8 Signs You’re In A Toxic Friendship (And What To Do About It)
We often talk about toxic relationships in the context of romantic ones. But our friendships can veer into this harmful territory, too. Maybe you were once excited to see a certain friend’s name pop up on your phone screen. Now you get a sinking feeling any time they text you. You used to look forward […]
New research bites holes into theories about Megalodons: Extinct shark’s shape swims back out of focus
A new study leaves large tooth marks in previous conclusions about the body shape of the Megalodon, one of the largest sharks that ever lived. The study, which makes use of a pioneering technique for analyzing sharks, has now been published in the international journal Historical Biology. Megalodons swam the Earth roughly 15 to 3.6-million […]
How To Manage Fear Around COVID While Still Saying Safe
Since the start of the pandemic, the bulk of messaging about COVID has been extremely fear-based. We’ve read scary headline after scary headline as we have kept tabs on record-high case counts, death rates and hospitalization rates. We have consumed stories of people’s life-threatening battles with COVID and long COVID. As a result, many of […]
What Are the Symptoms of Cholera? History, Causes, Treatment & Vaccine
Facts you should know about cholera Cholera is a disease that causes foul-smelling diarrhea that looks like rice water. Cholera is a disease caused by bacteria that produce a watery diarrhea that can rapidly lead to dehydration. Cholera symptoms and signs include a rapid onset of copious, smelly diarrhea that resembles rice water and may […]
Lili Reinhart Opens Up About ‘Severe’ Body Image Struggle: ‘A Devastating Feeling’
Lili Reinhart is opening up about grappling with body image issues so that fans with similar struggles feel less alone. “I’ve been struggling with obsessive thoughts about my body/weight the last few months and it’s gotten pretty severe the last week,” the 25-year-old “Riverdale” star wrote on her Instagram stories. “So I want to take […]
Howie Mandel ‘Living in a Nightmare’ With OCD
“America’s Got Talent” judge Howie Mandel has been open for many years about his struggles with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). However, in a recent interview with People magazine, the comedian discussed how painful that struggle could be: “If I’m not laughing, then I’m crying. And I still haven’t been that open about how dark […]
Asthma may reduce risk of brain tumors — but how? Mouse study IDs immune cells as link, points to potential therapeutic approaches
There’s not much good that can be said about asthma, a breathing disease in which the airways become narrowed and inflamed. But there’s this: People with asthma seem to be less likely to develop brain tumors than others. And now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis believe they have discovered why. […]
Whether people inform themselves or remain ignorant is due to three factors
People choose whether to seek or avoid information about their health, finances and personal traits based on how they think it will make them feel, how useful it is, and if it relates to things they think about often, finds a new study by UCL researchers. Most people fall into one of three ‘information-seeking types’: […]
10 Ways Therapists Prevent Themselves From Catastrophizing
Do you always find yourself thinking and stressing about the worst possible outcome in any situation? Or do your friends sometimes tell you that you’re being dramatic or unrealistic when you express your fears about what could happen? If you answered “yes,” you might be catastrophizing. “Catastrophizing is that not-so-fun trick your brain tries to […]
White House Expected to Name Former FDA Head Dr. Robert Califf to Lead Agency Again
Latest MedicineNet News FRIDAY, Nov. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) Despite concerns about his close ties to the drug industry, President Joe Biden is expected on Friday to nominate Dr. Robert Califf, former head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, to lead the agency once more. Califf, who served during the last year […]