Cart is empty Concerns about job disruptions and loss of income were associated with increased depressive and anxiety symptoms in Latina women early in the pandemic, researchers found in a study that explored Black and Latina women’s mental health in mid-2020.
Q&A: What is cholangiocarcinoma and how is it treated?
Question: My mother has been experiencing unusual and persistent fatigue, abdominal pain, and jaundice. After undergoing a CT scan, her doctor diagnosed her with cholangiocarcinoma. What is this type of cancer? And what treatment options are available?
Report: Flu vaccine effective for 2022/2023 season
During the 2022 to 2023 influenza season, vaccination is effective for reducing the risk for medically attended influenza among children and adults aged younger than 65 years and for symptomatic influenza among children, according to research published in the Feb. 24 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Anxious, depressed? These tips to self-care may help
A lot of people are dealing with anxiety, depression or just general unhappiness.
How to recover from burnout
Work isn’t always easy, but sometimes it becomes almost unbearable.
Childhood obesity linked to increased risk of 4 of 5 newly proposed subtypes of adult-onset diabetes
New research published in Diabetologia is the first study to show that childhood obesity is associated with an increased risk of four of the five recently proposed subtypes of adult-onset diabetes. The study is by Yuxia Wei, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and colleagues.
WNT-pathway medulloblastoma: What constitutes low-risk and how low can one go?
A new research perspective was published in Oncotarget. The paper is titled “WNT-pathway medulloblastoma: what constitutes low-risk and how low can one go?”
Midwifery care safe for moderate- and high-risk pregnancies, shows research
New UBC research shows that midwives in British Columbia are providing safe primary care for pregnancies of all medical risk levels, contrary to a popular belief that midwives mostly manage low-risk pregnancies.
Monitoring gluten-free products to analyze whether they are nutritionally deficient
Over the years, cases of celiac disease have increased exponentially. According to experts, there may be two reasons for this. One is that the number of celiac individuals has been rising as a result of environmental factors, and the other is that diagnoses have improved and increased. Besides celiac disease, gluten may trigger other disorders.
Study shows negative emotions spark success, but there’s a price
Tapping into the dark side and using anxiety and anger can spark more success than fun and relaxation—but at the cost of your health. The multi-national research led by The University of Essex has uncovered how the mind processes “achievement emotions.”