Food matters: Healthy diets increase the economic and physical feasibility of 1.5°C
A global shift to a healthier, more sustainable diet could be a huge lever to limit global warming to 1.5°C, researchers at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) find. The resulting reduction of greenhouse gas emissions would increase the available carbon budget compatible with limiting global warming to 1.5°C, and allow to achieve […]
We Work The Night Shift. Here Are Our Tips For Avoiding Exhaustion.
Kaity McKee/TikTok; Claire Murashima/TikTok; Sarah Maria Awang/TikTok Night shift workers in health care, media and the service industry share their top tips for surviving an overnight schedule. While the rest of us are sleeping, millions of Americans are clocking in each evening to work night shifts. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, around 10% […]
Idaho Medical Group May Close if It’s Not Sold
As the healthcare landscape continues to shift nationwide, Idaho’s Saltzer Health, which was recently acquired by Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare, is set to shutter by the end of March if its operations cannot be sold. Saltzer Health has more than 450 providers serving the Treasure Valley region of Idaho, including Boise, Meridian, and Nampa. […]
Jet lag disorder associated with shift work can lead to brain changes increasing appetite
Scientists have uncovered why night shift work is associated with changes in appetite in a new University of Bristol-led study. The findings, published in Communications Biology, could help the millions of people that work through the night and struggle with weight gain. Scientists from Bristol and the University of Occupational and Environmental Health in Japan, […]
Therapists Say This 1 Easy Hack Can Help With A Panic Attack
Twenty47studio via Getty Images Therapists say the best way to stop a panic attack is to shift your awareness. Panic attacks affect millions of people; even folks who don’t struggle with a mental health condition can experience one. The symptoms can include sweating, tingling of the hands, rapid heartbeat, shaking, a feeling of impending doom […]
Opinion | ‘I’ve Never Seen Anything Like This’ in the Pediatric ED
Walking out of a shift in the pediatric emergency department (ED) lately is a heavy mix of relief, guilt, and pure exhaustion. Wading through wall-to-wall families, huddled in blankets and sweatshirts through long hours waiting to be seen, you wish you could do more, find more beds, create more staff. You’ve spent hours running from […]
Romantic partners can influence each other’s beliefs and behaviors on climate change
Few would argue that romantic partners have the potential to shift each other’s beliefs and behaviors, but what about their views on climate change specifically? Up until now there’s been little analysis of the dynamics of climate change conversations in romantic relationships and how the beliefs of one partner can influence the other. A team […]
Does presenting credibility labels of journalistic sources affect news consumption? New study finds limited effects
Labeling the credibility of information sources does not shift the consumption of news away from low-quality sources or reduce belief in widely circulated inaccurate claims among average internet users, but providing an indicator of sources’ quality may improve the news diet quality of the heaviest consumers of misinformation, shows a new study by New York […]
A Day in the Life of a Doctor: Code Blue Emergency
[embedded content] Join medical resident Siobhan Deshauer, MD, for a night shift in the intensive care unit. She’ll be caring for critically ill patients, solving medical mysteries, intubating a patient who cannot breathe, and reacting to a code blue emergency. Following is a rough transcript (Note that errors are possible): Siobhan Deshauer, MD: Code blue, […]
Working Night Shifts Could Raise Odds for A-Fib
Latest Heart News TUESDAY, Aug. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) Long stints on the night shift could set you up for the dangerous heart rhythm disorder known as atrial fibrillation (a-fib), new research suggests. For the study, the researchers analyzed data on more than 283,000 people in the UK Biobank database, and found that […]