That Queen Elizabeth leads a lavish life will not surprise a single soul on Earth. According to Architectural Digest, the monarch calls Buckingham Palace home, spending most of her time in the 775-room castle. Of course, if those quarters get cramped — as if! — there’s always Windsor Castle, with an impressive 1,000 rooms, or […]
There’s a lot to love about exploring a budding romance with a new partner, like the butterflies in your stomach every time you see them and the fact that you can’t keep your hands off each other, no matter how hard you try. But if there’s one thing that often sucks about being at this […]
We typically host several family members and their children in our home for a visit each December. But due to COVID-19 we have decided to avoid social encounters. How can I tell my siblings that they and their children can’t come without creating a rift? Also, do you have any advice on politely declining holiday […]
Highly promising vaccines have recently emerged for COVID-19, but this doesn’t mean research into other treatments can slow down. There is still no cure for the disease, and people will likely continue to get sick even after vaccines become widely available—by not getting their COVID shot, for example, or due to potential future outbreaks of […]
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) will decide on Monday whether to give the green light for the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine within the EU. The Amsterdam-based regulator brought the decision forward by eight days under pressure from EU states, after Britain and the US approved the jab more quickly. Here are five key things to know […]
One move combines lower body and core strength better than any other: the lunge. “The lunge is a fundamental unilateral leg move that really helps us develop basic leg strength—but it can be way more than that,” says Men’s Health fitness director Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S. “It can help us develop core power, and it can […]
SARS-CoV-2 emerged with a bang, appearing out of nowhere and spreading with lightning speed. It affects the body in ways similar to other respiratory illnesses, yet also differently. It forced countries to take drastic actions—mask-wearing, social distancing, shutting down economies—never before seen or most recently experienced a century ago. Now, just a year after the […]
Chemotherapy attacks all cells in our body and not just cancer cells, which is why patients undergoing the treatment often experience side effects such as physical weakness, hair loss and nausea. However, because cancer cells divide and spread faster than most normal cells, cancer cells are more sensitive to chemotherapy, which kills cells by inhibiting […]
A team of scientists, with the first author from the HSE University, were investigating which factors are the most important for the upper limb motor recovery after a stroke. The study is published in Stroke. A stroke occurs when there is a blockage or rupture of a blood vessel feeding the brain. About 400,000 stroke […]
New parents have long believed that playing Mozart and Beethoven while their babies slept would make for a smarter adult. While the jury is still out on whether or not all of those children grew up to be Ivy League grads, there is some evidence to suggest that listening to music can have positive effects […]
