Written by Ria Wolstenholme Want some highly recommended and totally worthwhile self care ideas that will make you feel better in mind, body and soul? Well we’ve got 20… Practising self care is so much more than just getting out for a breath of fresh air or slathering on a face mask. And after the last 12 months we’ve all […]
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Among the biggest challenges to containing the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is the emergence of mutations that allow the virus to evade host immune responses. Initially, changes in the SARS-CoV-2 genome were slow to emerge, due perhaps to the total lack of pre-existing immunity. Intra-individual variation A […]
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Kim Kardashian West is one proud mom! The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star shared another image of her daughter North West's painting that recently received mixed responses. "Just had to post this bc it's a North West Classic!" Kardashian, 40, captioned the photo. The nature painting depicting a lake with mountains in the background and forest trees in the […]
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In 2010, a relatively little known Ellie Goulding burst onto the music scene. From the get-go, the young artist dominated the charts, releasing hit single after hit single. Headlines at the world’s biggest festivals soon followed, as did world tours and a global fan base. Ellie Goulding was suddenly everywhere, and it became strange to picture a time where the […]
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Getting kids to brush their teeth is basically a full time job. They’re too young to understand why they need to take care of their pearly whites, so your best tactic is to make it feel fun. Obviously, the first place to start is by getting them a cute toothbrush that they’ll love to use. And since there’s a good […]
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One in four women over age 65 is unable to walk two blocks or climb a flight of stairs. Known as mobility disability, it is the leading type of incapacity in the United States and a key contributor to a person’s loss of independence. New research from Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Sciences at UC San […]
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Work-life balance was the top concern by far among gastroenterologists, according to responses in the Medscape Gastroenterologist Lifestyle, Happiness & Burnout Report 2021. Gastroenterologists were split 50-50, however, as to whether they would sacrifice some of their salary for better balance. Nearly half (48%) of survey respondents listed work-life balance concerns as most important, more than twice the percentage who […]
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High blood pressure or hypertension is a common condition whereby the force of blood pushing against your artery walls is consistently too high. This pressure gradually causes your arteries to harden and narrow, which means the heart has to work harder to pump blood around the body. This mechanism can raise your risk of having a heart attack, so it […]
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A giant vaccination center is opening in Houston to administer 126,000 coronavirus doses in the next three weeks. Nevada health officials are working overtime to distribute delayed shots. And Rhode Island is rescheduling appointments after a vaccine shipment failed to arrive as scheduled earlier in the week. From coast to coast, states were scrambling Tuesday to catch up on vaccinations […]
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Staying motivated to work out can be difficult, and after a socially distanced year like 2020, it’s easy to fall into the mindset that fitness is something best tackled alone. It’s become commonplace to consider exercise as just being about slogging it out to exhaustion, testing your mental fortitude and endurance, followed by a social media post chronicling the […]
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