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World Reading Club [W[R]C]

 Hakeem Ali-Bocas Alexander

World Reading Club Celebrates the JOY of Learning by Promoting the LOVE of Literacy.
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Average duration
23 minutes
Episodes
315
Years Active
2022 - 2025
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The X-waiver for buprenorphine prescribing is gone. It’s time to spread the word [W[R]C]

The X-waiver for buprenorphine prescribing is gone. It’s time to spread the word [W[R]C]

https://www.statnews.com/2023/02/14/x-waiver-buprenorphine-prescribing-gone-spread-the-word/

Signing into law a change that can prevent thousands of Americans from dying of opioid overdoses should hav…
00:10:31  |   Sat 18 Feb 2023
Health Alert on mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Safety [W[R]C]

Health Alert on mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Safety [W[R]C]

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(850) 245-4111

The COVID-19 pandemic brought many challenges that the health and medical field have never encountered. Although the initial resp…
00:08:01  |   Sat 18 Feb 2023
Planetary scientist lays out arguments for sending a dedicated probe to Uranus [W[R]C]

Planetary scientist lays out arguments for sending a dedicated probe to Uranus [W[R]C]

https://phys.org/news/2023-02-planetary-scientist-lays-arguments-dedicated.html

Kathleen Mandt, a planetary scientist at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory has published a Perspecti…
00:06:31  |   Sat 18 Feb 2023
Tapered optical fiber addresses challenge posed by Brillouin scattering [W[R]C]

Tapered optical fiber addresses challenge posed by Brillouin scattering [W[R]C]

https://phys.org/news/2023-02-tapered-optical-fiber-posed-brillouin.html

When optical beams, consisting of photons, travel through fibers, they cause vibrations that generate acoustic waves, consistin…
00:09:01  |   Fri 17 Feb 2023
Female Selfie Posting Can Be Driven by Aggression [W[R]C]

Female Selfie Posting Can Be Driven by Aggression [W[R]C]

https://neurosciencenews.com/female-selfie-aggression-22514/

Summary: Female selfie posting was associated with intimidatory self-presentation strategies and linked to higher levels of aggression.

Beco…
00:10:31  |   Thu 16 Feb 2023
Receptor Location Matters for Psychedelic Drug Effects [W[R]C]

Receptor Location Matters for Psychedelic Drug Effects [W[R]C]

https://neurosciencenews.com/psychedelics-serotonin-neurons-22516/

Summary: Location bias may explain how psychedelic medications work. Researchers found that engaging serotonin 2A receptors inside ne…
00:11:01  |   Thu 16 Feb 2023
Study finds Black patients wait longer for uterine cancer testing, diagnosis [W[R]C]

Study finds Black patients wait longer for uterine cancer testing, diagnosis [W[R]C]

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-black-patients-longer-uterine-cancer.html

Early diagnosis of uterine cancer is known to improve a patient's chances for survival, but previous research has found…
00:08:01  |   Thu 16 Feb 2023
Scientists make breakthrough for 'next generation' cancer treatment [W[R]C]

Scientists make breakthrough for 'next generation' cancer treatment [W[R]C]

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-scientists-breakthrough-generation-cancer-treatment.html

Scientists at the University of East Anglia are a step closer to creating a new generation of light-acti…
00:09:01  |   Thu 16 Feb 2023
Explaining the Emerging Conceptual Framework of Neurosexuality [W[R]C]

Explaining the Emerging Conceptual Framework of Neurosexuality [W[R]C]

https://neurosciencenews.com/neurosexuality-neurology-22505/

Summary: Neurosexuality is a conceptual framework that explores the relationship between sexual behavior and brain function. Researchers sa…
00:12:31  |   Tue 14 Feb 2023
Review Strengthens Evidence That Repetitive Head Impacts Can Cause CTE [W[R]C]

Review Strengthens Evidence That Repetitive Head Impacts Can Cause CTE [W[R]C]

https://neurosciencenews.com/cte-head-injury-22480/

Summary: Study confirms that repeated head injuries, concussions, and traumatic brain injury are the chief risk factors for the development of CTE.

