More than one-third of infant caregivers reported serving at least one non-recommended milk type to their infant in the past month—most providing them daily—and the majority of toddler caregivers did not follow expert recommendations to provide only cow’s milk to their children, according to a new study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. […]
Many people wake up after a restful night’s sleep and remember their dreams. Sometimes, we dream about things that we want to happen, like our goals and our future. Other times, we dream about people from our past, like passed relatives or even exes. There are also some common things that we dream about happening […]
The theory that modern society is too clean, leading to defective immune systems in children, should be discarded, according to a new study by researchers at UCL and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. In medicine, the ‘hygiene hypothesis’ states that early childhood exposure to particular microorganisms protects against allergic diseases by contributing […]
Could the COVID-19 vaccine mess with your period? That’s what some vaccine recipients are saying, although there’s no confirmation that this is an actual side effect of the shot. Kathryn Clancy, an associate professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is leading a research study to see if people who menstruate have noticed anything […]
During my daughter’s challenging first year of school, we discovered how much effort it took her to sit and learn. She was the youngest in her class, placing her at higher risk of being diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). While she struggled with attention and hyperactivity, her problems were always more frustrating than […]
You might have heard the term “RNA” recently thanks to the development of the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines, which protect against COVID-19. But the potential medical uses of RNA molecules go much further than vaccines. RNAs, or ribonucleic acids, are some of the most important molecules for life on this planet. RNA is found […]
As one of the original American Idol judges, Randy Jackson was an iconic presence on the show for a whopping 12 seasons. But he was also struggling with his health during that part of his life, and fans took notice. “I was struggling with my weight,” Jackson told People in an interview. “You come in […]
Developers of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine expect to have a modified jab to cope with the South Africa coronavirus variant by autumn, the vaccine’s lead researcher said Sunday. Health officials in Britain are trying to contain the spread of the variant first identified in South Africa amid concerns that it is more contagious or resistant to […]
Good news about COVID vaccines has been in abundance in the past few weeks. In the meantime, though, the pandemic continues to accelerate globally, with Europe accounting for 34% of new cases worldwide. One country in particular has been hit hard: Portugal. Looking at the last two weeks’ data, Portugal has both the highest case […]
Redundancy is about as close as it gets to the feeling of being dumped. There’s no good way to experience it, but having to sit on my bed and watch my boss and a HR representative (never a good sign) tell me over a glitchy Microsoft Teams call that my services were no longer required, […]
