Health

If new books are lucky they enjoy a brief honeymoon of attention before ebbing away into oblivion. Not so “The Body Keeps the Score”, a publishing phenomenon that has kept selling long after it first hit the shelves in 2014. The book has spent more than 150 weeks on the …

Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient. Image captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: NIAID As the COVID-19 pandemic has run its course, the questions we have been asking ourselves have evolved: from “How do I know …

Dr. Elizabeth Rutkowski. Credit: Augusta University Fatigue and headache were the most common symptoms reported by individuals an average of more than four months out from having COVID-19, investigators report. Muscle aches, cough, changes in smell and taste, fever, chills and nasal congestion were next in the long line of …

Surgeons today still have to manually adjust the lighting in the operating theater while they perform surgery. The partners involved in the SmartOT project are developing an intelligent lighting system that automatically compensates for any shadows. Credit: University of Oldenburg/Michael Stephan When you enter Operating Theatre 3 of the new …

Credit: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine For nearly two decades, Brown University Associate Professor of Epidemiology Joseph Braun has been studying the human health effects, from before conception through adolescence, of exposure to environmental pollutants. Through interdisciplinary, multi-institution research projects, Braun and his collaborators measure levels of exposure …

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The monkeypox outbreak, first spotted in Europe in late April, has now reached 75 countries, the vast majority of which have never had significant caseloads before. The U.S. now has had the most people infected, with more than 3,500 of the world’s 17,000 diagnoses. Spain, with …

C. Dirk Keene (University of Washington Medicine) shows human brain tissue, donated to science, that has been sectioned for experimentation. Credit: Erik Dinnel, Allen Institute If you compare the brain of someone who has died from neurodegenerative disease to that of a healthy person, you can’t miss the difference: In …

Employees of Junggu Koryo Medicine Pharmaceutical Factory produce Koryo medicines in Pyongyang, on June 7, 2022. North Korea has been driving to increase the production of both modern and traditional (Koryo) medicine to fight the COVID-19 illness. Credit: AP Photo/Cha Song Ho, File As a medical student in North Korea, …

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As if COVID, monkeypox and triple-digit heat indices aren’t enough to make you consider sealing yourself inside an air-conditioned hazmat suit, the announcement by Florida’s health department that confirmed the first locally transmitted case of dengue in Miami-Dade County might be enough to get you asking …

Credit: Estzer Miller on Pixabay If you have celiac disease, inadvertently consuming even a single crumb of bread can lead to gastrointestinal upset for weeks or months. For those who suffer from lupus, a flare can damage kidneys—or even worse. People with rheumatoid arthritis suffer from debilitating joint pain. They …

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The global lockdowns at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic saved hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of lives. Shutting down businesses, public gatherings, and other establishments slowed the transmission of the virus during a time when very little was known. However, many countries were unprepared …

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain British primary and secondary schoolchildren are getting the majority of their lunchtime calories from ‘ultra-processed’ foods, according to a study led by researchers at Imperial College London and published today in the journal Nutrients. The analysis, which looked at the content of school lunches of more …

Freddy Fernandez sits with his fiancé, Vanessa Cruz, and their 8-month-old daughter, Mariana Fernandez in their home Friday, June 10, 2022, in Carthage, Mo. After contracting COVID-19 in August 2021, Fernandez spent months hooked up to a respirator and an ECMO machine before coming home in February 2022 to begin …

Simulation results based on the time-based binding hypothesis. (a) and (b). The model representation of phrases and sentences, in which the P (Proposition units), RB (Role-filler units), PO (Propositional Object units) and S (syllables units) represent the different types of node in DORA. P(DP) represents the top-level unit is a …

A toddler is inoculated for polio during a free vaccination campaign for polio, rubella and influenza organized by the Health Ministry in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, June 18, 2022. An Associated Press analysis of rare government data and estimates from public health agencies shows that Venezuela’s vaccination crisis is growing, putting …

by CARLA K. JOHNSON and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Nick Barragan wears a mask while running errands in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Los Angeles County is facing a return to a broad indoor mask requirement if current trends in hospital admissions continue, health officials said. Barragan said he’s disappointed …