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Shower Meditation By Tae Yun Kim Some people like having a warm shower, while others prefer cold showers. Showering is an interesting process that makes you appreciate the fresh scent of soap and a clean feeling that allows you to feel rejuvenated as you become recharged for the day or night ahead. When […]
2023-04-29 Hope for haploinsufficiency diseases Genetic conditions like Dravet syndrome, which causes severe childhood epilepsy, are hard to tackle with traditional gene therapy. New approaches in the works include using antisense therapy to boost mRNA splicing. By Elie Dolgin The seizures started when Samantha Gundel was just four months old. By her first […]
2023-04-29 Depressed? Anxious? Air Pollution May Be a Factor Jim Robbins In the 1990s, residents of Mexico City noticed their dogs acting strangely — some didn’t recognize their owners, and the animals’ sleep patterns had changed. At the time, the sprawling, mountain-ringed city of more than 15 million people was known as the most polluted […]
Dog Day Saturday 2023-04-29 Owning and interacting with pets, according to studies, can be a form of therapy for many. We have dedicated Saturday to dogs and Wednesday to cats, when we will post an article on each of those days. We will also post articles on occasion about other animals people may […]
Cognitive flexibility is essential to navigating a changing world – new research in mice shows how your brain learns new rules A class of inhibitory neurons can make long-distance connections across both hemispheres of the brain. akinbostanci/iStock via Getty Images Plus Vikaas Sohal, University of California, San Francisco and Kathleen Cho, Inserm Being flexible and learning […]
2023-04-28 How a 2019 Florida Law Catalyzed a Hospital-Building Boom Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News and Lauren Sausser and Daniel Chang WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. — In BayCare Hospital Wesley Chapel’s 86 private rooms, patients can use voice-activated Alexa devices to dim the lights, play music, or summon a nurse. BayCare boasts some of […]
Mental Health Friday 2023-04-28 On Mental Health Friday, we post, in alphabetical order, one per week, information on mental health disorders. Mental Health Friday is for informational purposes only, and is in no way meant to diagnose, treat or cure any disease. Please do not self diagnose and seek professional help for what […]
Sadness and Depression – How They Differ By D.Y.A.N.A Editorial Team Sadness and depression are both associated with negative emotions, but they differ in their duration, intensity, and impact on a person’s daily life. Sadness is a natural emotion that arises from a specific event or situation, such as the loss […]
Happiness Is By D.Y.A.N.A Editorial Team Happiness is a subjective experience that can vary from person to person. Happiness is spending time with loved ones: Being surrounded by family and friends who love and support us can bring a sense of joy and contentment. Happiness is achieving a goal: […]
2023-04-27 As Federal Emergency Declaration Expires, the Picture of the Pandemic Grows Fuzzier Sam Whitehead Joel Wakefield isn’t just an armchair epidemiologist. His interest in tracking the spread of covid is personal. The 58-year-old lawyer who lives in Phoenix has an immunodeficiency disease that increases his risk of severe outcomes from covid-19 and […]