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Loneliness and the fear of being alone can have a significant impact on a person's physical and mental health. Some mental healthcare professionals may use the term monophobia to describe a ...

and this extreme fear of snakes is what is known as 'ophidiophobia'. Ophidiophobia is not limited to mere revulsion from snakes. It can, in fact, disrupt the daily life and mental well-being of a ...

But the firms fear the orders are being written so broadly as to potentially weaken national security by calling into question the status of security clearances of lawyers who, in addition to ...

A phobia is a pathological fear of something such as spiders or heights that you should not have. I'm not sure the same can be said of school. 'Of every 100 children diagnosed with this ...

Just the clean, sterile horror of death by cartilage. Spielberg built a franchise — and a collective ocean phobia — on the silence. Let’s rewind a bit. For decades, we were told sharks are s ...

Mar. 25, 2025 — A new study has uncovered evidence of far-reaching ecosystem consequences following the disappearance of Great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) from False Bay, South Africa ...

Phobias: A specific phobia is a fear of a particular object or place, which is so severe that it affects your way of life. It is possible to develop a phobia for almost anything, but some of the ...

Ocean sciences span the physics, chemistry, and biology of marine systems. The field encompasses ocean circulation, energy dissipation, marine biology, ecology, biogeochemical cycles, water mass ...

A senior detective has called on the public to help fight the "illicit drugs trade" following the murder of a gang "runner" Det Insp Justine Jenkins said "too often" the trade was "fuelling violence ...

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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — New video shows the moments rescuers helped a 12-year-old girl pulled into the Pacific Ocean in Seaside on Saturday. Seaside Fire & Rescue officials previously said the ...