Oct. 13 2023— It’s been a month since the CDC recommended the updated COVID-19 vaccine for everyone 6 months old and older, and promised the vaccines would be “available by the end of this week at most places you would normally go…
Month: October 2023
By MIKE MAGEE By all accounts, they were mutually supportive. He was three years older and the chief scientific adviser to the world’s most powerful religious leader. The Scientific American called him “the greatest scientist of all time,” and not…
“Doing what you like is freedom, liking what you do is happiness.” ~Frank Tyger Life is a web of uncertainty, where we often believe we are on the right path, only to realize we’ve been wandering down the wrong road…
After an infant’s early babbling stage, many parents expect their baby’s first word to be a heart-melting “Ma-ma” or “Da-da.” So Shelby Tripp, while pleased her twins Aaliyah and Ariston started speaking, was surprised when, instead, they started calling each…
Oct. 12, 2023 – What if a pair of sticker-like sensors could transform your earbuds into a powerful health monitor capable of flagging brain or mood disorders, and treating them with sounds or electrical pulses in real time? Engineers at…
Treating psoriatic arthritis (PsA) isn’t like treating strep throat. You don’t just take one medicine for a few days and feel better. PsA is a complex, chronic disease that stays with you and affects many parts of your body —…
SOURCES: American Psychological Association: “Anxiety.” Anxiety and Depression Association of America: “Sleep Disorders.” Cleveland Clinic: “Insomnia,” “Common Sleep Disorders,” “Sleep,” “Somniphobia (Fear of Sleep).” Sleep Foundation: “Anxiety and Sleep.” Dialogues In Clinical Neuroscience: “Sleep and Anxiety Disorders.” Mayo Clinic: “Anxiety…
Oct. 11, 2023 – Recent progress in the field of immunology has given health care providers and their patients new tools to combat a potentially deadly respiratory illness that largely affects older adults. And no, it’s not COVID-19. Public health…
Oct. 11, 2023 — Heading to work after the sun sets has become common in the U.S., but what does that mean for the health of night shift workers? The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that 11.4% to 14% of American…
“Children need to feel seen. Adults do, too.” ~Unknown As a teenager, I played the flute for about nine years. I never practiced—apart from that guilt-ridden last half hour prior to my weekly lessons. It was important for my parents…