Category: MIL OSI
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Antidepressant withdrawal: new review downplays symptoms but misses the mark for long-term use
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Mark Horowitz, Visiting Clinical Research Fellow in Psychiatry, UCL marevgenna/Shutterstock.com A new review of antidepressant withdrawal effects – written by academics, many of whom have close ties to drug manufacturers – risks underestimating the potential harms to long-term antidepressant users by focusing on short-term, industry-funded studies.…
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Sacred sites in South Africa can protect natural heritage and culture: here’s how
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Ndidzulafhi Innocent Sinthumule, Associate Professor, University of Johannesburg Lake Fundudzi By Iris Auda – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY Nature isn’t confined to officially protected areas. A lot can be done to conserve biodiversity in other places too. The United Nations Convention on Biological…
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Should the UK name heatwaves like storms? It won’t make people take them more seriously
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Andrea Taylor, Associate Professor in Risk Communication, University of Leeds The UK Met Office has given storms forenames for the past decade as part of an effort to raise public awareness of extreme weather before it strikes. Heatwaves are becoming increasingly frequent and severe due to…
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I’m a statistics professor who became embroiled in the world of online chess drama
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, Professor of Statistics, University of Toronto As a mild-mannered statistics professor, it’s not often that I get contacted directly by the CEO of a multi-million-dollar company, much less regarding allegations of cheating and malfeasance among world champions. But that’s precisely what happened last…
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How Philadelphia’s sanitation strike differed from past labor disputes in the city
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Francis Ryan, Associate Professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations, Rutgers University Trash piled up in Philadelphia during the 8-day strike that ended July 9, 2025. AP Photo/Matt Slocum The Philadelphia municipal workers strike ended after eight days in the early hours of July 9, 2025.…
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Obesity care: why “eat less, move more” advice is failing
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Lucie Nield, Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Sheffield New Africa/Shutterstock For years, people living with obesity have been given the same basic advice: eat less, move more. But while this mantra may sound simple, it’s not only ineffective for many, it can be…
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The dangers of romanticising Britain’s 1976 heatwave
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Stephanie Brown, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Hull As I scrolled through social media on a hot afternoon in late June, a meme caught my attention. A black and white photo. A smiling young woman with water up to her knees. She appeared to be in…
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Could England and Wales introduce jury-free trials? Here’s how they work in other countries
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Natalie Hodgson, Assistant Professor in Law, University of Nottingham The right to trial by jury is a fundamental part of the criminal justice system in England and Wales. But under new proposals to address a record backlog of almost 77,000 Crown Court cases, some cases could…
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How tea, chocolate and apples could help lower your blood pressure
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Christian Heiss, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Head of Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Surrey Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock We’re constantly told to “eat healthy” – but what does that actually mean? Even doctors sometimes struggle to offer clear, practical advice on which specific foods support health,…
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Action is the antidote to ecological grief and climate anxiety – an ecotherapist explains
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Louise Taylor, Early Career Researcher and Ecotherapist, Queen’s University Belfast Brussels, Belgium. 21st February 2019. High school and university students stage a protest against the climate policies of the Belgian government. Alexandros Michailidis / Shutterstock.com There’s a popular quote by the 13th-century poet and spiritual teacher…