This week, Apple announced that its devices will have two new health-related capabilities: your Apple Watch will soon be able to tell if you have sleep apnea, and your AirPods Pro 2 can now double as hearing aids for those who need...
Have you ever walked into a room and forgotten why you went in there, or been about to speak but suddenly realized you had no idea what you were going to say? The human brain normally balances countless inputs, thoughts and actions,...
The seventh season of Julia Child's "The French Chef," the first of the television series to air in color, revealed how color can change the experience of food. While Child had charmed audiences in black and white, seeing "Bouillabaisse...
More than two-thirds of women with endometriosis missed school or work due to pain from the condition, in a study of more than 17,000 women between the ages of 15 and 44 in the U.S. That is a key finding of new research published in...
A mobile team offering medication treatment to people with opioid use disorder showed promise in getting patients in Philadelphia to return for follow-up visits, according to a peer-reviewed study I co-authored that was released in...
Breathe in, breathe out — new brain scans have revealed that mindfulness meditation really does relieve pain, and not because it acts like a placebo.Mindfulness meditation refers to the ancient practice of drawing attention to...
For centuries, the common cold has eluded effective treatments — but now, a study hints that simple nose drops may help subdue the virus, shortening symptoms by days and reducing the likelihood of spread to others.The nose drops...
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea People seek third-trimester abortions for two main reasons: because they learn new information – such as about the health of the fetus – or because...
Figuring out what to say about someone’s weight gain or loss is really easy if you follow one of the golden rules of modern communication: Never comment on another person’s body. Not everyone, however, gets the memo.Cherie...
You could argue that the complications of a disease, rather than the disease itself, create most of the problems associated with that condition. Take hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or HCM, a primarily genetic condition that results in...
Other than water, tea is the most consumed beverage worldwide. And for good reason: tea is great for you, particularly the green variety.Several benefits of green tea are supported by solid research. Others, much less so. For example,...
Life and death are traditionally viewed as opposites. But the emergence of new multicellular life-forms from the cells of a dead organism introduces a "third state" that lies beyond the traditional boundaries of life and death.Usually,...
Years ago, Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman hit a rocky patch in their friendship. For reasons they couldn’t fully articulate, they weren’t communicating or clicking like they once did. Things just felt off.Sow and Friedman are serious...
If there’s anything worse than being sick, it’s being sick while dealing with insurance issues. But unfortunately, that situation is all too common. Recent research from the Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation that researches...
The gut microbiome, the community of microorganisms that live in the colon, may shape a person's risk of developing chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Now, scientists have developed a computational tool that...
Commerce City residents and activists want the state’s Health department to deny a permit to expand a gasoline storage facility across the street from Dupont Elementary, but they face an uphill battle, with Gov. Jared Polis viewing...
by Jennifer Brien, contributing writer, commentary TUESDAY DEBATE Seeing how the GREAT ABC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE is happening well past the time this goes in for your consumption TODAY, NEXT WEEK I’ll share how things...
Colin A. Young, State House News Service • The Nantucket Current (printed in cooperation on the continued coverage of offshore wind turbines, from “We’re Going Big” – Massachusetts Picks More Wind Projects,...
What happens to a dead body in an extremely cold environment? Does it decompose? How do these conditions affect how forensic scientists understand when the person died?Estimating time of death, also called the post-mortem interval,...
From its epicenter in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa’s mpox epidemic is spreading fast, reaching a dozen other African nations so far. The single most important tool for extinguishing the fire is mpox vaccination, which...
Life coach, wellness coach, business coach, weight loss coach, breakup coach – the list goes on and on. All are different titles for similar jobs, with the same limitation: Anyone can claim to be an expert. Health “coaching”...
