How Peloton Is A Pipeline To Becoming An Influencer

viewimage/Shutterstock By Hope Campbell/Aug. 26, 2021 1:28 pm EDT When you click play on a Peloton workout, whether on the company’s signature spin bike or on the floor ready for strength training, you will more often than not hear the instructors say, “What’s up Peloton?” with the word Peloton referring to the many people exercising together either live or on-demand throughout […]

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Pregnant women with COVID-19 are more susceptible to pre-eclampsia

A review of the scientific literature published by Brazilian researchers shows that pregnant women infected by the novel coronavirus run a higher risk of developing pre-eclampsia, a pregnancy complication characterized by persistent high blood pressure, usually in the second half of pregnancy or shortly after delivery. The disorder can cause serious harm to mother and baby. An article with the […]

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College is even more stressful for girls: Study

(HealthDay)—Even before COVID-19, college could be a challenging experience, but a new study suggests those stresses are much higher for female students. Still, in the face of a continuing pandemic, all students may need interventions to develop healthy coping strategies, the study authors said. “They’re balancing work, classes, relationships and family—and then now you’re throwing COVID on top of that,” […]

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HIV prevention treatment shows gaps among key populations

A large, detailed look at patients taking HIV-prevention drug therapy finds strong adherence soon after patients get the prescription, but less consistent use thereafter, particularly among groups considered high priority for receiving the medication. The study, published August 26 in JAMA Network Open, examined data from 13,906 members of Kaiser Permanente in Northern California referred for pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, […]

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As In-Person Conferences Resume, Docs Rethink Travel Frequency

Now that some travel restrictions have eased and vaccinations are readily available in the US, a few in-person conferences have taken place. But the “pandemic pause” has led some doctors to rethink their pre-COVID conference travel frequency. “On average, [pre-pandemic], I would travel 25 to 30 weekends a year” to conferences and symposia,” Jagmeet P. Singh, MD, PhD, DPhil, told […]

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Pregnant or worried about infertility? Get vaccinated against COVID-19

As the delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 surges across the U.S., almost 1 in 5 Americans continue to resist getting shots that are widely available, safe and effective—particularly for preventing the most severe outcomes of the virus. While people have many different justifications for not getting the shot, one particularly insidious bit of pseudoscience has surfaced. It is routinely invoked in […]

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For many, long COVID looks a lot like chronic fatigue

A team of researchers, including two from Johns Hopkins Medicine, have published a review article highlighting similarities between certain lingering symptoms following COVID-19 illness—a condition called “long COVID”—and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), a debilitating, complex disorder previously known as chronic fatigue syndrome. The researchers say the symptoms shared by the two conditions may involve a biological response that goes […]

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Are all saturated fats equally bad for the heart?

A study in more than 100,000 individuals has found a potential link between eating saturated fat from meat and developing heart disease. The preliminary research is presented at ESC Congress 2021. Study author Dr. Rebecca Kelly of the Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, UK said: “The association seen between saturated fat and cardiovascular disease risk in observational […]

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