Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Some people get very sick with Covid-19; some die. Some have symptoms that last for months. Yet others have only mild illness, or don’t even notice they’re infected. Last spring, as the pandemic got going, many immunologists began hunting, in patients’ blood samples, for the reason […]
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March is National Nutrition Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about the heart health benefits of eating nuts. Eating nuts can improve your heart health and lower your risk of dying early from heart disease and other causes. Research has found that people who are at risk of a heart attack can cut their risk by […]
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Davina McCall: Drop in COVID-19 cases is 'very exciting' When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters.Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer.Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights.You can unsubscribe at any time. With many receiving routine Covid tests for […]
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One November night in a Missouri prison, Charles Graham woke his cellmate of more than a dozen years, Frank Flanders, saying he couldn't breathe. Flanders pressed the call button. No one answered, so he kicked the door until a guard came. Flanders, who recalled the incident during a phone interview, said he helped Graham, 61, get into a wheelchair so […]
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Research has found that obesity and mental disorders such as depression and anxiety seem to often go hand in hand. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions are providing new insights into this association by identifying and characterizing a novel neural circuit that mediates the reciprocal control of feeding and psychological states in mouse models. Similar to human […]
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One reason coffee isn’t usually given to kids may be the widely held belief that the caffeinated beverage can stunt children’s growth. But is there any truth to this idea? The answer is a resounding “no”: There’s no evidence that coffee or caffeine stunts childhood growth and development. Instead, a person’s height is largely governed by other factors. For example, […]
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We already know that expecting mothers should never drink alcohol, especially in the first three months of pregnancy. Doing so increases the risk of miscarriage, premature birth, birth defects, and developmental issues, per the United Kingdom National Health Service. The effects of marijuana on fetuses and newborns, however, are not as well known. Still, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American […]
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Implement these stretches into your at-home routine to counteract hunching over our laptops. Whether you’re working from a makeshift kitchen table desk, hunching over your laptop in bed, or giving up on online workouts over Zoom, foregoing exercise – and restorative stretches – can take a toll on both your mental and physical health. Luckily, you don’t need to pay for […]
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, people have grown accustomed to wearing facemasks, but many coverings are fragile and not easily disinfected. Metal foams are durable, and their small pores and large surface areas suggest they could effectively filter out microbes. Now, researchers reporting in ACS' Nano Letters have transformed copper nanowires into metal foams that could be used in facemasks and […]
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Kyunghee Lee’s right hand hurts all the time. She spent decades running a family dry cleaning store outside Cleveland after emigrating from South Korea 40 years ago. She still freelances as a seamstress, although work has slowed amid the covid-19 pandemic. While Lee likes to treat her arthritis with home remedies, each year the pain in the knuckles of her […]
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