A study from the University of Illinois Chicago links precarious work with increases in body mass index. The study adds to a growing body of evidence that precarious work may contribute to poor health outcomes.  The UIC scientists who wrote the paper defined precarious work as an accumulation of "unfavorable facets of employment," such as low wages, insecure employment contracts, […]

While living in a monastery might seem a stretch too far, many of us would prefer our lives to be at least a little more Zen. But how should we go about it? Gaur Gopal Das is an Indian monk and lifestyle coach and knows how. Straight after college, he left his job in engineering to spend 26 years in […]

Child obesity is linked to increased risk of developing diabetes in adulthood, both autoimmune forms of diabetes and different forms of type 2 diabetes, a new study published in Diabetologia reports. The risk of developing the most insulin-resistant form of diabetes is, for example, three times as high in children with obesity. Diabetes affects some seven per cent of the […]

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As the very wise Salt-N-Pepa once said, “Let’s talk about sex, baby; let’s talk about you and me. Let’s talk about all the good things and the bad things that may be — let’s talk about sex.” And we are so down. Don’t get us wrong, we’re also down for a good celebrity love quote or two when the time […]

Expectant mothers and app-equipped city residents have roles to play in the fight against mosquito-borne diseases that kill hundreds of thousands of people annually. Arnau Pujol Vallribera is a Spanish data whiz who used to study galaxies. Now he tracks diseases spread by mosquitoes. “In cosmology, we use algorithms to better understand the laws of physics and how the universe […]

Photo: Dr. Salim Saiyed UPMC Central Pennsylvania, a hospital that in 2021 achieved Stage 7, the top of the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, has been a leader in telemedicine, with more than two dozen robust virtual care programs. THE OPPORTUNITY The COVID-19 pandemic created an immediate opportunity for UPMC Central to rethink healthcare beyond the walls of the […]

In a recent study published in Nutrients, researchers evaluated the association between the time in bed (TIB) and difficulty sleeping with nutrient intake during the second trimester (T2) and the third trimester (T3) of gestation. Study: Time in Bed, Sleeping Difficulties, and Nutrition in Pregnant New Zealand Women. Image Credit: Natalia Deriabina/Shutterstock Background Data on the association between dietary intake […]

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Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios The Biden administration's decision last week to continue restricting Medicare coverage for a class of Alzheimer's drugs has angered some Republicans and renewed a thorny debate over when seniors should have access to new treatments — and under what conditions. Why it matters: The issue raises fundamental questions about government discretion and how much data is needed […]