New Data On Youth Mental Health Is Here ― And It’s Not Good
The past couple of years have not been good for many kids’ mental health, but new data offers some devastating insight into the toll. On Monday, Mental Health America released an analysis of 5.4 million online mental health screenings people took through the organization’s website in 2021. According to the report, 45% of individuals who […]
How Much Coffee Is Healthy To Drink On A Daily Basis?
While there’s been conflicting evidence around the health benefits of coffee in the past, researchers wrote in the BMJ that a cup of Joe is “more likely to benefit health than to harm it”.
When My Infant Daughter Was Declared Brain-Dead, I Had To Make An Unimaginable Choice
Nearly a decade ago, the doctor who had been responsible for my daughter’s care in the pediatric ICU asked me: “Would you consider organ donation?” My mind struggled to string his words into a decipherable sentence. My husband and I had just been told that our 1-year-old daughter, Rehma, was brain-dead. She was on a […]
Revising the lifecycle of an important human parasite
“We have been interested in the romantic life of the parasite Cryptosporidium for some time,” says Boris Striepen, a scientist in Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine. Cryptosporodium is a leading cause of diarrheal disease in young children around the world. The intestinal parasite contributes to childhood mortality and causes malnutrition and stunting. How a parasite […]
Opinion | The Kids Are Not Alright
*Name has been changed for privacy protection Family finances affect children’s minds and bodies. As a pediatrician and a medical student, we witness every day how poverty makes kids sicker. The 2021 American Rescue Plan put a dent in this harsh reality by expanding the Child Tax Credit. But the credit’s expansion expired in December, […]
I Saw Blood In The Toilet. I Never Expected A Common Drug Could Be The Cause.
When I saw the blood in the toilet bowl, I decided it was time to go to the emergency room. I had been doubled over in pain for the better part of three hours. It started out as par for the course: I had grown accustomed to semi-regular stomach problems that left me stuck in […]
Hold the salt: Study reveals how reducing sodium intake can help patients with heart failure: Surprising findings show a low-salt diet doesn’t prevent death or hospital visits, but does improve symptoms and quality of life.
For the past century people with weak hearts have been told to lower their salt intake, but until now there has been little scientific evidence behind the recommendation. The largest randomized clinical trial to look at sodium reduction and heart failure reported results simultaneously in The Lancet and at the American College of Cardiology’s 71st […]
Stem cell secrets allow researchers to revamp reprogramming: Researchers have identified factors required to generate naïve stem cells by reprogramming
Researchers from the Babraham Institute’s Epigenetics research programme have been able to learn more about naïve stem cell reprogramming following a genome wide functional screen. Their research, published today in Science Advances, describes the critical regulators of reprogramming and offers opportunities for a more efficient, faster way to generate human naïve pluripotent stem cells. Human […]
The Rare, Underdiscussed Issue Some People Experience After COVID
From the very beginning of the pandemic, it has been clear that COVID can have as profound an impact on mental health as it does on physical well-being. Rates of depression and anxiety have spiked around the globe, even among those who’ve never been sick. For those who have been infected, the risk is higher. […]
Suni Lee Plagued By Anxiety Attacks And ‘Impostor Syndrome’ After Olympic Gold
American gymnast Suni Lee says she’s been plagued by anxiety attacks and what she called “impostor syndrome” since winning her Olympic gold medal last summer. In an interview with ESPN posted Tuesday, Lee said her adjustment to college gymnastics at Auburn University has been compromised by “intense pressure” and an “immense amount of scrutiny.” Advertisement […]