Medications
Using an online pharmacy to buy meds? It's buyer beware, FDA says
It might be tempting to buy prescription medication online, but buyers should beware, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns.
Nov 18, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Breathing may measurably modulate neural responses across brain, study finds
Mental health practitioners and meditation gurus have long credited intentional breathing with the ability to induce inner calm, but scientists do not fully understand how the brain is involved in the process. Using functional ...
Nov 11, 2022
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Prevalence of arthritis higher among caregivers
The prevalence of arthritis is higher among caregivers than noncaregivers, and caregivers with arthritis are more likely to report disabilities, according to research published in the Nov. 4 issue of the U.S. Centers for ...
Nov 4, 2022
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Health
Permanent daylight savings time results in fewer car accidents with animals
The practice of moving our clocks forward, resulting in a later sunset, reduces night-time associated car accidents with deer by 16 percent. Researchers developed a model, publishing November 2 in the journal Current ...
Nov 2, 2022
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Neuroscience
Being absent while awake: How mind blanking helps us understand ongoing thinking
We generally consider that our mind is full of thoughts when we are awake. Like a river stream always running, we entertain our own dynamic mental stream: a thought can lead to another, relevant to what we do or not, ebbing ...
Oct 5, 2022
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Medications
US has capacity to make essential drugs, study finds
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Sept. 12 to launch a National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative, noting the United States relies too heavily on foreign materials and foreign bioproduction. Offshoring ...
Oct 3, 2022
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Cardiology
Boosting duration, intensity and frequency of physical activity may lower heart failure risk
A six-year analysis of more than 94,000 adults in the U.K. Biobank with no history of heart failure at enrollment has found that engaging in moderate or vigorous physical activity may lower the risk of developing heart failure, ...
Aug 29, 2022
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Diabetes
Study finds steep rise in type 2 diabetes among children during COVID-19 pandemic
In a multi-site study of medical records, researchers at Johns Hopkins Children's Center and across the United States say they have documented a steep rise in type 2 diabetes among children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aug 23, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Sleepless and selfish: Lack of sleep makes us less generous
Humans help each other—it's one of the foundations of civilized society. But a new study by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, reveals that a lack of sleep blunts this fundamental human attribute, with ...
Aug 23, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
US declares monkeypox a public health emergency
US President Joe Biden's government on Thursday declared monkeypox a public health emergency, a move that should free up new funds, assist in data gathering and allow the deployment of additional personnel in the fight against ...
Aug 4, 2022
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