A new study reveals that a precarious, unstable initiation by young people to working life is associated with poorer future mental health. The study was conducted by researchers from the Center for Research in Occupational Health (CISAL, a joint group of UPF and the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute) in Barcelona, Spain. Amaya Ayala-Garcia, Laura Serra and Mònica Ubalde-López […]
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Do you want to be able to do a full press-up? One writer – who has struggled to get into fitness in the past – took on the Strong Women Training Club’s eight-week beginners plan, and the results were surprising. Before the pandemic, I had a very rocky relationship with fitness. In all honesty, I don’t think I’ve ever been ‘fit’; […]
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Obesity: Appetite-suppressant drug ‘breakthrough’ revealed 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. A £100million campaign to tackle the problem has been unveiled by […]
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The B.1.1.7 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variant was initially found in England last fall and has quickly overtaken to become the dominant coronavirus strain in the United Kingdom (UK). The variant’s ability to increase transmission and severe infections has proven to be a challenge for public health officials looking to limit the spread. New research led by […]
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In a pandemic, uncertainty is salient, especially concerning the effectiveness of treatments, strokes and zoloft policies, and outcomes. This is especially evident during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). To date, SARS-CoV-2 has infected over 115 million individuals and caused over 2.5 million deaths worldwide. The importance of communication around healthcare issues […]
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Researchers in the United States and South Africa report that the NVX-CoV2373 vaccine from Novavax has proved effective at preventing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by the B.1.351 variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that has recently emerged in South Africa. In a phase 2a/b trial involving more than 4,000 participants in South Africa, a two-dose regimen of […]
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Nearly $200 million is being added to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 tracking efforts to find new strains of the virus. The White House announcement will expand sequencing to about 25,000 positive coronavirus tests weekly, triple the current level. Until now, the United States has sequenced genomes from about 1% of positive COVID-19 test samples. And it […]
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Bashing body-shamers! Pregnant Brittany Cartwright had the best clapback for “negative” Instagram trolls. Date Night! See Pregnant Brittany Cartwright’s Baby Bump Pics at 32 Weeks The Vanderpump Rules alum, 32, referenced one of her signature lines from the Bravo show, writing on her Thursday, March 4, Instagram Story: “If you are a person who comments on a pregnant woman’s body […]
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Researchers have proposed a new quantitative strategy for pooling COVID-19 tests in order to monitor spread and detect outbreaks early within closed communities, such as nursing homes or universities. Vincent Brault of Université Grenoble Alpes in Grenoble, France, and colleagues present this method in the open-access journal PLOS Computational Biology. In the face of limited supplies, some communities have achieved […]
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Many new mothers with infants want very much to breastfeed as it is the gold standard for early nutrition. What to do when you find out your young child has a food allergy, and you are breastfeeding? A new study in Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), […]
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