Alicia DeMarco died from an opioid overdose in 2014. Her mother said Ms. DeMarco had often been treated in emergency rooms but then would ‘jump up and leave, run out and get high again.’ Alicia DeMarco died from an opioid overdose in 2014. Her mother said Ms. DeMarco had often been treated in emergency rooms […]
DEspite America’s reputation for optimism, nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults are pessimistic about the country’s future. [1] This may not be all bad, though. Decades of research have found that positive thinking isn’t always so positive. In some cases, pessimists fare better than those with a sunnier disposition.Married couples who were extremely optimistic about their […]
Maintaining a healthy weight can seem difficult at times, but it’s worth the effort. Here’s how gaining weight changes your body and brain, and not necessarily for the better. Following is a transcript of the video. How gaining weight affects your body. You’ll experience some changes, even where you don’t expect. The weight you can see is only […]
In other words, people can be socially isolated and not feel lonely; they simply prefer a more hermitic existence. Likewise, people can feel lonely even when surrounded by lots of people, especially if the relationships are not emotionally rewarding. In fact, Dr. Carla Perissinotto and colleagues at the University of California at San Francisco reported […]
Here’s a new item in the produce aisle for people who adore avocados but are terrified of slicing the fruit themselves: seedless avocados. The strange product, which looks more like a cucumber or zucchini, is being featured by British retail chain Marks & Spencer. M&S claims this thing, officially known as a “cocktail avocado,” is […]
The defect that causes the neurodegenerative disease Huntington’s has been corrected in patients for the first time, the BBC has learned. An experimental drug, injected into spinal fluid, safely lowered levels of toxic proteins in the brain. The research team, at University College London, say there is now hope the deadly disease can be stopped. […]
“What this study tells us about is resilience and people making the best of their circumstances and moving on,” she said. “What’s sort of a revelation is the ordinariness of it.” Called the Turnaway Study and run by the Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health program at the University of California, San Francisco, the research […]
One sunny day in October, at the Jefferson Parish correctional center just across the river from downtown New Orleans, Tiffany Burns, 34, was visiting her boyfriend. The pair had been dating for almost two years and were still giggly in love when a late July knock on the door sent him away. Scooped up by […]
At the moment, therefore, neither the C.D.C., the Food and Drug Administration nor the United States Preventive Services Task Force has approved or recommended e-cigarettes for smoking cessation. In fact, the rise of e-cigarettes has generated contentious debate among public health officials and advocates. But while the proportion of Americans who smoke continues to decrease […]
It’s impossible to say that any particular scientific development was the most important in a given year. But if we had to choose some highlights, we’d opt for these unforgettable events and findings. (Find the year in climate change news here.) The Great American Eclipse We learned that nothing brings people together like the sun […]
At 11:21 p.m. Monday night, officials in Ventura County sent a buzzing emergency alert to hundreds of thousands of residents warning of a fast-moving wildfire that had already torn through about 2,500 acres and was gaining speed.However, about a dozen people say they never received the message and credited their safe escape to police officers […]
The proposed acquisition comes after the announcement that another big insurer, Aetna, planned to merge with CVS Health. That transaction, if approved, could transform CVS’s 10,000 drugstores into community-based health care “hubs,” where people could get blood tests or help managing a chronic disease like diabetes. Executives at Aetna and CVS said that this new […]
As devastating fires burn throughout the region, several charities have boots on the ground and special programs supporting relief efforts. Here’s how you can make a difference: Text UWVC to 41444 to make a cash donation to the Thomas Fire Fund The United Way of Ventura County , American Red Cross of Ventura County and […]
“It crushes me to think we’re in an environment where kids’ health is up for debate — that this somehow got tossed into the wrangling,” said Dr. Todd Wolynn, a pediatrician in Pittsburgh and a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics. “There are kids on protocols and regimens and treatment plans, and their families […]
Did I study enough for this test? Won’t my friends do better than me? If I don’t get an A now, I won’t do well on the next exam, and then will I even get into a good college? Anxious thoughts such as these aren’t always just passing worries. They’re becoming deeply rooted, widespread mantras for young […]
“That has a chilling effect on developing countries,” she said. “But it’s ridiculous — the U.S. also has an obesity epidemic, but no one is proposing that we withhold food aid from South Sudan.” Uganda has implemented an innovative solution. Here, liquid morphine is produced by a private charity overseen by the government. And with […]
HIPPOCRATES, the father of medicine, was known to have used smell as an aid to his work. Generations of doctors followed suit. Syphilis, for instance, is thought to have a characteristic odour; the smell of rotting apples suggests diabetes. Today, things are more sophisticated. All sorts of volatile organic compounds (gases, known as VOCs, that […]
#SafeStorageSavesLives Every year, far too many Tennessee kids are injured or killed when they or another child gains easy access to loaded, unsecured guns. In most cases, these shooting incidents are accidental. We track all accidental or unintentional shootings but these we classify differently as they are the direct result of an irresponsible gun owner […]
For the first time in U.S. history, the leading association of psychiatrists has condemned a tax bill.They are not alone among doctors. In a joint statement this month, the American Psychiatric Association, American College of Physicians, American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and American Academy of Pediatrics, among others, voiced stern opposition to the Republican […]
