So THAT’S Why Alcohol Makes You Poop Weird
Peter Dazeley via Getty Images Experts break down exactly why alcohol can trigger diarrhea, fecal urgency and other unpleasant side effects and the steps you can take to prevent them. After downing cocktail after cocktail during a night out, you may wake up needing a tall glass of water, ibuprofen, and a long visit with […]
Doctors Reveal Exactly What Happens To Your Brain After You Turn 50
Eva-Katalin via Getty Images Experts break down the changes that our brains go through as we age and what we can do about them. No matter our age, most of us are guilty of saying, “I must be getting old,” when we can’t quite find the words to describe something or an important item on […]
You Think the TREE Is Crooked: Penile Fractures Up at Christmas
Talk about taking a break for the holidays: A new German study found that penile fractures are more likely to occur around Christmas Day. From 2005 to 2021, 3,421 men in Germany required a hospital stay for penile fractures, with 1.2% occurring from December 24-26 in each year, reported Nikolaos Pyrgidis, MD, MSc, of University […]
Is There No High-Touch Surface in Hospitals Free of Microbial Contamination?
Swabs taken from coffeemakers in German hospital offices and break rooms, and in workers’ homes, tested positive for several important pathogens, researchers found. “Among the eight genera of ‘medically relevant’ Gram-negative species detected, 81% were found in coffeemakers at the hospital,” according to Sarah Victoria Walker, MD, of University Hospital Cologne in Germany, and colleagues. […]
When My Relationship Started To Feel Like An Addiction, We Went Cold Turkey For 30 Days
“I didn’t want to break up, but I decided this was the way to reset from the abnormal — albeit fun — infatuation and give us some space to reflect on whether we were actually a good match,” the author writes. Abdullah Durmaz via Getty Images You know the feeling when you’re really falling for […]
I Stayed Home Rather Than Vacation With My Husband And Son. I Truly Don’t Regret It.
The author at a favorite getaway. A mental health break has become a new favorite destination. Courtesy of Kara Shelman “I don’t think I can do this,” I squeaked out to my husband as we were three days away from packing our bags and making the usual trip west to see his family. I thought […]
Microbes help orchestrate how the gut uses its genes: Mice without microbes rely on an entirely different set of genes to digest fat
The microbes that help break down food actually tell the gut how to do its job better, according to a new study in mice at Duke. The researchers said it appears that the microbes are able to influence which of the gut’s genes are being called into action, and in turn, that interaction might lead […]
Olympian Chloe Kim Takes Mental Health Break
Olympian Chloe Kim announced she is taking a break from snowboarding for her mental health.
Chloe Kim Says She’s Taking A Mental Health Break From Snowboarding
Winter Olympics superstar Chloe Kim said she’s taking a break from snowboarding “just for my mental health.” Months after her second straight halfpipe gold medal at the Winter Olympics in February, Kim told Cheddar last week: “[I] just want to kind of reset, don’t want to get right back into it after such a fun, […]
Bacteria upcycle carbon waste into valuable chemicals: Engineered bacteria convert captured carbon dioxide into chemicals for fuels, fabric and cosmetics
Researchers engineered a strain of bacteria to break down carbon dioxide (CO2), converting it into commonly used, expensive industrial chemicals. The carbon-negative approach removes CO2 from the atmosphere and bypasses using fossil fuels to generate these chemicals. Bacteria are known for breaking down lactose to make yogurt and sugar to make beer. Now researchers led […]