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COVID long-haulers face stigma: Study
High levels of stigma experienced by some COVID long-haulers are associated with more intense symptoms, reduced physical function and loss of employment due to disability, according to newly published research in eClinicalMedicine. Specialists working in Edmonton’s Long COVID Clinic began hearing patient stories suggestive of stigma as soon as the clinic became operational in June […]
The brain architecture can develop independently from sensory experience acquired after birth
To build a representation of the external world, and give it a coherent sense, our brain needs to process and integrate information coming from all our senses, including vision and hearing. But whether this "multisensory processing" is innate and present from birth in the human brain, or rather depends on experience remains an open debate. […]
ANGELA EPSTEIN: What's behind cough that's making people feel rotten?
What’s behind the hacking cough that’s making everyone feel so rotten? ANGELA EPSTEIN reveals the reasons behind the tide of illness From Covid to flu and the nasty cold doing the rounds, it seems most people are currently battling a bug. So much so that pharmacies have been selling out of cold and flu remedies such […]
Hundreds of hospitals could close across rural America
Hundreds of rural hospitals across the United States are teetering on the edge of closure, with their financial status increasingly in peril, a new report reveals. More than 200 rural hospitals are at immediate risk of closure because they aren’t making enough money to cover the rising cost of providing care, and their low financial […]
Why winter walks at the seaside are good for you
Dreary weather, freezing temperatures, long dark days, no festivities to look forward to—it’s beginning to feel at lot like the middle of January. The idea that there is a “Blue Monday” somewhere around the middle of the month where people feel most miserable may be a bit of a myth, but seasonal affective disorder is […]
The ‘guardian of the genome’ protects against cardiovascular disease
A team at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), working in collaboration with institutes in the U.S., has demonstrated that acquired mutations in the gene encoding the protein p53 contribute to the development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Known as the “guardian of the genome,” p53 helps to maintain the integrity of the hereditary material […]
Individualized ‘coaching’ for better chronic pain care
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This is what happens if you get less than six hours of sleep a night
Queen Rihanna once said that she only gets three or four hours sleep a night. Meanwhile, J.Lo has talked about burning the candle at both ends in her twenties, saying she would get just ‘three to five’ hours of shut eye. According to the NHS adults need, on average, between seven and nine hours sleep […]
Artemisia argyi plant extracts and phytochemicals shown to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 in new research
In a recent study posted to Research Square*, researchers reported that Artemisia argyi extracts and phytochemicals could inhibit severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Study: Artemisia argyi potentially prevents the infections with SARS-CoV-2 variants. Image Credit: kungfu01/Shutterstock Background The continued evolution of SARS-CoV-2 has resulted in novel genomic variants with high transmissibility and immune […]