House Members Argue for Puerto Rico Coal Plant Shutdown
WASHINGTON — A coal-powered electricity plant in Puerto Rico that is releasing toxic coal ash should be shut down immediately because it is harming patients’ health, several House members said. “Whether through production or storage, there is no good outcome related to coal ash,” said Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.), who is originally from the Dominican […]
Eating disorder behaviors alter reward response in brain: Changes can affect food intake control circuitry and cause disorders to progress
Researchers have found that eating disorder behaviors, such as binge-eating, alter the brain’s reward response process and food intake control circuitry, which can reinforce these behaviors. Understanding how eating disorder behaviors and neurobiology interact can shed light on why these disorders often become chronic and could aid in the future development of treatments. The study, […]
7 ‘Healthy’ TikTok Recipes That Nutritionists Hate
As a 32-year-old journalist with a master’s degree in nutrition, it’s pretty clear to me that at least 90% of the nutrition advice on TikTok is total garbage. It’s rife with young, thin influencers showcasing their (typically low-calorie) daily meals in an attempt to “inspire” others to eat like they do. HuffPost and many other […]
A promising new pathway to treating type 2 diabetes
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin, a scientific breakthrough that transformed Type 1 diabetes, once known as juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes, from a terminal disease into a manageable condition. Today, Type 2 diabetes is 24 times more prevalent than Type 1. The rise in rates of obesity and incidence […]
Pop-up coffee table — no assembly required: Kiriform structures harness buckling for stable, deployable structures
Deployable structures — objects that transition from a compact state to an expanded one — are used everywhere from backyards to Mars. But as anyone who has ever struggled to open an uncooperative folding chair knows, transforming two-dimensional forms into three-dimensional structures is sometimes a challenge. Now, researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School […]
J&J Vax Booster Needed? COVID Boards Another Cruise; Sneaky Vaxxed Teens
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Will recipients of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine need an mRNA booster against the Delta variant? (Reuters) Two children under age 16 who tested positive for COVID while on a Royal Caribbean cruise were quarantined and then flown home by the cruise line. (New York […]
Study confirms the low likelihood that SARS-CoV-2 on hospital surfaces is infectious
A new study by UC Davis researchers confirms the low likelihood that SARS-CoV-2 contamination on hospital surfaces is infectious. The study, published June 24 in PLOS ONE, is the original report on recovering near-complete SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences directly from surface swabs. “Our team was the first to demonstrate that SARS-CoV-2 virus sequences could be identified […]
A New Report Shows Just How Hard 2020 Was On Moms
Now that the COVID-19 pandemic has loosened its grip a bit on the United States, it is easy to forget just how devastating the past year was for millions of mothers in this country — and elsewhere. But a new report from the Center for Global Development, a nonprofit think tank, estimates that around the […]
All COVID Deaths in the Unvaxxed; U.S. Life Expectancy Slides; Trump Had It Bad
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Nearly all new COVID-related deaths in the U.S. are in people who haven’t been vaccinated, as only 0.8% of deaths in May were among fully vaccinated individuals. (AP) As of 8 a.m. EDT today, the unofficial U.S. COVID-19 toll reached 33,591,369 cases and 603,181 deaths, increases […]
Virus that causes COVID-19 can find alternate route to infect cells: COVID-19 drugs, vaccines still effective against mutating virus
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists identified how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, gets inside cells to cause infection. All current COVID-19 vaccines and antibody-based therapeutics were designed to disrupt this route into cells, which requires a receptor called ACE2. Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that […]