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COVID in children: younger children and those from disadvantaged areas are at higher risk of hospitalization – new research

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A little boy with a breathing tube sleeping in a hospital bed.

At the peak of the pandemic, especially since 2021, many children and adolescents who were hospitalized had COVID. However, it was never clear what proportion of those who were hospitalized with COVID, presented with sufficiently severe disease, or for a different reason (such as an injury), but happened to test positive for COVID during admission. … Read more

Breathing helps synchronize neural activity in the cognitive areas of the brain that are awake, studies have found

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Breathing helps synchronize neural activity in the cognitive areas of the brain that are awake, studies have found

New research published in Scientific Reports demonstrated that breathing has an important role in coordinating brain activity in the prefrontal brain network during wakefulness. These findings provide new insights into the relationship between breathing and cognitive processing, and could have important implications for meditative practices that involve controlled breathing. Previous studies have shown that respiration … Read more