health
- Doctors Fight Tobacco Takeover of Inhaled Medicines
Respiratory specialists failed to block the Philip Morris acquisition of inhaler manufacturer Vectura. Now they are banding together to exclude tobacco-owned businesses from pulmonary research.
- ‘Post-Truth Era’ Hurts COVID-19 Response, Trust in Science
Unsupported beliefs have taken precedent over readily identifiable truths in discussions of health, science, and politics. The upshot: “Feelings trump facts” in social media, news reports, books, and other sources of information.
- Is Havana Syndrome Real? Here’s What History Can Tell Us
No one has been able to say for sure whether Havana syndrome is a true condition. How does it compare to psychogenic illnesses of the past?
- 'The Other Pandemic': Antibiotic Resistance Growing Worldwide
More than 1.2 million deaths around the world in just 2019 alone: That's the grave estimate in the largest study to date looking at the growing public health challenge of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
- 'Artificial Pancreas' Can Help Kids With Type 1 Diabetes
New research suggests an "artificial pancreas" system may beat standard treatment in controlling the blood sugar disease in young children.
psychology
- Tune Your Nervous System and Lower Anxiety
Anxiety is how you feel when your body is in threat physiology (flight or fight). Carefully choosing what you input into your nervous system will lower anxiety.
- I’m Embracing the Solo Movement and All It Has to Offer
There are many reasons why I never got married—one of them, of course, my mental illness, but another one being simply that I prefer living alone.
- Fearful Attachment, Trauma, Social Anxiety, and Depression
Emerging research provides clinically-relevant findings for those addressing and living with combined social anxiety and depression.
- Screen Time for Kids: Give Them What They Need
Society's fear of technology destroying our children's future has reached a fever pitch.
- Could the Latest Word Game Really Train Your Brain?
The newest online word game, Wordle, may help people feel like they are exercising their brains. Research on video games and cognition suggests that there may be truth to this.
- Doctors Fight Tobacco Takeover of Inhaled Medicines
Respiratory specialists failed to block the Philip Morris acquisition of inhaler manufacturer Vectura. Now they are banding together to exclude tobacco-owned businesses from pulmonary research.
- ‘Post-Truth Era’ Hurts COVID-19 Response, Trust in Science
Unsupported beliefs have taken precedent over readily identifiable truths in discussions of health, science, and politics. The upshot: “Feelings trump facts” in social media, news reports, books, and other sources of information.
- Is Havana Syndrome Real? Here’s What History Can Tell Us
No one has been able to say for sure whether Havana syndrome is a true condition. How does it compare to psychogenic illnesses of the past?
- 'The Other Pandemic': Antibiotic Resistance Growing Worldwide
More than 1.2 million deaths around the world in just 2019 alone: That's the grave estimate in the largest study to date looking at the growing public health challenge of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
- 'Artificial Pancreas' Can Help Kids With Type 1 Diabetes
New research suggests an "artificial pancreas" system may beat standard treatment in controlling the blood sugar disease in young children.
- Ordering Groceries Online? Good Luck Finding Nutrition Info
A new study shows many websites make it hard to find nutrition information on products.
- Study: Black Men Twice as Likely to Develop Prostate Cancer as Whites
A review of men seen at VA hospitals found that Black veterans had nearly twice the incidence of localized and advanced prostate cancer as white men.
- U.S. Faces Wave of Omicron Deaths in Coming Weeks, Forecasts Say
COVID-19 deaths from the Omicron variant are climbing and will likely increase quickly in the upcoming weeks, according to new forecasts.
- Nearly Half of Americans Gained Weight in Pandemic's First Year
A new study shows nearly half of U.S. adults piled on excess pounds during the first year of the pandemic, making a national obesity crisis even worse.
- Heart Function Rebounds for Kids With COVID-Linked MIS-C
A new study has good news for parents: Children tend to recover completely from any heart injury within three months of falling ill.