It’s Brain Awareness Week, and to mark the occasion, we’re taking a look at research focused on the most complex organ in the human body. You can view all of our content for Brain Awareness Week here. Anecdotally, love is a matter of the heart. However, the main organ affected by love is actually the...
Here’s advice for preserving your mental health while avoiding physical proximity By Kasley Killam With increasing numbers of people isolated because of quarantine and social distancing, COVID-19 is not the only public health threat we should be worried about—loneliness is one as well. While scientists are rushing to understand how the coronavirus works, researchers have...
Around the world, Salmonella is one of the main causes of diarrhea. Other common symptoms of a Salmonella infection include abdominal cramps and vomiting. There are many types of Salmonella bacteria, and they can cause a range of illnesses, including typhoid fever and gastroenteritis. Most people with Salmonella infections have mild symptoms and recover without...
Hazel Marie Galon Veloso, M.D. If you’ve ever experienced waves of sharp pain in your belly along with the feeling that your waistline is inflating like a balloon, you might be experiencing bloating and cramps due to intestinal gas. Everyone gets gas on occasion. It’s a natural byproduct of the bacteria in your intestines doing...
by University of Colorado at Boulder It’s normal to feel anxious during times of transition, change or uncertainty. When life feels unpredictable it’s crucial to focus on our mental health, connections with family and friends and self-care. Here are some tools you can use to help manage stress and anxiety. HALT Addressing our basic needs...
by NYU Tandon School of Engineering Unreliable tips on how to protect oneself from the novel coronavirus and fake news about the COVID-19 pandemic are spreading as quickly as the virus itself. The Governance Lab (The GovLab) at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering has collaborated with the Federation of American Scientists (FAS)...
by Flavio Romero MacAu, The Conversation Panic buying, shop shelves emptied of toilet paper, hand sanitiser, pasta and other household supplies, supermarkets policing limits on buying products, Amazon and eBay stopping opportunists from selling items at exorbitant prices. When will things get back to normal? The good news: well before the coronavirus crisis is over....
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON The next time you eat sashimi, nigiri or other forms of raw fish, consider doing a quick check for worms. A new study led by the University of Washington finds dramatic increases in the abundance of a worm that can be transmitted to humans who eat raw or undercooked seafood. Its 283-fold...
by Gerard Fitzgerald, The Conversation The Western Australian health minister has announced “fever clinics” are to open this week for people who think they have coronavirus symptoms. And in NSW, the chief health officer has advisedhospitals set up “respiratory clinics” to deal with a potential spike in COVID-19 cases. Other states are set to open...
by Ellen Goldbaum, University at Buffalo The inappropriate prescribing of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) is well-documented, as are the harms they can cause to patients who don’t need them, ranging from chronic kidney disease and pneumonia to hip fractures. Yet despite evidence-based guidelines and deprescribing efforts at hospitals and clinics worldwide, these medications, commonly known...
