More Support Needed to Shore Up Nurse Pipeline, Experts Say
While interest in nursing as a career hasn’t diminished, faculty shortages and other institutional factors have prevented some from entering the field, experts explained during an online panel discussion on Tuesday, which was hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center and sponsored by the American Hospital Association. Recent data have shown that the number of nurses […]
How Much Coffee Is Healthy To Drink On A Daily Basis?
While there’s been conflicting evidence around the health benefits of coffee in the past, researchers wrote in the BMJ that a cup of Joe is “more likely to benefit health than to harm it”.
COVID Was Third Leading Cause of U.S. Deaths in 2021, Says CDC
While COVID-19 in 2021 was again the third leading cause of death in the U.S., racial and ethnic disparities narrowed from the year before, provisional CDC data indicated. Overall, 65.2% of the COVID-19 deaths in 2021 were among white individuals, 16.5% were among Hispanic individuals, and 13.3% were among Black individuals. In 2020 these proportions […]
What Are Ways to Reduce Stress? 28 Stress Relaxation Techniques
While you can’t always avoid stressful situations, here are 28 tips and relaxation techniques that can help you manage and reduce stress Chronic stress can be harmful to your health and raise your risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, depression, and other conditions. While you can’t always avoid stressful situations, here are 28 tips and […]
Study suggests association between consuming artificial sweeteners and increased cancer risk
Artificial sweeteners reduce added sugar content and corresponding calories while maintaining sweetness. A study publishing March 24 in PLOS Medicine by Charlotte Debras and Mathilde Touvier at the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research (Inserm) and Sorbonne Paris Nord University, France and colleagues suggests that some artificial sweeteners are associated with increased cancer […]
How Can You Reduce Stress? 3 Relaxation Techniques
While there is no quick fix for stress and no one solution will work for everyone, there are some basic relaxation techniques that can help you reduce stress While there is no quick fix for stress and no one solution will work for everyone, there are some basic relaxation techniques that can help you reduce […]
Visible ocean plastics just the tip of the iceberg: Simulations find the majority of ocean plastics may be on the seafloor or otherwise difficult to monitor, with vastly more plastic waste likely trapped on land
While the billions of tons of plastic products produced in the “Plastic Age” of the last half-century have drastically changed the way we live for the better, the plastic waste that has made it into the environment is posing new challenges for nature. Seeking to simulate the fate of plastics that have made it into […]
COVID Antivirals Appear to Hold Up Against BA.2
While two monoclonal antibody combinations showed neutralizing activity against the Omicron subvariant BA.2, both required substantially higher concentrations to produce a response in patients with COVID-19, Japanese researchers said, while antivirals appeared to be less affected. Casirivimab/imdevimab (REGEN-COV) and tixagevimab/cilgavimab (Evusheld) inhibited BA.2, but the titer of monoclonal antibodies “required for a 50% reduction in […]
There Are 3 Types Of Perfectionism. Which Category Are You?
While the word “perfectionist” is thrown around a lot, it’s a relatable label that makes many of us feel anxious and inadequate. A study published in Psychological Bulletin found rates of people identifying as perfectionists increased between 1989 and 2016. And for women of color, being perfect can seem like the only option. But did […]
Patient-centered approach to treating obesity
It’s one of the most polarizing questions among clinicians: Is treating obesity while also reducing weight stigma and eating disorder risk mutually exclusive? In a recent commentary published online ahead of print in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, a team of researchers takes aim at what they say is an outdated […]