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Imagine you’re driving down the highway, enjoying the start of a long road trip, when all of a sudden one of the children in your back seat moans, “I don’t feel so good.” Your immediate response, besides scrambling for a barf bag, would probably be to crack the windows to let in fresh air. So why does cold air help […]
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Dehumidifiers are an increasingly popular choice, but does a dehumidifier cool a room? Not only can reducing humidity make your room more pleasant, but it can also help protect the people in your home from a host of health issues, including respiratory problems and allergies. Dehumidifiers can also stop the growth of mold, which can be damaging and dangerous to […]
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siam.pukkato/Shutterstock By Sam Ramsden/Sept. 6, 2021 1:18 pm EDT With your ankles being one of the most active areas of the human body, experiencing ankle discomfort from time to time should come as no surprise. However, body pain in any form can be deeply concerning, and it’s always advised to seek medical attention if symptoms of pain worsen. But, what does it […]
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What does full approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine mean? It means Pfizer’s shot for people 16 and older has now undergone the same rigorous testing and regulatory review as dozens of other long-established vaccines. COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. were initially rolled out under the Food and Drug Administration’s emergency use authorization, which allows the agency to speed the availability […]
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Thanks to the pandemic, Americans have gotten used to having appointments with their doctors and other health providers through video chats, phone calls and text-based e-visits. But what does the future hold for telehealth, and how can providers, insurers and policymakers use the experience of the past year and a half to decide what kind of virtual care they will […]
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WASHINGTON — When a controversial Alzheimer’s drug won U.S. approval, surprise over the decision quickly turned to shock at how long it might take to find out if it really works — nine years. Drugmaker Biogen has until 2030 to complete a study confirming whether its new drug Aduhelm truly slows the brain-destroying disease. That’s under the terms of the […]
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A new study suggests that even when differences in socioeconomic status are taken into consideration, Black people with multiple sclerosis (MS) may be more negatively impacted by the disease than white people with MS. The research is published in the June 30, 2021, online issue of Neurology. The study found that Black people with MS had lower scores on certain […]
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At least so far, the currently limited research base does not establish that cannabis has additional adverse effects on brain development or functioning in adolescents or young adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), concludes a review in the July/August issue of Harvard Review of Psychiatry. While ADHD is clinically defined to have impairments in cognitive functioning, cannabis use by itself is […]
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Even the slightest bump of the funny bone can send pain rippling up and down the arm and a string of bawdy expletives rippling off the tongue. So why does hitting this little region of the elbow cause so much discomfort? The answer is pretty simple: It’s a nerve, not a bone, that is being hit. To understand the source […]
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Human decision-making depends on the flexible processing of complex information, but how the brain may adapt processing to momentary task demands has remained unclear. In a new article published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development have now outlined several crucial neural processes revealing that our brain networks may rapidly and flexibly shift […]
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