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Mindfulness meditation ‘beneficial in improving epilepsy’

Mindfulness meditation ‘beneficial in improving epilepsy’

A new study has proven that mindfulness meditation can be effective in improving hard-to-treat epilepsy. Researchers from the University of Hong Kong and the University of Melbourne conducted the study, which was published in the medical journal Neurology, to determine how effective mindfulness-based therapy is in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy. A total of 60 patients with drug-resistant epilepsy were randomly[Read More…]

Nursery accused of running toddler fight club

Nursery accused of running toddler fight club

A daycare centre has come under fire after running a toddler fight club. Two former workers from the daycare centre, based in New Jersey, are being charged with fourth-degree child abuse after they encouraged and instigated fights between children. Erica Kenny, 22, and Chanese White, 28 are reported to have prompted at least up to 12 young children to get[Read More…]

Helen Reece

Academic says paedophiles should be allowed to adopt

Leading academic and barrister has defended the rights of paedophiles and other sex offenders to be able to adopt. Helen Reece, a reader in law at the London School of Economics has called upon Theresa May, the Home Secretary, to get rid of rules that automatically ban sex offenders from being eligible to adopt. In an attempt to justify this[Read More…]

NASA employees at the centre of child-porn scandal

NASA employees at the centre of child-porn scandal

NASA employees have been caught at the centre of a child porn scandal, it has been revealed. Staff members were found to have stashes of child porn and were found to have illegally purchased the sickening images while they were working at the agency. However, their names have never been released because of government guidelines which protect their privacy. The[Read More…]

Donald Trump related to King Richard III

Donald Trump related to King Richard III

New research has uncovered the close family ties of two of the top politicians in the US. Ancestry website MyHeritage.com claims that the Republican candidate Donald Trump is related to the medieval monarch, King Richard III. He was also reported to have close familial ties to Hillary Clinton, from the Democrats. Geneticist Dr. Turi King, the University of Leicester scientist[Read More…]