While you may be spending more time looking at a screen right now, it’s important to remember to take a step back as frequently as possible. Whether you’re working from home or back in the office, looking at a screen (be it your phone or computer) for too long can have serious side effects on your physical and mental well-being. […]
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If meals with your children are ruled by what they refuse to eat, consider a UNSW Sydney dietitian’s advice on how to tackle fussy eating and win mealtime back. There is no strict definition of what makes a child a fussy eater, but it’s something parents should know how to tackle—and in rare cases it might be a sign of […]
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A trio of researchers, two with the University of Calgary, the other McMaster University, has found that vaping has the potential of impacting prenatal brain development in zebrafish. In their paper published in the journal Biology Letters, Patrick Gauthier, Alison Holloway and Mathilakath Vijayan describe experiments they conducted with vaping and zebrafish and what they learned about the impact of […]
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Testing of commonly available fabric masks has found they significantly reduce the number of aerosolised viruses a wearer could be exposed to. The Flinders University study, published in Pathogens, found even the poorest performing mask filtered at least 50% of viruses. The viral filtration (VFE) was calculated for two sizes of aerosols, 6 microns (VFE 6 μm) ), which is […]
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President Trump and FDA commissioner Stephen Hahn. Photo: Pete Marovich/Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration plans to toughen the requirements for a coronavirus vaccine emergency authorization, which would make it more difficult for one to be ready by the election, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. Why it matters: Public skepticism of an eventual vaccine keeps increasing as President Trump […]
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Having elevated cholesterol during the teens or early twenties increases a person’s risk of having a heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular event during middle age. That is the finding a new landmark study led by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM). This increased risk persists even in those who were able to get their cholesterol […]
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In the COVID-19 special session taking place at the online Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Prof. Juliana Chan, (The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China) will present a new review of the evidence on the devastating impact COVID-19 is having on people with diabetes. “Major […]
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Siddhant Chaturvedi shared an Instagram post where he is seen in the handstand pose Siddhant Chaturvedi’s Instagram profile shows that the 27-year-old is not just an actor; he takes interest in other activities too, be it fashion, art, or even trying out new exercises. We are talking about the Bunty Aur Babli 2 actor’s recent Instagram post where he is […]
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Why children ARE more protected from severe COVID-19 than adults: Kids still have stronger form of inborn immunity that fades with age, study confirms Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Yale University found that children with COVID-19 were nine-times less likely to die of it than adults Children had higher levels of infection-fighting proteins from the innate immune […]
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I am seven months pregnant with my first child. My obstetrician said I have ureterocele. He also mentioned bladder prolapse. I am not having incontinence at the moment, but I have a lot of pain and always feel like I’m on the verge of an accident. I am trying to understand the condition, how I may prevent it from worsening, […]
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