by Samantha Laine Perfas, Harvard University The father needed answers. He’d recently completed a six-week Mass. General program designed to help parents whose children were struggling with ADHD. He had read the material—and re-read it. He’d tried to connect with his daughter. But nothing was working. She was frustrated. He was frustrated. Their relationship felt broken. I...
Emily LaurenceMon, March 6, 2023 at 5:22 PM MST Plus, easy ways to incorporate it into your diet. While inflammation isn’t inherently bad and plays an important role as part of the body’s natural defense system, high levels of chronic inflammation can cause all sorts of health woes. “Chronic, low-grade inflammation can cause a host...
The keto diet, which prioritizes high amounts of fat and low amounts of carbs, was estimated to generate almost 3 kg of carbon dioxide for every 1,000 calories consumed. The paleo diet, which eschews grains and beans in favor of meats, nuts, and vegetables, received the next lowest diet quality score and also had a...
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM A cheap charcoal air filter can reduce nitrogen dioxide (NO2) inside vehicles by as much as 90%, compared to levels outside the vehicle. Research presented in a report by WM Air, the West Midlands Air Quality Improvement Programme at the University of Birmingham, shows that charcoal filters, which costs around £10-£20, can...
RICE UNIVERSITY IMAGE: VICKY YAO IS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AT RICE UNIVERSITY. CREDIT: PHOTO BY RUTH DANNENFELSER/RICE UNIVERSITY HOUSTON – (March 6, 2023) – Regular visits to the dentist might help keep joint pain at bay, too. When Rice University computational biologist Vicky Yao found traces of bacteria associated with periodontal disease in samples collected from rheumatoid...
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A person in southwest Florida has died after being infected with an extremely rare brain-eating amoeba, health officials said. The Florida Department of Health in Charlotte County confirmed the death Thursday. The agency had previously issued an alert last month, warning residents about the Naegleria fowleri infection. “I can confirm the infection unfortunately resulted in a death,...
Steroidy są związkami lipidowymi, które mogą być pochodzenia roślinnego lub zwierzęcego. W celach pozamedycznych stosuje się je do przyspieszania wzrostu masy ciała u osób ćwiczących na siłowni jako środki dopingowe . Jednym ze skutków ubocznych wpływających na wygląd kobiet i mężczyzn przyjmujących sterydy anaboliczne jest także nadmierne owłosienie, przy czym u panów głównie na twarzy,...
Donavyn Coffey February 17, 2023 UPDATED February 23, 2023 // Editor’s note: The headline of this article was changed from “New Cancer Screen, Same Issues: Physicians Confront Galleri Test” to better reflect the content of the article. In January 2022, Anthony Arenz, a 51-year-old living in Mesa, Arizona, breathed a small sigh of relief. The Galleri blood test,...
Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN September 11, 2022 Dr Deborah Schrag PARIS — New results from a large prospective trial give a better idea of how a blood test that can detect multiple cancers performs in a “real-life” setting. “As this technology develops, people must continue with their standard cancer screening, but this is a glimpse of what...
by Vanderbilt University Medical Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Patients with serious pneumococcal infections, including pneumonia and sepsis, are at a substantially increased risk of heart attack after the onset of infection according to a Vanderbilt study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Prior work has demonstrated that infections can potentially lead to systemic inflammatory responses that can trigger the...
