Health
Papaya's milky texture packed with nutrients
The fall harvests usher in loads of pumpkins into grocery stores. But a smooth-skinned tropical fruit also vies for a consumer's attention: papaya.
Oct 16, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Did 'lockdown fatigue' diminish the effectiveness of COVID-19 restrictions?
In the first days of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us assumed we would return to our usual routines in a few weeks. Instead, restrictions on group gatherings and businesses stretched on for months. Did they continue to save ...
Aug 21, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Research pinpoints the time of year and hour when people have the strongest suicidal thoughts
New research has identified the month when people have the strongest suicidal thoughts, and that these thoughts occur a few months before the peak of suicide behaviors in spring/early summer. It also showed the daily peak ...
May 11, 2023
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Health
Q&A: Is it allergies or a sinus infection?
I have had allergies since childhood, suffering during both the spring and fall seasons. This past month, however, I am experiencing more congestion and mucus, and I even have some facial pain. I'm beginning to wonder if ...
Mar 16, 2023
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Vaccination
US proposes once-a-year COVID shots for most Americans
U.S. health officials want to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like the annual flu shot.
Jan 24, 2023
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Four reasons swimming should be your next workout
When most of us think of exercising, images of long runs on the treadmill or picking up heavy weights often come to mind. But although these are both great ways of keeping fit, they aren't for everyone.
Jan 23, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
EU eyes autumn approval of Pfizer jab for COVID variants
The EU's medicines watchdog said Wednesday it aims to approve this autumn a Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine adapted for two fast-spreading subvariants of the Omicron strain.
Aug 10, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Risk of miscarriage may increase during the summer
Up to 30 percent of pregnancies end in miscarriage, defined as pregnancy loss before 20 weeks of pregnancy. As many as half of miscarriages are unexplained, and there are few known risk factors for these pregnancy losses, ...
Jun 27, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 cases are dropping in the US. What comes after the omicron wave?
The crest of the omicron wave is in the rearview mirror in the United States. Daily new COVID-19 cases have fallen to half those of the peak of the surge in mid-January. Hospitalizations—a metric that lags behind new case ...
Feb 10, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hip fracture surgery generally lower during COVID-19 pandemic
(HealthDay)—Among older individuals, hip fracture surgery volumes were generally lower during the COVID-19 pandemic than two years earlier until the COVID-19 vaccine became available, according to a research letter published ...
Jan 4, 2022
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