For those worried about the airborne transmission of coronavirus, University of Alberta infectious disease expert Nelson Lee wants to be clear—don’t panic. “We’re not talking about long-range transmission that can cause super-spreading events,” said Lee, one of 239 scientists from around the world who sent an open letter to the World Health Organization warning of […]
No coffee when you get up and pudding for breakfast! How to transform your life in 24 hours by discovering the perfect time for everything Does your morning routine involve reaching for the snooze button before getting up, jumping into the shower, then grabbing a coffee? This may sound typical but, if so, it could […]
Dr. Michelle Barron, medical director of infection prevention and control at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, received an unusual call last month from the microbiology lab: confirmation of the third case this year of trench fever, a rare condition transmitted by body lice that plagued soldiers during World War I. Barron’s epidemiological training kicked in. […]
The COVID-19 crisis has had a grave impact on jobs, wellbeing, mental health and the economy worldwide. But it has also prompted public expressions of hope—people have come together to sing on balconies and clap in the streets. Communities have been joining forces, with a surge in people donating to local food banks and looking […]
A new study looks at differences between the brains of Japanese classical musicians, Western classical musicians, and nonmusicians. Researchers investigated specific kinds of neural behavior in participants as they were exposed to unfamiliar rhythms and nonrhythmic patterns. Trained musicians showed greater powers of rhythmic prediction compared to nonmusicians, with more subtle differences between those trained […]
Mysteries of the senses: The boy who broke almost every bone in his body – but didn’t feel any pain…and the man who ‘tastes’ sounds Paul Walters and sister Vicky were born with the disorder congenital analgesia It means messages carrying ‘warnings’ of pain in the brain are interrupted Only a few hundred people worldwide […]
Fox News Flash top headlines for July 17 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. The Department of Health and Human Services on Friday announced it will distribute $10 billion in a second round of COVID-19 high impact area funding to hospitals starting next week. The HHS made the announcement […]
Researchers at McGill University and the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, in collaboration with the StoP-AD Center, have published a new paper in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, examining how a known genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD) influences memory and brain function in cognitively intact older adults with a family history of […]
South Africa on Tuesday surpassed the U.K. in its number of confirmed coronavirus cases as the country’s president warns of “the gravest crisis in the history of our democracy.” South Africa now has the world’s eighth-highest number of cases at 298,292, which represents nearly half of all the confirmed cases on the African continent. That’s […]
You don’t have to be an experienced trailblazer to know that if you choose to hike in the heat, you better be hydrated. Yet scientific literature on the subject reports that roughly 25% of heat-related illness cases are a result of a fluid imbalance, rather than heat exposure alone. New research out of Arizona State […]
