Mindy Kaling had multi-tasking down to a science. The former star of The Office and The Mindy Project has written two memoirs and is now out with a third, Nothing Like I Imagined, a digital collection available on Amazon Original Stories. She created the acclaimed Netflix series Never Have I Ever and she's currently writing for multiple upcoming projects, including […]
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The United States obesity rate is now more than 40%, and physicians are looking for new and more effective ways to treat the problem. In 2013, the American Medical Association recognized obesity as a complex, chronic disease that requires medical attention. However, past research studies showed that the percentage of physicians providing adequate counseling and treatment to patients with obesity […]
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Illustration: Eniola Odetunde/Axios Scientists are racing to learn more about the damage the novel coronavirus can do to the heart, lungs and brain. Why it matters: It’s becoming increasingly clear that some patients struggle with its health consequences — and costs — far longer than a few weeks. The big picture: The virus can have a severe impact on the lungs, […]
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A young woman who lost all her hair at 17 has abandoned her wig after bravely celebrating her baldness in a post on Instagram. Jess Newman, 25, has now applied to be a model – thanks to the positive reactions she got when she posted her pictures on social media. When Jess, who lives in Colchester, Essex, first started losing […]
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Coronavirus passed a sobering milestone yesterday – one million deaths worldwide. With the most optimistic estimates putting the end of 2021 as a plausible deadline for vaccines and Europe currently engulfed in a second wave, governments and the general public must find sustainable ways of living with the constant threat. There are sensible steps we can all take to mitigate […]
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The pandemic, which has disrupted so much of our lives, has shaken up health benefits, too—and sometimes for the better. Over 150 million Americans, including nearly half the population of Texas, get health coverage through an employer. And next month, many workers will select their health benefits during open enrollment. They’re likely to see a big increase in coverage for […]
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PARIS — “It’s a very simple concept,” said Peter Philips, Dior’s creative and image director for makeup, backstage before the house’s show on Tuesday. “We went for a very strong woman, with a very strong eye look on very natural skin.” The black eye makeup encircling models’ peepers was not retro — there were no wings in sight — but […]
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Proven fact: we remember our altruistic behavior more easily than selfish actions or misdeeds that go against our own moral sense. Described as ‘unethical amnesia’ by scientists, it is generally explained by self-image maintenance. But could these selective oversights, not necessarily conscious, have a more strategic aim? To find out, a team of behavioral economists from the CNRS recruited 1322 […]
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Sagittal mouse brain view showing the 22 BMI GWAS-enriched cell types. The first two letters in each cell type label denote the developmental compartment (ME, mesencephalon; DE, diencephalon; TE, telencephalon), letters three to five denote the neurotransmitter type (INH, inhibitory; GLU, glutamatergic) and the numerical suffix represents an arbitrary number assigned to the given cell type. Credit: University of Copenhagen […]
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TUESDAY, Sept. 29, 2020 — For women with chronic pelvic pain, gabapentin treatment does not result in significantly lower pain scores and is associated with more side effects than placebo, according to a study published online Sept. 26 in The Lancet. Andrew W. Horne, Ph.D., from the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom, and colleagues examined the efficacy and […]
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