Completed Movember? Before you pick up your razor to finally shave off that ’tache, allow us to introduce the next no-shave fundraising challenge: Decembeard. The concept is simple: you ditch your razor and let your beard grow fully throughout December. It’s all to raise money for Bowel Cancer UK, a charity that’s facing a 40% […]
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Barry Bloom, Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson Research Professor of Public Health, offers context about the news that two experimental vaccines appear to confer a high level of protection from the coronavirus. Q&A: Barry Bloom CHAN SCHOOL: Within the space of a week, we’ve heard about not […]
2020 has been a difficult year, to put it lightly. Not only have Brits been worrying about their physical health, taking all precautions possible to limit the spread of coronavirus, but we’ve been collectively worrying about our mental health, too. A study conducted by the ONS at the beginning of the first lockdown showed that […]
Our recent survey found that schools can affect the mental health and well-being of not just students but their parents, too. From April through June 2020, we surveyed 152 parents—primarily mothers—in Detroit, Michigan, who were managing the new demands of remote schooling for their children. Not surprisingly, they reported high levels of anxiety (34%) and […]
The 2020 Starbucks Holiday Menu has been out for quite a few days, so I assume you’ve already had several Peppermint Mochas and Eggnog Lattes by now. I know my kindred spirits when I see them! But if for some reason you’re craving an iced drink with a bit more caffeine that still screams HOLIDAY, […]
People who have their own coop full of chickens obviously love chickens. Like, more than people. So it only makes sense that the feathered friends should be incorporated into as many aspects as life as possible, including Christmas. Thanks to Create A Treat, you can start the holiday season by building a gingerbread chicken coop. […]
In March, when the pandemic was in its earliest days, COVID-19 was spreading like wildfire aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, a ship home to more than 4,000 Navy sailors. In just a matter of weeks, nearly 1,200 sailors tested positive and one died, after the virus spread silently from sailor to sailor. Could […]
A brain chemical called noradrenaline is responsible for our responses to uncertain situations—helping us to learn quickly and adapt our behaviour, a new study has found. The COVID-19 pandemic has plunged us all into a state of uncertainty. In a rapidly changing situation where it is hard to know what will happen next, making decisions […]
Reducing exposure to air pollution and reversing the negative impact of poor air quality on heart health through individual, industry and policy measures is essential to drive down disparities in health outcomes. The American Heart Association, the world’s leading voluntary health organization dedicated to building longer, healthier lives, today published a scientific statement and policy […]
Fox News Flash top headlines for November 10 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. A new study by the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has discovered potential impacts COVID-19 can have on male fertility and sexually transmitted diseases. Researchers looked at tissue from autopsies of six men who […]
