Does Grandma Need Surgery for That Broken Wrist?
Patient-reported outcomes 2 years after treatment for distal wrist fractures didn’t differ significantly in older patients irrespective of the therapy chosen, including simple casting, a randomized trial showed. That was true even for participants who chose casting and experienced malunion during recovery with visible, permanent deformity, according to Kevin C. Chung, MD, MS, of the […]
Do pets have a positive effect on your brain health? Study shows long-term pet ownership linked to slower decline in cognition over time
Owning a pet, like a dog or cat, especially for five years or longer, may be linked to slower cognitive decline in older adults, according to a preliminary study released today, February 23, 2022 “Prior studies have suggested that the human-animal bond may have health benefits like decreasing blood pressure and stress,” said study author […]
Discovery unravels how atomic vibrations emerge in nanomaterials: Advances in microscopy reveal source of phonons’ puzzling behavior
A hundred years of physics tells us that collective atomic vibrations, called phonons, can behave like particles or waves. When they hit an interface between two materials, they can bounce off like a tennis ball. If the materials are thin and repeating, as in a superlattice, the phonons can jump between successive materials. Now there […]
Suicides By Drug Overdose Have Increased Among Young Americans
While suicides by drug or medicine overdose have decreased overall in recent years, new federal data published Wednesday raises flags in regard to several troubling exceptions. Bucking the overall downward trend, intentional overdose deaths increased among teens and young adults ages 15 to 24. Black women and Americans ages 75 to 84 also saw an […]
Earth’s interior is cooling faster than expected
The evolution of our Earth is the story of its cooling: 4.5 billion years ago, extreme temperatures prevailed on the surface of the young Earth, and it was covered by a deep ocean of magma. Over millions of years, the planet’s surface cooled to form a brittle crust. However, the enormous thermal energy emanating from […]
Swapping just one food item per day can make diets substantially more planet-friendly
If your New Year’s resolution is to eat better for the planet, a new Tulane University study finds it may be easier than you think. Americans who eat beef could slash their diet’s carbon footprint as much as 48 percent by swapping just one serving per day for a more planet-friendly alternative, according to a […]
Have A Hard Time Drinking Enough Water? These 8 Products Can Help.
One of my New Year’s resolutions is to drink more water. Five days into 2022, however, I have realized that a busy schedule and a habit of forgetfulness is making this whole increased-water-intake thing a little more difficult than I had imagined. But I’m going to try to stick with my goal — after all, […]
5 Easy Health Resolutions To Make For 2022 That Aren’t ‘Losing Weight’
It’s not easy to make New Year’s resolutions when there’s a pandemic raging and so many of the factors that impact our health and well-being are out of our control. Self-care won’t change the anger or apathy so many people feel about where we are in this moment. And alas, diligently following all of the […]
Howie Mandel ‘Living in a Nightmare’ With OCD
“America’s Got Talent” judge Howie Mandel has been open for many years about his struggles with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). However, in a recent interview with People magazine, the comedian discussed how painful that struggle could be: “If I’m not laughing, then I’m crying. And I still haven’t been that open about how dark […]
11 Things We Actually Want To Keep From 2021
If you had told us on New Year’s Eve 2019 that two years from now we’d still be dealing with a devastating and ongoing pandemic, we probably wouldn’t have taken too kindly to the news. Alas, as we close out year two of the global coronavirus crisis, the reality is now painfully clear. The “new […]