Tired After a Long Day of Thinking Hard? Here’s Why
Sept. 16, 2022 – You’ve been doing deep focus work all day. Now you’re mentally fried. Wiped out. Exhausted. But you’re trying to wrap up a project. Should you power through? New science has the answer: No, you should not. In a Current Biology study, French researchers found that doing mentally hard tasks for more […]
Computer Models Could Be Next Step in Decoding the Brain
Sept. 16, 2022 – All day long, your brain cells are sending and receiving messages through electrical and chemical signals. These messages help you do things like move your muscles and use your senses – as you taste your food, feel the heat coming off a stove, or read the words on this page. If […]
We’re Increasingly Disconnected and That Has Consequences
Sept. 16, 2022 – You brought your computer home from work “for 2 weeks” in March 2020 and stayed home for 2 years. Schools went virtual. Club meetings got canceled. Gyms closed. Friends and family became off-limits. Remember avoiding other people on the street? It’s gotten better since the outbreak, but we’ve remained in relative […]
Long COVID Was a Preventable Tragedy. Some of Us Saw It Coming
Sept. 15, 2022 – It should have been the start of new insight into a debilitating illness. In May 2017, I was patient No. 4 in a group of 20 taking part in a deep and intense study at the National Institutes of Health aimed at getting to the root causes of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue […]
Monkeypox Outbreak Slows as Feds Promise Action, Outreach
Sept. 15, 2022 – The number of Americans newly diagnosed with monkeypox has decreased by about 50% since early August, White House and other federal health officials announced Thursday. Although the overall picture is improving, there are still some areas in the U.S. seeing increasing infection numbers. For this and other reasons, the CDC plans […]
Lack of Sleep in Teens May Lead to Obesity
Sept. 14, 2022 – Like many parents of teens, LaToya S. worries about her son’s sleep habits. In the early weeks of the pandemic, when her then-13-year-old had no way to connect with friends, she dropped some of her typical rules about screen time. It didn’t take long before her son’s bedtime began creeping later […]
Celebrity Actors Film Their Colonoscopies to Bring Awareness
Sept. 14, 2022 — Actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are taking on different roles: starring in a new campaign to raise awareness about the importance of screening for colon cancer. Using some humor to highlight a very serious topic, the two Hollywood stars filmed their own colonoscopies. Importantly, both Reynolds and McElhenney are 45 […]
Most Americans Over 50 Suffer Some Type of Joint Pain (Poll)
By Cara Murez HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Sept. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Aching joints are common for people over 50, but it’s still important to talk to a doctor about it rather than endlessly self-medicating, experts say. Now, a new poll from the University of Michigan breaks down joint pain, its impact on those […]
Biden Makes Another Push for Cancer Moonshot Initiative
By Robin Foster HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Sept. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — President Joe Biden made a renewed push for his cancer moonshot initiative on Monday. Speaking at the famed John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Biden likened JFK’s space race to his own effort to slash cancer rates by 50% […]
Unhealthy Gums Could Up Your Odds for Dementia
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Sept. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Gum disease has far-reaching effects and may increase your odds of developing dementia, a new study suggests. In a review of 47 previously published studies, researchers in Finland found that tooth loss, deep pockets around teeth in the gums, or bone loss in […]