Furtuna Skin, which launched in November of 2019, uses ingredients cultivated on an 800-acre farm in Sicily that has over 12,000 olive trees, 500 unique plants and 50 medicinal wild herbs. And though cofounders Agatha Relota Luczo and Kim Walls have been unable to personally visit Italy over the last year, their business has continued to bear fruit thanks to […]
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A lot of people think that racism has to be violent for it to count. I learned this growing up as an Asian American woman in a predominantly white community in the Midwest where I was called names like "gook," "chink," and "dog eater." I was asked why my eyes were so "slanty" and if my Filipino immigrant mother was […]
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Peripheral arterial disease/peripheral artery disease (PAD), or peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is a common condition where bodily arteries become narrowed due to a build-up of fatty plaques (atherosclerosis). Image Credit: Anshuman Rath/Shutterstock.com What causes peripheral arterial disease? Atherosclerosis is the build-up of fatty deposits called atheromatous plaques within the walls of major blood vessels (arteries) causing a gradual narrowing of […]
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BERLIN (Reuters) – German health minister Jens Spahn on Friday dampened hopes that further coronavirus restrictions will be lifted soon, saying rising infections could mean that curbs to slow the spread of the virus may have to be re-imposed.Slideshow ( 2 images )“The rising case numbers may mean that we cannot take further opening steps in the weeks to come. […]
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Coronavirus infection numbers in Germany are rising at a “very clearly exponential rate” as highly contagious variants drive up case numbers in the EU’s biggest country, health authorities said Friday. “It is very possible that we will have a similar situation over Easter to the one we had before Christmas, with very high case numbers, many severe cases and deaths, […]
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Colorectal cancer survivors who maintained a stable body weight but lost muscle and developed fatty deposits in their muscles faced a 40 percent higher risk of premature death than patients who avoided both health issues. “The conventional wisdom has been that colorectal cancer patients should avoid losing or gaining weight during treatment,” said Dr. Justin C. Brown, Assistant Professor and […]
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Researchers from Skoltech were part of a research consortium studying a case of vertical COVID-19 transmission from mother to her unborn child that resulted in major complications in the pregnancy, premature birth and death of the child. The consortium used a Skoltech-developed proteomics method to verify the diagnosis. The paper was published in the journal Viruses. The effects of SARS-CoV-2, […]
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Long-term care homes have been at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, with 70 percent of COVID-19 deaths having occurred in long-term care or nursing homes. The Government of Canada, through its COVID-19 Immunity Task Force (CITF), is supporting a study led by McMaster University researchers aimed at understanding how well vaccination works in residents of long-term care […]
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The very first strain of Covid has been overtaken by more contagious versions. As the virus evolves, it would make sense that its symptoms do too. Here are the latest warning signs of the disease to be aware of. Fever Data from millions of users have suggested fever is a warning sign of a Covid infection. This aligns with the […]
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Written by Kayleigh Dray Kayleigh Dray is Stylist’s digital editor-at-large. Her specialist topics include comic books, films, TV and feminism. On a weekend, cipro is a good antibiotic for you can usually find her drinking copious amounts of tea and playing boardgames with her friends. Welcome to Stylist’s Sleep Diaries, where we’re taking a deep-dive into one of the most […]
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