Study highlights mental health risks facing healthcare workers during pandemic
Photo Cred: Gustavo Fring/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Healthcare workers in the United States are struggling with a suite of mental-health challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study...
Read MoreAddress root causes as foundation of obesity management
Photo Cred: HappyVeganFit/Pixabay By Katherine Shagoury Obesity management should focus on outcomes that patients consider to be important, not weight loss alone, and include a holistic approach that addresses the...
Read MoreNewly identified mechanism provides knowledge about diseases
Photo Cred: Ousa Chea/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury A research group at Aarhus University in Denmark identified a mechanism which is activated in the cells of the immune system when they...
Read MoreResearch points to ethical eating for health, environment
Photo Cred: Binyamin Mellish/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury During a global pandemic, eating well in a sustainable way is more important now than ever, according to new research by Flinders University...
Read MoreFDA issues emergency authorization for new COVID-19 antibody tests
Photo Cred: Ibrahim Boran/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency use authorization for two novel coronavirus (COVID-19) serology tests that display an estimated quantity...
Read MoreYoung kids spread COVID-19 as much as adults, study finds
Photo Cred: Ashton Bingham/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Children younger than five years old with mild to moderate novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have much higher levels of genetic material for the virus...
Read MoreNew bill introduced to permanently extend telehealth services
Photo Cred: Harold Mendoza/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Members of the House Telehealth Caucus recently introduced the Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act, bipartisan legislation that would permanently extend waivers for...
Read MoreSteve Southwick, MD, on building resilience
Photo Cred: Hainguyenrp/Pixabay By Bill Reddy, LAc, DiplAc People are, in general, far more resilient than they think, said Steven Southwick, MD, professor of psychiatry, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),...
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