Tips for a healthier holiday season (HealthDay)—Give your heart the gift of healthy eating this Thanksgiving, the American Heart Association suggests. Nov 3, 2020 0 1
Lockdowns made taming obesity even tougher, study shows (HealthDay)—People struggling with obesity fared poorly during the COVID-19 lockdowns earlier this year, with their weight-control plans flying off the rails as they coped with the stress of the global pandemic, two new ... Nov 3, 2020 0 3
'I felt like trash': How COVID-19 has affected body image in young people At the beginning of 2020, Afrah Howlader made a personal goal to exercise regularly. Howlader, a 21-year-old senior studying public health at Drexel University, went to the gym often during January and February. The results ... Nov 3, 2020 0 3
Researchers pioneer more effective way to block malaria transmission in mosquitoes Employing a strategy known as "population modification," which involves using a CRISPR-Cas9 gene drive system to introduce genes preventing parasite transmission into mosquito chromosomes, University of California researchers ... Nov 3, 2020 1 60
Turkey orders businesses closed at 10 pm to fight virus Turkey's restaurants, cinemas and other businesses will have to shut at 10:00 pm to help fight rising coronavirus infections, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday. Nov 3, 2020 0 1
Dutch to shut museums, cinemas, sex clubs as lockdown tightens The Netherlands will tighten its partial coronavirus lockdown with museums, cinemas, sex clubs and other public places to close for two weeks, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Tuesday. Nov 3, 2020 0 1
2nd Mexican state goes to highest COVID-19 alert, lockdown A second of Mexico's 32 states returned to the country's highest level of alert and lockdown Tuesday after a rebound in coronavirus cases. Nov 3, 2020 0 2
Paying people to self-isolate saves lives and money The success of second lockdowns around the UK will depend not just on people following the general rules but also on positive cases and their contacts self-isolating entirely. Nov 3, 2020 0 1
Are you afraid you might have agoraphobia? Agoraphobia (ag-uh-ruh-FOE-be-uh) is a type of anxiety disorder in which you fear and avoid places or situations that might cause you to panic and make you feel trapped, helpless or embarrassed. You fear an actual or anticipated ... Nov 3, 2020 0 3
Study finds involuntary psychiatric detentions on the rise The rate at which Americans are held against their will and forced to undergo mental health evaluations and even state-ordered confinement—lasting anywhere from a few days to years—has risen sharply over the past decade, ... Nov 3, 2020 0 42
