With how quickly kids outgrow clothes, it can feel like you’re fighting a losing battle to make their fashion choices a little more eco-friendly. It’s easier to buy from fast fashion, knowing that your kid might grow out of that shirt, pair of shorts or jeans within a year, but as the IPCC’s climate report showed, everyone could do a […]
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Amputation in type 1 diabetes is becoming relatively less common in Sweden. The rate has fallen by just over 40 percent over an approximately 20-year period, a University of Gothenburg study shows. The results, published in the journal Diabetologia, are based on registry data on 46,088 people with type 1 diabetes in the years 1998–2019. The study involved linking data […]
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Are you bothered by seeing someone else fidget? Do you ever have strong negative feelings, thoughts or physical reactions when viewing other peoples’ repetitive movements such as foot shaking, finger tapping or gum chewing? Well, if you do, you aren’t alone. In a new study we ran as attentional neuroscientists, we put that question to a sample of over 2,700 […]
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Office workers spend their lunch breaks at the central business district during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Singapore, September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Edgar SuSINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s health ministry reported 347 new local COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, higher than the 328 cases reported the previous day. Wednesday’s number was the highest since early August 2020. Source: Read Full Article
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OAKLAND, Calif. — Living unmedicated with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, Eugenia Hunter has a hard time recalling how long she’s been staying in the tent she calls home at the bustling intersection of San Pablo Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Oakland’s hip Uptown neighborhood. Craft coffee shops and weed dispensaries are plentiful here and one-bedroom apartments push […]
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With up to 2.4 million U.S. cases and over 250 million chronic cases globally, hepatitis B infection persists despite the availability of a vaccine. Vaccines work by immunizing the body against a virus to prevent infection; however, there is no cure for individuals who do become infected (for example, at birth). Hepatitis B infection can lead to liver damage and […]
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Maridav/Shutterstock By Melanie Curry/Sept. 7, 2021 8:02 pm EDT AirPods are certainly top-tier headphones, but they can be expensive with prices ranging from $159 to $199 (via Apple). That’s quite a penny. You don’t have to spend over a hundred dollars to get some high-quality headphones, though. One cheaper alternative to AirPods is Edifier, which are wireless headphone sets that have […]
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Emoji, that universal lexicon of colorful and clever symbols meant to replace the written and spoken word, could be a valuable tool in the field of medicine, allowing patients to better communicate symptoms, concerns, and other clinically relevant information, argue a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) physician and others. In a commentary in the Journal of the American Medical Association, senior […]
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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, clinicians have noted that certain patients are at especially high risk of developing severe illness or dying from coronavirus infection. Type 2 diabetes—a condition affecting more than 10 percent of the U.S. population— is one of the main risk factors for severe COVID-19 illness. New research from U-M uncovers why this might be and offers hope […]
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A doctor in South Miami says she will no longer treat unvaccinated patients in person as COVID-19 cases remain high in Florida. Linda Marraccini, MD, sent a letter to patients that said those who aren’t vaccinated won’t be allowed to book in-person appointments at her practice now that the FDA has fully approved the Pfizer vaccine for general use, according to […]
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