by Robin Foster, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Blue Ridge Beef, a maker of raw pet foods, has announced it is recalling some of its products for kittens and puppies…
Category: Health & Medicine
When a quick telehealth visit yields multiple surprises beyond a big bill
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In September 2022, Elyse Greenblatt of Queens, New York, returned home from a trip to Rwanda with a rather unwelcome-back gift: persistent congestion. She felt a…
Milestone rating system improved residency knowledge ratings bias
Adoption of the Milestone ratings system in 2014 was associated with improvement in internal medicine (IM) residency knowledge ratings bias in Black or Latino residents, who are underrepresented in medicine…
Got period pain or cramps? What to eat and avoid, according to science
Credit: Sora Shimazaki from Pexels Painful periods are common. More than half of people who menstruate have some pain for up to three days a month, typically throbbing or cramping…
Risk of young-onset dementia could be reduced through targeting health and lifestyle factors, finds study
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers have identified a wide range of risk factors for young-onset dementia. The findings challenge the notion that genetics are the sole cause of the condition,…
Most expectant mothers miss out on vitamins important for their health and their baby’s, study finds
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Our bodies require many important vitamins and minerals in order to function well. B vitamins, for example, are particularly important for many of our everyday functions—including…
Study suggests that the neural correlates of mind-wandering can vary across different tasks
Grand-average ERP waveforms for SART and Stroop tasks (all trials, n = 48). Credit: Compton et al. Springer, 2023. When humans are completing a specific task, their minds can shift…
Morning sickness doesn’t only occur in the morning. So why do we still call it that?
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As many as 90% or more of pregnant people experience some degree of nausea or vomiting, often colloquially referred to as “morning sickness.” For some, it…
What are brain states and brain waves? And can we control them?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain There’s no shortage of apps and technology that claim to shift the brain into a “theta” state—said to help with relaxation, inward focus and sleep. But…
