This article originally appeared in the December 2020 issue of Men’s Health. JORDAN BURROUGHS, the 2012 Olympic wrestling champion was ready for Tokyo, but then COVID-19 pushed the 2020 Olympics to 2021 (which even now seems … hopeful?). That’s when Burroughs went full-blown Dad. Wrestling gives me purpose. So it was depressing, honestly, for the first couple of months where […]
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This article originally appeared in the December 2020 issue of Men’s Health. LONG BEFORE 2020 turned life on its head, my wife and a group of her college friends had a tradition. Twice a month, they’d meet at the yoga studio after work, sweat through an hour and a half of vinyasas, then go out for sushi. These evenings were […]
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For Dr. Mary-Anne Hartley, a medical doctor and researcher in EPFL’s intelligent Global Health group (iGH), 2020 has been relentless. “It’s not a relaxing time to study infectious diseases,” she explained. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Hartley’s research team has been working non-stop with nearby Swiss university hospitals on two major projects. Using artificial intelligence (AI), they […]
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Progress report! Lala Kent showed her bare baby bump at five months pregnant in a nude selfie. See Pregnant Lala Kent’s Baby Bump Pics Ahead of 1st Child “Five and a half months from the front,” the Vanderpump Rules star, 30, captioned a Wednesday, December 2, Instagram Story selfie. The Bravo personality previously posted a naked photo last month, joking […]
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More than half of Scottish children have experienced bereavement of a close family member by the age of eight according to a new study. Research by the University of Strathclyde also found the risk of children from deprived households experiencing the death of a parent was five times more likely. ‘The prevalence of childhood bereavement in Scotland and its relationship […]
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With much of the U.K. just emerging from its second coronavirus ‘lockdown’ into new tiers, the amount of social contact we are able to have is still limited. Among the worst affected are people living in the country’s care homes, 70% of whom have dementia. A recent report in The Lancet identified 12 risk factors for dementia and named social […]
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Many have been struggling under the increased demands placed on them by the pandemic. Here’s just how much British workers have needed Let’s face it: this hasn’t been a normal year. Between the social distancing and stay-at-home orders that were introduced to stem the tide of the coronavirus, much of 2020 has been spent at home and away from family, […]
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We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Alcohol binging amongst Brits appears to have surged during lockdown, a new study suggests. What’s more, the research puts Brits above its European counterparts in snack and alcohol consumption. The survey of 5,000 consumers in 10 European […]
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Elite athletes can be persuaded not to take banned substances—either by appealing to their sense of morality or educating them about the risks of using performance-enhancing drugs, according to a new study. Researchers developed two separate intervention programmes—one targeting moral factors associated with doping likelihood, the other introducing doping and providing information about the health consequences of banned substances and […]
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain My father has had chronic liver disease. Recently, he was diagnosed with liver cancer. His doctor mentioned Y-90 as one treatment option. What is Y-90, and is it safe? Chronic liver disease is the most common risk factor for the development of liver cancer, and patients frequently face both conditions at the time of diagnosis. This […]
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