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Mr Fib and Little Miss Surprise are the latest characters to join the "Mr Men & Little Miss" children’s book series, it has been announced. The two new stories will be published on September 12, more than 50 years after Mr Tickle, the first Mr Men book, was released in 1971. The series was conceived by cartoonist and illustrator Roger Hargreaves, who died in 1988, and has been continued by his son Adam, who has added new characters to the collection. Mr Fib fibs to impress people, but his fibs are getting bigger and bigger, and one day he goes too far and his friends are upset, according to pu...
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Global tobacco consumption might be falling, but while fewer younger people are finding their way into smoking cigarettes, newer forms of nicotine addiction are still emerging. Nicotine pouches, a small and discreet cigarette alternative made without tobacco, are increasingly popular among younger people in many countries where sales of these pouches have doubled in recent years, according to analysis. Although they appear less dangerous that smoking, their large doses of nicotine still make them highly addictive - and bad for your health, scientists are warning. The pouches contain a powder c...
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Regularly feeding children peanuts from infancy until the age of five reduced the rate of peanut allergy by 71%, a study has found. Researchers from King’s College London found that introducing peanuts into babies’ diets early achieved long-term prevention of peanut allergy. The new research findings come from the LEAP-Trio study, which built on the results of the Learning Early About Peanut Allergy (Leap) clinical trial. In the first trial, half of participants were asked to regularly consume peanut from infancy until the age of five, while the other half were asked to avoid peanuts during th...
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Young children are trained to stop, look and listen before they cross the street. In the electric car age, parents might want to put extra emphasis on the word “listen.” Pedestrians are twice as likely to be hit by an electric or hybrid car than by a vehicle that runs on petrol or diesel, according to a study released in late May by researchers in London. While crash statistics aren’t yet robust enough to reach scientific conclusions on the reasons, the researchers hypothesize that the relatively quiet operations of an electric vehicle is the key factor. Pedestrians in noisy urban areas were a...
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Expressing your sympathy to someone who has just lost a loved one is a sensitive matter requiring tact - and fraught with pitfalls. Two experts give tips on what you should - and shouldn't - do. 1. Take the relationships into account In accordance with your relationships to the deceased and the bereaved, "express your sincere condolences, heartfelt sympathy, memories of and esteem for the deceased, quotations, general thoughts on leave-taking, death, grief, and offer help," advises Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer, an etiquette expert in Vienna. 2. Write a letter, card or perhaps an email "The classic w...
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A 6-month-old who struggles to follow predictable sequences using shapes could face difficulty communicating as a toddler and in later life, according to a team of Italian scientists. Researchers from the University of Milano-Bicocca, among others, said their tests show a likely link between a child’s ability to understand shapes and sequences at a pre-verbal stage of development and his or her ability to communicate effectively 18 months later. Infants deemed "neurotypical" were able to learn the structure in the patterns, the researchers said, in a paper published by the medical journal PLOS...
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When a loved one dies, be it unexpectedly or after a long illness, the bereaved typically faces a challenge. "First of all, it's important to grasp the reality of the death and the need to accept it," says Marei Rascher-Held, co-chairwomen of Germany's Federal Association for Grief Counselling (BVT). Many experts in the field of grief psychology no longer speak of "stages" of grief that you passively go through, but rather of active "tasks" of healthy grieving, particularly in cases of traumatic losses such as the death of a child or death due to an accident, natural disaster, homicide or suic...
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When a relative or friend is suffering frum burnout, they need your help. Burnout is the result of a long period of stress which negatively affects your wellbeing. While seeking professional help and being diagnosed is a first, important step, relatives and friends can also do their part to make things easier for the person affected. The most important thing when someone close to you suffers from burnout is to be understanding, says Professor Petra Beschoner, a specialist in psychiatry, psychotherapy and psychosomatic medicine. "Ideally, relatives should educate themselves about the illness an...
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Parents are constantly explaining things to their kids. It's not always easy though, particularly if a family member is struggling with a mental illness. Making a broken arm clear to them is one thing, depression, an anxiety disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder quite another. "Many parents shy away from it," says paediatric psychotherapist Anja Lorenz, because "there's no standard procedure" on how to do it. So they've got to use their imagination. Children, even young ones, usually sense when Mama, Papa, an uncle or grandmother isn't well, Lorenz says, adding that "parents are often sur...
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A gentle touch, a relaxing massage or a firm hug - all these kinds of human contact can alleviate pain, depression and anxiety in adults and children, according to a new analysis of more than 130 international studies. Not only human touch, but also that of robots and cuddly toys makes a difference, according to the analysis, published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour by a research team based in Germany and the Netherlands. "Touch that is desired improves the well-being of people with illnesses in clinical situations as well as healthy people," explained study author Julian Packheiser fro...
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