6 Red Flag Phrases Narcissists Use To Manipulate You During An Argument
FG Trade via Getty Images People with narcissistic personality disorder often try to portray themselves as the victim in a conflict even when they’re completely wrong. Getting into a disagreement with another person is never easy. It often brings up uncomfortable feelings like stress, anger or sadness. But while arguments are generally uncomfortable with just […]
Most Moms Knew About Safe Sleep for Infants, But Still Engaged in Unsafe Practices
Despite knowledge of and intention to follow safe sleep guidelines for infants, mothers often engaged in non-recommended sleep practices, a series of small focus groups and surveys showed. Among 25 mothers, 80% reported holding or rocking their infant to sleep, and 76% reported feeding their infant to sleep, Lara McKenzie, PhD, MA, of Nationwide Children’s […]
What Is Luminal B Breast Cancer? Olivia Munn’s Diagnosis Explained.
Phillip Faraone/VF24 via Getty Images Luminal B breast cancer tends to be more aggressive and often presents at later stages. Actress Olivia Munn announced on Instagram that she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023. Specifically, Munn was diagnosed with luminal B breast cancer, which is one of the molecular subtypes of breast cancer, according […]
5 Work Habits That Are Secretly Depression In Disguise
South_agency via Getty Images Depression does not always show up as sadness at work. Often it can show up in ways you would not expect. We all go through ups and downs at work, but if hard days are becoming your new normal, you might be experiencing what 280 million people go through worldwide: depression. […]
What Is Tianeptine and Why Is It in Demand?
An uptick in adverse events connected to unregulated tianeptine products — often referred to as “gas station heroin” — along with the voluntary recall of a popular product have brought renewed attention to the atypical tricyclic antidepressant. Earlier this week, the company that makes a product called Neptune’s Fix issued a voluntary recall of several […]
Rare Syndrome After COVID Vaccines Described
People who experienced rare long-term adverse events after COVID-19 vaccination often had neurologic symptoms, survey data showed. Among 241 people who self-reported a post-vaccination syndrome (PVS), the five most common symptoms were exercise intolerance (71%), excessive fatigue (69%), numbness (63%), brain fog (63%), and neuropathy (63%), reported Harlan Krumholz, MD, of Yale School of Medicine […]
The 1 Overlooked Sign Your Kid Is Having Anxiety
LOADINGERROR LOADING Parents often expect an anxious child to display classic signs of anxiety like excessive worry or fearfulness. But there’s another common symptom that often gets missed or mistaken for something else. “As adults, we tend to see anxiety as ‘worrying’ in a very cognitive and intellectual way,” clinical psychologist Martha Deiros Collado — […]
Direct-to-Consumer Lab Tests Raise Ethical Questions, Researchers Say
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) laboratory tests — for the thyroid, hormonal biomarkers, or diabetes and hemoglobin A1c, for example — often had unclear terms of sale and vague privacy policies, a qualitative study showed. Of 21 U.S. companies that offered DTC lab tests, less than half declared compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), […]
Epigenetic mechanism that causes bitter taste distortion discovered
A bitter taste in the mouth is often a symptom or side effect of illness, which may be the result of how the body reacts to pathogens. A new study published in iScience, by Hong Wang, PhD, an Associate Member at the Monell Chemical Sense Center, and colleagues sheds light on the mechanisms involved in […]
Fat burning during exercise varies widely between individuals: Study reveals limitations of commercial exercise machines, emphasizing the need for a more personalized approach to exercise
The best heart rate for burning fat differs for each individual and often does not align with the “fat burning zone” on commercial exercise machines, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai researchers report. Instead, the researchers said, clinical exercise testing — a diagnostic procedure to measure a person’s physiological response to exercise — may […]