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Surgical instrument table

Patients three times more likely to die after abdominal trauma surgery in the world’s least developed countries

16 Sep 2025

Mortality after emergency abdominal surgery is more than three times higher in the least developed countries compared to the most developed. Yet...

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Police line in Chicago, Illinois, USA

US gun violence: half of people from Chicago witness a shooting by age 40, study suggests

09 May 2023

Study following thousands of Chicagoans from across the city over a 25-year period found that 50% of the study participants had seen a shooting...

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Police officers in the UK

UK policing: psychological damage among officers heightened by bad working conditions

19 Oct 2022

Nationwide study of over 12,000 officers suggests rates of trauma-induced disorder Complex PTSD are exacerbated by factors such as too little time...

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Patient being treated in a Kharkiv hospital during a 2015 military operation

Opinion: The challenges faced by doctors and nurses in conflict zones

15 Mar 2022

Professor Mark de Rond from Cambridge Judge Business School outlines some of the unique pressures faced by doctors and nurses in Ukraine, in this...

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Figure from Mothercare, published by Truby King's daughter, Mary

Too big to cry: when war ended, the damage began

07 Nov 2015

A collection of essays edited by Drs Trudi Tate and Kate Kennedy looks at the legacy of the First World War through the lens of the creative arts. As...

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Self Portrait 6

Out of mind, out of sight: suppressing unwanted memories reduces their unconscious influence on behaviour

18 Mar 2014

New research shows that, contrary to what was previously assumed, suppressing unwanted memories reduces their influence on behaviour, and sheds light...

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