Chris Evans reveals his wife gave him a blood pressure monitor We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info High blood pressure is […]
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT on Tuesday announced the availability of the long-awaited Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement. WHY IT MATTERS “Few things have been as elusive as a governance framework for nationwide health information exchange,” said National Coordinator for Health IT Micky Tripathi in a blog post, coauthored with […]
When patients’ hip or knee replacements were delayed in response to COVID-19 surges, chatbots delivering encouraging messages not only benefited the mental health of patients—they also experienced boosts to their physical health, too. A paper in the Journal of Arthroplasty showed that twice as many of the patients who received the messages informed by psychotherapy […]
They had agreed to take a break from their relationship. At least, that’s what Ross Geller thought about his relationship with Rachel Green when he ended up at another woman’s apartment in the hit ’90’s television show “Friends.” His action resulted in a breakup with Rachel, but that wasn’t the end of their relationship. The […]
A new study of British households finds that, while overall alcohol purchases did not change after COVID-19 lockdown measures began in 2020, purchases did increase for households in socially disadvantaged areas and for households that normally buy more alcohol. Peter Anderson of Newcastle University, England, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS […]
The level of magnesium in the blood is an important factor in the immune system’s ability to tackle pathogens and cancer cells. Writing in the journal Cell, researchers from the University of Basel and University Hospital Basel have reported that T cells need a sufficient quantity of magnesium in order to operate efficiently. Their findings […]
Two of the most common forms of death among adolescents are suicide and motor vehicle traffic accidents. A new study published in JAMA Pediatrics found that adolescents who reported at least one suicide attempt within the last year, in comparison to those reporting no attempts, were more likely to also report infrequent seat belt use […]
Want to be happier in 2022? A new study suggests autonomy could be the answer. We all want to be happy – but achieving such an abstract goal has its challenges. No matter how much effort you put into thinking positively and ‘focusing on the good bits’, you can’t force happiness, and doing so can […]
It’s a tough time to be a parent. And it has been for nearly two years. Schools are threatening to close again (or already have) due to high COVID-19 volume. And pediatric case rates and hospitalizations are soaring—particularly among children under 5, who are too young to be vaccinated. But there has been some good […]
Stevie Wonder announces break from music for kidney transplant We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info One of the world’s best-selling musicians, […]
