August 6, 2024 by Kara Manke, University of California – Berkeley Earpiece assembly, fit, and manufacturing process. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48682-7Everyone gets sleepy at work from time to time, especially after a big lunch. But for people whose jobs involve driving or working with heavy machinery, drowsiness can be extremely dangerous—if not outright...
August 5, 2024 by Marianne Stein, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainIf you enjoy a bowl of plain yogurt in the morning, adding a spoonful of honey is a delicious way to sweeten your favorite breakfast food. It also supports the probiotic cultures in...
Written by Itza Rivera, MD | Reviewed by Karla Robinson, MD Published on June 3, 2024 Key takeaways: Sciatica is a condition marked by back and leg pain due to irritation of the sciatic nerve.A healthy and active lifestyle can help prevent the risk of sciatica. But once it starts, several options are available to...
Written by Joanna Foley, RD | Reviewed by Katie E. Golden, MDPublished on June 13, 2024 Key takeaways: Your gut microbiome affects your digestive health. But your gut health is also closely connected to many other aspects of your overall health, including your heart, immune function, and blood sugar control. Signs of an unhealthy gut...
News Release 5-Aug-2024 Business AnnouncementAmerican Chemical Society image: A lot of people on the internet have been telling our host Alex to drink raw milk. This is a bad idea — a particularly bad one actually. So she wanted to make a video about why it’s such a bad idea to consume raw milk, then...
August 4, 2024 by Veronique Seidel, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainCastor oil, which was once used by fascists in Italy as punishment because of its quick-acting laxative effect, is now a weight-loss trend on TikTok. Not drinking it, but rubbing it on your belly. Influencers are also pouring it in their belly buttons and...
August 5, 2024 by Shelly Vaziri Flais, MD, FAAP, American Academy of Pediatrics Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainEvery family needs routines. They help to organize life and keep it from becoming too chaotic. Children do best when routines are regular, predictable and consistent. One of a family’s greatest challenges is establishing comfortable, effective routines. Ideally, they...
August 5, 2024 by Dennis Thompson Folks worried about bird flu, salmonella and other foodborne illnesses have a simple solution at hand—simply use a cooking thermometer to make sure food is well-cooked. But only about one in four Americans (27%) use one either “often” or “all the time” to check whether meat, poultry or fish...
August 5, 2024 by Ernie Mundell Millions of Americans use the opioid-like herbal supplement known as kratom, but evidence of its dangers continue to mount. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued another alert for consumers to stay away from one brand of kratom in particular, OPMS Black Liquid Kratom. “The FDA recently received...
Aug 3, 12:30 PM EDT/by Frank Landymore Be careful, people. People are excited to use semaglutide, a diabetes drug popular for assisting weight loss that’s commonly sold as Ozempic and Wegovy — and there’s good reason to be. But the Food and Drug Administration is now warning the public not to get carried away, issuing...
