Two key studies have identified the role that melatonin plays in reducing the risk of a positive test for COVID-19 and lowering the incidence of severe symptoms. That new finding adds to a list of benefits linked to melatonin since it was first discovered in 1958 by Dr. Aaron Lerner, a dermatologist who was able…
When Every Item Has a Home
When was the last time you searched your home to find a misplaced item? Maybe it was your car keys, wallet, pair of shoes, or a favorite toy of your child’s? Whatever that item was, chances are you looked between 1 and 10 minutes, which is the average time we spend looking for something we’ve…
Simple Living: When Every Item Has a Home
When was the last time you searched your home to find a misplaced item? Maybe it was your car keys, wallet, pair of shoes, or a favorite toy of your child’s? Whatever that item was, chances are you looked between 1 and 10 minutes, which is the average time we spend looking for something we’ve…
What Is Next for Telehealth?
By Zohar Babin As COVID-19 cases wane, the world is gradually ushering in a new normal, with many countries relaxing regulations on social distancing, venue capacity limits, cultural life, masking, and more. But the dawn of a post-COVID world won’t mean the twilight of all pandemic-era phenomena. Remote and hybrid work, for example, aren’t going…
Sitting More Linked to Depression, Anxiety
Almost everyone has heard the saying “sitting is the new smoking,” but a new study shows it has an impact on depression and anxiety as well. With so many people self-isolating during the early months of the COVID-19 outbreak, more people found themselves sitting for longer periods than ever before. Zoom meetings erased time spent…
Northern, Western States See Surge in COVID-19 Cases
COVID-19 metrics have been rising in the northern and western United States in recent weeks after a surge in the South over the summer. Case counts and hospitalizations have increased considerably in Michigan and Minnesota, which now have two of the top case rates nationwide. Michigan saw only a few hundred cases per day throughout…
Research Links COVID-19 in Pregnancy With Stillbirths
Pregnant women with COVID-19 face increased chances for stillbirths compared with uninfected women, and that risk spiked to four times higher after the Delta variant emerged, new government data show. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report Friday that examined 1.2 million deliveries in 736 hospitals nationwide from March 2020 through…
Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Takes Stand to Defend Herself in Fraud Case
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes took the stand on Friday to defend herself against charges of defrauding investors and patients about the now-defunct blood-testing startup once valued at $9 billion. Holmes, 37, is accused of making false claims about Theranos, including that its technology could run a range of diagnostic tests more quickly and…
EU Recommends Merck COVID-19 Pill for Adults at Risk of Severe Illness
The European Union’s drug regulator on Friday advised that an experimental COVID-19 pill from Merck should be given within five days of first symptoms to treat adults who do not need oxygen support and are at risk of their disease worsening. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said the pill, developed along with Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, should…
Hair Today, Hair Tomorrow
Want more good hair days? Don’t we all. For many of us, those luxurious locks we so proudly wore with confidence and grace when we were younger have gotten thinner and duller with age. But if you’re like me, you aren’t giving in to aging easily. That means holding on to every strand of hair…
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