"The Great British Baking Show" judge Prue Leith is the first known celebrity to get a COVID-19 vaccine. 80-year-old Leith lives in the UK where the first doses of Pfizer's vaccine are being doled out to people over 80. Leith called the vaccine a "painless jab" on Twitter. Other users chimed in with on-theme baking jokes about the television personality. […]
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Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been reports in the professional literature on possible hearing loss caused by the disease. A new study from Tel Aviv University (TAU), in collaboration with the Galilee Medical Center, finds no evidence of damage to the auditory system as a result of COVID-19 infection. The study was led by Professor Karen […]
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In March, as the world went to hell and New York City went into lockdown, Queens-born chef turned hip-hop-artist Action Bronson (Ariyan Arslani, “Baklava”) began a 127-pound weight loss grind. Now, nine months later, he said it’s almost like he never had that weight to begin with. At his heaviest, Bronson was pushing 400 pounds, and with the birth of […]
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Teenagers spend an average of nine hours a day online, and many parents worry about the impact of screen time on their children. There is no need to worry, said digital experts Urs Gasser and John Palfrey, authors of the newly released book “The Connected Parent: An Expert Guide to Parenting in a Digital World.” The Gazette spoke with Gasser, […]
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In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, visits to the doctor declined dramatically. One group of patients that appears to have weathered this trend are those who were already being treated for opioid use disorder. With an increase in telehealth visits, these patients continued to see doctors and get prescription refills at a relatively stable rate, according to a […]
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In a new video from Athlean-X, top trainer Jeff Cavaliere C.S.C.S. offers up some advice on the different ways that you can incorporate dumbbell exercises into your shoulder-sculpting routine to achieve optimal results. Cavaliere starts by recommending a series of rotational warmup exercises, including the dumbbell halo, dumbbell sword raise, and the cauldron. “Warming up your shoulders is a requirement […]
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An AI developed by Japanese researchers might soon help stroke survivors get the right treatment by detecting a patient’s post-stroke depression (PSD) type, a frequently seen but often overlooked neuropsychiatric manifestation after a stroke that could impair functional recovery. The AI was developed by Hiroshima University (HU) researchers using a probabilistic artificial neural network called log-linearized Gaussian mixture network. The […]
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Meier-Gorlin syndrome, or MGS, is a rare genetic developmental disorder that causes dwarfism, small ears, a small brain, missing patella and other skeletal abnormalities. In severe cases, MGS results in miscarriages and stillbirths. Igor Chesnokov, Ph.D., and his University of Alabama at Birmingham colleagues study this recessive, autosomal disorder in an unusual way—by placing mutant human genes into fruit flies. […]
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If we’re talking about The Relationship Story of 2020, the complicated and all-to-real account of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith’s marriage (and the entanglement heard ’round the world) is it. But any marriage — and just about any relationship dynamic — requires work and attention and reflection to stay healthy or functional for long and sometimes you need a third […]
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After Julia had a minor stroke, she was thankful for receiving rapid treatment and recovering well. But she did notice an unexpected aftereffect as she returned to normal activities. In meetings at work, she was unable to follow the back and forth among attendees. And when she was asked for her own opinions, she found she hadn’t grasped well enough […]
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