2017-11-30 The app has been removed from the App Store. For posterity, here’s the CloudApp for iMobile entry on AppShopper. 2017-11-29 Updated with the full “feature list” from the home screen While browsing for an iOS-native service like Droplr or CloudApp, I came across and downloaded the “free” app CloudApp for iMobile – Cloud Drive […]
Chances are that’s a shy elk looking back at a bold magpie, in the photograph above. They get along, so to speak, because the elk needs grooming and the magpie is looking for dinner. But they may have never entered into this partnership if it weren’t for their particular personalities, suggests a study published Wednesday […]
As obesity rates have hit global epidemic proportions, researchers are finding new ways that excess body fat harms our health. This week, a new study adds another worry to the list: Being overweight or obese in adolescence seems to put people at a higher risk of dying from infectious diseases by middle age. In a […]
In 1891, a New York doctor named William B. Coley injected a mixture of beef broth and Streptococcus bacteria into the arm of a 40-year-old Italian man with an inoperable neck tumor. The patient got terribly sick—developing a fever, chills, and vomiting. But a month later, his cancer had shrunk drastically. Coley would go on […]
Some 43,000 attendees are in Las Vegas this week for Re:Invent, Amazon’s annual conference about its ever-expanding range of Amazon Web Services offerings. Most of the news during AWS CEO Andy Jassy’s keynote has been about databases, containers, and other technical underpinnings of net-based services. But he also unveiled a piece of hardware: DeepLens, a […]
Happy Giving Tuesday! While it might not have quite the fame or spread of Black Friday or Cyber Monday, the annual charity-focused holiday is as good a time as any to make your charitable donations for year’s end. Giving to charity is great — not just for the recipients but for the givers, too. But it can […]
A sleep scientist shares his 15-minute daily ritual that leads to a good night’s sleep. Following is a transcript of the video. Daniel Barone: One of the biggest things that I believe in for myself and what I tell my patients is mindfulness meditation. I’m Dr. Daniel Barone, a neurologist at New York Presbyterian Hospital and assistant professor […]
Though they continue to see fewer cases, and no new deaths have been reported since Oct. 31, San Diego County supervisors chose Monday to continue the local health emergency status for the region’s ongoing hepatitis A outbreak. Supervisor Ron Roberts noted that, while he considered the latest hepatitis A report from the county Health and […]
In 2011, Catherine Richards, a doctor at Boston Health Economics, and Dr. Andrew Rundle, a professor of epidemiology at Columbia University, wrote a report, “Business Travel Linked to Obesity and Poor Health,” published by the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia. That study tracked the body mass index; levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, what’s […]
The question Benzodiazepines, also known as benzos, are drugs sometimes prescribed to ease the agitation, anxiety and insomnia often experienced by people with Alzheimer’s disease. Might these powerful medications have an effect beyond their sleep-inducing or calming properties? This study Researchers analyzed data on 31,140 adults with Alzheimer’s, most in their early 80s and predominantly […]
The fall of Harvey Weinstein and other celebrity sex monsters feels like a cultural turning point. The social contract between men and women is being rewritten before our eyes. There is a new resolve to make the workplace more respectful and equitable for women – for everyone. But there is also panic in the air, which […]
Something is keeping Americans up at night. More than one third of adults regularly don’t get enough sleep, and 25% percent of kids have difficulty sleeping. The causes of those sleep issues vary—from the sleep-suppressing blue light of a smartphone to the effects of booze—and they’re hard to pin down. But whatever the cause, more […]
If you ask academic machine learning experts about the things that annoy them, high up the list is going to be overblown headlines about how machines are beating humans at some task where that is completely untrue. This is partially because reality is already so damn amazing there is no need for hyperbole. AlphaGo beat Lee […]
Officials in nearly a dozen states are preparing to notify families that a crucial health insurance program for low-income children is running out of money for the first time since its creation two decades ago, putting coverage for many at risk by the end of the year. Congress missed a Sept. 30 deadline to extend funding […]
Recently, Rob Beschizza—a coder and the managing editor of Boing Boing—released a stripped-down blogging tool called txt.fyi. Write something, hit Publish, and voilà: your deathless prose, online. But here’s the thing: txt.fyi has no social mechanics. None. No Like button, no Share button, no comments. No feed showing which posts are most popular. Each post […]
The colon cancer story began in 2011, when Dr. Matthew Meyerson of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Dr. Robert A. Holt of Simon Fraser University in British Columbia independently reported finding Fusobacteria, which normally inhabit the mouth, in human colon cancers. That instigated a rush to confirm. Researchers around the world reported finding Fusobacteria in […]
AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge on Wednesday overturned Texas’ ban of a common second trimester abortion procedure, setting back the state’s latest effort to limit abortion. U.S. District Court Judge Lee Yeakel said that the ban on “dilation and evacuation” abortions, approved by the Texas Legislature in May, would force women seeking second trimester […]
“It’s a new view of flour,” said Dr. Marguerite A. Neill, an associate professor of medicine at Brown University Medical School and an expert on food-borne illnesses, who was not involved in this study. “It would have seemed incredible that this dry, powdery substance, stored on a shelf for months, could have a live micro-organism […]
But a new, drug-resistant strain of the disease, impervious to artemisinin and another popular drug with which it is frequently paired, piperaquine, threatens to upend years of worldwide eradication efforts — straining health care systems and raising the prospect that the death toll could increase again. In recent years, public health officials have tracked the […]