B…
00:17:01  |   Sat 11 Feb 2023
Treatment Recommendations for People Who Act Out Their Dreams While Asleep [W[R]C]

Treatment Recommendations for People Who Act Out Their Dreams While Asleep [W[R]C]

https://neurosciencenews.com/rem-sleep-behavior-dreaming-22485/

Summary: REM sleep behavior disorder, or parasomnia, affects more than 80 million people worldwide. The disorder causes sufferers to exp…
00:12:01  |   Sat 11 Feb 2023
Extracts from two wild plants inhibit COVID-19 virus, study finds [W[R]C]

Extracts from two wild plants inhibit COVID-19 virus, study finds [W[R]C]

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-wild-inhibit-covid-virus.html

Researchers from The University of Queensland have discovered the active compound from an edible mushroom that boosts nerve growth …
00:11:31  |   Fri 10 Feb 2023
Study finds mushrooms magnify memory by boosting nerve growth [W[R]C]

Study finds mushrooms magnify memory by boosting nerve growth [W[R]C]

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-mushrooms-magnify-memory-boosting-nerve.html

Researchers from The University of Queensland have discovered the active compound from an edible mushroom that boost…
00:06:01  |   Fri 10 Feb 2023
Putting the Brake on Risky Behaviors [W[R]C]

Putting the Brake on Risky Behaviors [W[R]C]

https://neurosciencenews.com/thalamus-risk-behavior-22473/

Summary: A newly discovered neural circuit in the thalamus prevented reward-seeking behaviors when activated in a preclinical model. When blo…
00:13:31  |   Fri 10 Feb 2023
‘Just as Deadly’: Inside the Mind of a Female Serial Killer [W[R]C]

‘Just as Deadly’: Inside the Mind of a Female Serial Killer [W[R]C]

https://neurosciencenews.com/female-serial-killers-22475/

Summary: Female serial killers are considered fairly anomalous. Research into females who commit serial killings has been pretty limited, unti…
00:13:32  |   Fri 10 Feb 2023
Researchers decode 95.6% of the genome of Nicotiana benthamiana [W[R]C]

Researchers decode 95.6% of the genome of Nicotiana benthamiana [W[R]C]

https://phys.org/news/2023-02-decode-genome-nicotiana-benthamiana.html

The plant Nicotiana benthamiana, from the Solanaceae family, is one of the most widely used experimental models in plant science.…
00:09:32  |   Thu 09 Feb 2023
Video Game Playing Causes No Harm to Young Children’s Cognitive Abilities [W[R]C]

Video Game Playing Causes No Harm to Young Children’s Cognitive Abilities [W[R]C]

https://neurosciencenews.com/cognition-video-games-22464/

Summary: Regardless of the game type or length of time a child plays a video game, there is no correlation with a decline in cognitive ability…
00:10:01  |   Thu 09 Feb 2023
Brain Structural Differences Observed in Children With Conduct Disorder With and Without Childhood Maltreatment [W[R]C]

Brain Structural Differences Observed in Children With Conduct Disorder With and Without Childhood Maltreatment [W[R]C]

https://neurosciencenews.com/child-conduct-disorder-brain-abuse-22469/

Summary: Children with conduct disorders who were exposed to maltreatment showed far more extensive changes in brain structure co…
00:13:01  |   Thu 09 Feb 2023
Musically Active People Have a Slightly Higher Genetic Risk for Certain Mental Illnesses [W[R]C]

Musically Active People Have a Slightly Higher Genetic Risk for Certain Mental Illnesses [W[R]C]

https://neurosciencenews.com/music-genetics-mental-health-22468/

Summary: Musicians and musically active people tend to have a higher genetic risk factor for bipolar disorder and depression, a new stu…
00:12:21  |   Wed 08 Feb 2023
The Brain Works Like a Resonance Chamber [W[R]C]

The Brain Works Like a Resonance Chamber [W[R]C]

https://neurosciencenews.com/brain-oscillation-time-22455/

Summary: Using advanced neuroimaging techniques, researchers discovered distant brain regions oscillate together in time.

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00:15:00  |   Wed 08 Feb 2023
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