Archive: 29/12/2020
Whether slow or fast, here's how your metabolism influences how many calories you burn each day
It's a common dieter's lament: "Ugh, my metabolism is so slow, I'm never going to lose any weight."
Dec 29, 2020
7 research-based resolutions that will help strengthen your relationship in the year ahead
The new year is going to be better. It has to be better. Maybe you're one of the 74% of Americans in one survey who said they planned on hitting the reset button on Jan. 1 and resolving to improve. Those New Year's resolutions ...
Dec 29, 2020
Why getting COVID-19 vaccines to rural Americans is harder than it looks, and how to lift the barriers
The enormous job of vaccinating the nation is underway, but for rural Americans, getting a COVID-19 vaccine becomes harder the farther they are from urban centers.
Dec 29, 2020
Stopping RAS inhibitors tied to worse outcomes in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease
Small studies have suggested that a group of medications called RAS inhibitors may be harmful in persons with advanced chronic kidney disease, and physicians therefore often stop the treatment in such patients. Researchers ...
Dec 29, 2020
3 fallacies that blighted this year's COVID commentary—have you fallen foul of any of them?
Throughout the pandemic we have seen a deluge of outright lies, conspiracy theories and pseudoscience from various peddlers of self-interest.
Dec 29, 2020