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Highlights of the BMC series: February 2020
BMC Psychology – Grieving parents and what they need to know when their babies are stillborn Around 2.6 million babies a year are stillborn. Although it’s always devastating to lose a baby, parents grieving for a stillborn child are more likely to experience depression and post-traumatic stress than those when the child had been born…
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Highlights of the BMC Series: January 2020
Men’s grief following pregnancy loss and neonatal loss: a systematic review and emerging theoretical model. What do we know about men’s experiences of grief following pregnancy/neonatal loss? And what are the factors/predictors that contribute to men’s grief? Philippa Middleton and co-workers in a paper published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth set out to answer these…
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National Cat Day: Let’s celebrate personality and love
Inter-species companionship, such as keeping pets, is an ancient practice for humans indicating a significant value obtained from the relationship. Historically, humans demonstrated this value by sharing resources such as food and shelter with their animal companions. Today, value is reflected monetarily. One worldwide 2017 study estimate suggested that humans spent $109 billion on pet…
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Media multitasking may be linked to altered perception of other people
As a result of smartphones, tablets, and other devices being entrenched in our lives, our attention is in high demand as we switch between multiple devices, a behavior known as media multitasking. Indeed, we may find ourselves mindlessly scrolling through our Twitter feed on our phone and then suddenly checking our email on our tablet.…
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Highlights of the BMC series: August 2018
BMC Gastroenterology: Preventing antibiotic-associated diarrhea using probiotics Antibiotics can have a number of side effects, the most common being gastro-intestinal such as diarrhea. Antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) is caused by antibiotics disrupting the ecology of the intestinal microbiota, altering the diversity and numbers of bacteria in the gut. This can lead to long-lasting effects on the…
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Can social attachment contribute to problematic Facebook use?
Social networking sites (SNSs) are now an integral part of our everyday lives, with most of us using social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram daily (or indeed several times a day) to stay connected with family and friends. Notwithstanding the value that SNSs offer users, there is growing evidence to suggest that…