Quick, what's your blood type? If you don't know, you're not alone: Fewer than 57% of all Americans know their blood type, according to a 2019 survey from Quest Diagnostics. But now, more people may be scrambling to get that information as research continues to suggest a link between COVID-19 […]
Pulmonary hypertension is elevated blood pressure that occurs exclusively in the lungs. It is a deadly condition that affects an estimated 75 million people worldwide. Around 80% of them live in low- and middle-income countries. In a recent literature review my colleagues and I found that the prevalence of pulmonary […]
Sam’s Club, the bulk warehouse shopping retailer owned by Walmart, can be an excellent place for families to stock up on necessities while saving quite a bit of cash. Paper towels, toilet paper, and non-perishable food items are often hot buys at places like Sam’s Club since they last indefinitely, […]
DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Why the power of your mind can be as potent as any painkiller On the thankfully rare occasions I have to take a painkiller, I give myself a little pep talk before I swallow them. I tell myself that I will soon start to feel the impact, […]
Some researchers conducting clinical trials on a COVID-19 vaccine have not revealed to the public what the placebo contains, but they should. This is because the placebo ingredients influence how effective or harmful the active treatment, with which the placebo is compared, appears. Our new guideline published in PLOS Medicine […]
Thanks to the pandemic and quarantine, office chic is also work-from-home-chic and is defined as as a shirt or blazer we throw on top of pajamas or a comfortable pair of track bottoms. Suits are so pre-pandemic, and we’ve seen brands like Ann Taylor and Brooks Brothers declare bankruptcy. Sales […]
(HealthDay)—Stroke is more deadly among Black people than whites, and the reason may come down to genetics. Researchers who studied the genomes of more than 21,000 Black people found that a common variation near the HNF1A gene was tied to an increased risk of stroke in people of African descent. […]
Why I’m going back to the office even though I’m 68 and ‘vulnerable’, by Channel 4 boss Dorothy Byrne Aged 68, I am, like millions of people in their 60s, still working. And, also like millions in this age group, I have an underlying health condition — an auto-immune disease. So, […]
You know things aren’t looking good when your boss says half of his site visits makes him touchy. “I’d say we’re at about 50% of where we should be,” former Walmart US CEO Greg Foran said in 2019. “I get out to stores every single week. About half the time […]
There’s no question about it, Americans love their entertainment. In fact, we love it so much that we spent a record $25.17 billion on digital entertainment in 2019 — and if you think that’s plenty of cash, consider that the amount also represented an 8.4 percent increase from the year before, […]