




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Development of a composite drought indicator for operational drought monitoring in the MENA region

The composite drought indicator (CDI) supports operational drought management decision making in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia.

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Cultivating change: Sri Lanka’s smallholder farmers explore climate-resilient solutions

Smallholder farmers are embracing climate-adaptive agriculture, innovations and partnerships.

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Greening gray infrastructure: uncovering the complexity of Nature-based Solutions

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are a hot topic in environment and landscape planning networks. But are they a silver bullet for solving the climate crisis?

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IWMI is advancing use of high-res climate modeling for Middle East and North Africa’s small basins

In a region battling worsening climate challenges, this groundbreaking, yet easily replicable climate forecasting model will transform local decision-making processes.

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A conversation with IWMI’s knowledge management team on enhancing agricultural research with FAO’s AGRIS and AGROVOC programs

AGRIS is a comprehensive bibliographic database focused on agriculture and nutrition, while AGROVOC is a multilingual thesaurus covering a wide range of agricultural terms.

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The unique challenge of implementing anticipatory action in refugee and IDP hosting communities 

Creating measures that balance the needs of refugees and local populations during disaster preparedness presents a complex issue.

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Severe summer weather ruins crops in Asia and Africa causing vegetable prices to skyrocket

Discover how IWMI researchers are using climate-smart agriculture to combat low crop yields in the Global South.

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Harnessing Music's Power for Mental Health

New study demonstrates how classical music like Bach, Beethoven, or Mozart influences brain activity, potentially offering new treatments for individuals




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Machine Learning Model Revolutionizes Early Autism Detection

AutMedAI, a new medlinkmachine learning/medlink (ML) model, enhances early detection of medlinkAutism Spectrum Disorder/medlink (ASD) with minimal medical and background data.




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Helping Patients With Emotional Eating: A Primary Care Approach

Primary care providers are ideally suited to tackle medlinkemotional eating/medlink due to their ongoing relationships with patients, as highlighted by Jana DeSimone Wozniak, Ph.




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Smartphone Addiction: A Growing Trend Among Sleep-Deprived and Cyberbullied Teens

Excessive smartphone use, lack of sleep, cyberbullying, and poor mental health are all interlinked issues affecting teens in today's digital era. Australian




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Rising Suicide Rates Among Indian Youth

India faces a concerning rise in youth suicides, with rates surpassing those of many other nations, according to experts (!--ref1--). It has been




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Cracking the Code of Emotion

By combining traditional approaches with new technologies, researchers aim to refine the accuracy and reliability of measuring emotions. This exploration




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Imagery Rescripting: New tool for Overcoming Hoarding disorder

A new study suggests that rehearsing alternative outcomes of discarding through imagery rescripting may be a promising treatment strategy for individuals with hoarding disorder (!--ref1--).




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Lasting Friendships are the Key to Adult Wellbeing

Scientists have found that peer acceptance in early teens and close friendships in later teenage years are crucial predictors of reduced social anxiety and higher life satisfaction in young adulthood.




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Exploring the Genetic Roots of Adolescent Behavior and Mental Health

At Washington University in St. Louis, researchers used a comprehensive strategy to investigate how genetics affect youth behavior. By collecting a wide




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Feeling Isolated? Loneliness and Dementia are Closer Than You Think

Feeling alone? Watch out, loneliness increases your risk of dementia, warns a new study. A new study from Florida State University College of Medicine




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Lower Suicide Rates Among Opioid Dependent Patients on Treatment

Addressing opioid use disorder significantly decreases the high suicide rate, which is eight times greater than that of the general population, for those with opioid dependence.




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Can Sleepless Nights in Middle Age Accelerate Brain Aging?

People in early middle age who struggle with poor sleep, such as difficulty falling or staying asleep, show more signs of poor brain health late middle age, according to a new study.




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Tackling Global Gambling Harms: A Public Health Crisis

Stronger global regulatory measures are required to reduce commercial gambling's influence on global health and well-being. It is estimated that b80




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Exploring the Effects of Likes on Young People's Mood

Young people are more sensitive to social media feedback than adults, with likes directly influencing their mood and engagement. This finding intensifies




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ADHD in Adulthood: Personal Stories and the Need for Evolving Guidelines

h2From Character Flaws to Neurodivergence: Jia Sung's Journey to ADHD Diagnosis/h2 As a child, Jia Sung faced challenges in school. Her report cards





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Decision Making On Scientific Data For Improved Water Resource Management Critical: IWMI

This training was conducted through the World Bank funded Balochistan Integrated Water Resources Management and Development Project (BIWRMDP).

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Flooding – Stakeholders strengthen synergy

IWMI, hosting the workshop, highlighted the importance of flood forecasting and early warning systems in mitigating flood impacts, considering the growing global trend of intensified heavy rainfall events due to climate change.

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Youth seek climate-smart agri-solutions in innovation challenge

In celebration of International Youth Day, IWMI and BongoHive hosted a Demonstration Day in partnership with the Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research in Africa (AICCRA) project in Zambia.

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Professor Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi: How is climate change affecting the future of the world?

Professor Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi, IWMI Research Group Leader - Sustainable and Resilient Food Production Systems, discusses the impact of climate change on the world's future, highlighting its effects and implications.

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