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More patients suffer from emergencies that threaten vision after assaults with paintball guns, according to research

University of Chicago medical researchers who reviewed two years of data on assaults with paintball guns found that more patients than expected suffered emergencies that threatened vision after being hit in the eye, and some went experience a ruptured eyeball or even permanent blindness. “Many of these patients had devastating outcomes, such as irreversible vision …

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Woman in critical condition, teenage driver accused of alleged collision on Stuart Highway in Berrimah

A 17-year-old student driver arrested for allegedly running over Darwin has been charged with driving unsupervised and under the influence of alcohol. Key points: A 40-year-old woman was taken to hospital with critical injuries after being found lying on the Stuart Highway in Berrimah. Police say officers later found and arrested a 17-year-old man for …

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Girl Material | Without a cure for type 1 diabetes, it is a constant count case

Girl Material | With no cure for diabetes yet, it’s still constant counting The Border Mail An Australian diagnosed with diabetes every 8 minutes, according to 9News research An Australian diagnosed with diabetes every eight minutes, according to new research ABC News ABC News (Australia) Impact of Diabetes on Rural and Regional Areas Australia Department …

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South Africa withdraws from January one-day matches against Australia

South Africa has withdrawn from the one-day internationals against Australia scheduled for the week after its series of tests ended in January. In a statement released on Wednesday morning, Cricket Australia said they could not reschedule the matches after receiving a request from South African administrators. All three games were to be played in Hobart, …

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1 Breast milk linked to better school – age outcomes for premature babies 1

Children born prematurely have a higher risk of underperforming math, reading, and other skills and are also at higher risk for attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). But a new study suggests that an intervention in the first weeks and months of a premature baby’s life may lead to better outcomes in neurological development in …

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The study finds a drop in the percentage of methadone-related overdose deaths from January 2019 to August 2021

According to a new study, the percentage of deaths from methadone overdose relative to all deaths from drug overdoses decreased from January 2019 to August 2021. Access to methadone, a drug to treat the disorder for opioid use, was expanded at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to allow more patients to take doses home, …

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