6 Reasons Summer Could Worsen Your Anxiety, According To Therapists
At first thought, the summer months are associated with carefree behavior — breezy beach days, shaded hikes and exciting vacations. But, for many people, summer is actually more stressful than exciting because of summer anxiety. According to Dr. Crystal Burwell, a psychotherapist and owner of Dr. Burwell Speaks in Atlanta, anxiety occurs any time there […]
Space Travel Speeds Up Aging, Weakening of Bones
Latest Arthritis News THURSDAY, Aug. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) Astronauts may go to space for weeks or months, and their bones can lose years in that environment. Long periods in space can irreparably damage bone structure and cause parts of the human skeleton to age as much as 10 years, new research reveals. Research teams […]
Daily avocados improve diet quality, help lower cholesterol levels, study finds
Eating one avocado a day for six months was found to have no effect on belly fat, liver fat or waist circumference in people with overweight or obesity, according to a new study. However, it did lead to a slight decrease in unhealthy cholesterol levels. In the randomized trial, the team — including Penn State […]
Opinion | LGBTQ+ Basics: 10 Things Your Queer Patient Wishes You Knew
Several months ago, I wrote a post on a Facebook community of over 17,000 Black physicians. The post asked them what they would do and how they would react if their child told them they were gay. The responses I received ranged from “I will love and accept them” to “Heaven forbid!” to “I will […]
COVID-19 Tied to High Risk of Thrombotic Events
COVID-19 was associated with a greater risk for a host of thrombotic events in the months following a patient’s infection, a large study in Sweden found. Among over 1 million people who tested positive for COVID-19 in the past month, risk for a first pulmonary embolism was 33 times higher compared with a matched control […]
GI Infections Dipped Sharply During Pandemic Restrictions
Reported gastrointestinal (GI) outbreaks in England were halved during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with a similar period over the 5 years’ prior, a retrospective ecological study found. From February to July 2020, there was a 52% decrease in GI outbreaks — including reports of food poisoning, hemolytic uremic syndrome, infectious […]
Weight gain in pregnancy may be linked to later growth patterns in daughters
Rapid weight gain in the first and final months of a pregnancy may play a key role in the development of excess fat tissue in children and adolescents — at least if those children are girls, according to a new study from researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. In the study, published today […]
7 Weird, Sneaky Signs You Might Be Dehydrated
Inadequate hydration is a big problem in the summer months. The weather heats up, people sweat a lot and really just about everyone could stand to drink more. And dehydration really can run the gamut. You might just need to drink an extra glass of water or two to make sure you’re feeling your best, […]
Meltwater influences ecosystems in the Arctic Ocean: Freshwater from sea ice delays the biological carbon pump by four months
In the summer months, sea ice from the Arctic drifts through Fram Strait into the Atlantic. Thanks to meltwater, a stable layer forms around the drifting ice atop the salty seawater, producing significant effects on biological processes and marine organisms. In turn, this has an effect on when carbon from the atmosphere is absorbed and […]
Sex Disparity Mars Rollout of Embattled HIV Treatment in Poorer Countries
In low- and middle-income countries, dolutegravir (Tivicay) uptake in women still trailed that in men months after a safety reaffirmation from the World Health Organization (WHO), a large study showed. By March 2020, cumulative incidence of uptake of the antiretroviral by women ages 16-49 was 29.4% across 11 countries, compared with 57.7% in men of […]