Despite following every instruction and using an easy setting I noticed some pain in my left shoulder / top of my arm and so I stopped for a few days. The trick for any pain is to avoid exercising the… Read More ›
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Consumption of coffee and tea and risk of developing stroke, dementia, and poststroke dementia
Our study showed that there was an interaction between coffee and tea that associated with stroke and dementia. There are several mechanisms whereby the combination of coffee and tea may be related to stroke and dementia. First, coffee is the… Read More ›
Did We Underestimate The First Known Outbreak of Bubonic Plague?
Historian Peter Sarris from the University of Cambridge says historians and archeologists need to work together with geneticists and environmental scientists to fully understand the scope and scale of ancient disease outbreaks – including, in this particular example, the arrival… Read More ›
‘Most people in the NHS, they are sad’
“NHS staff have run off adrenalin for the past year and that adrenalin is running out. We’re all coming to the point where we’re all just crashing and burning out.” Emily Moorhouse is one of thousands of NHS staff who… Read More ›
Twist your hand around
A few years back I ended up having some injections in my elbow and multiple appointments because I was really struggling with continual pain. The decision was made to operate, even though this was by no means a certain cure,… Read More ›
Ditch the small talk
The same held true with subsequent experiments. While participants predicted that answering a question from a stranger like, “What is one of the more embarrassing moments in your life?” would make them feel extremely awkward and uncomfortable, the opposite turned… Read More ›
March with midwives
In the last month thousands of midwives have come together to organise a grassroots day of action over the crisis in maternity services. Midwives are taking action over the devastating under-staffing and under-resourcing that have stretched workers to breaking point… Read More ›
The Razer Zephyr Wearable Air Purifier
The box says the Zephyr uses “99% BFE Tested N95 Grade Filters”—BFE is Bacterial Filtration Efficiency. That’s not the same as Viral Filtration Efficiency (VFE), and those standards are tested differently. Razer told us that it worked with a company… Read More ›
Daydreaming and distraction are normal
Mind-wandering is often viewed as a mark of unproductivity, lack of control, even laziness. But in a healthy mind it’s normal, helping the brain quietly cogitate on experiences and plan next moves. Einstein is said to have come up with… Read More ›
When two hearts become one
In the end, they discovered that the longer that couples had been together, the more likely they were to have their heart rates sync on a daily basis. In other words, if one member of the household had an increase… Read More ›
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