At-home gut microbiome tests are trending, selling insights to the curious, empowerment to the chronically ill and a claimed path to longevity to the wellness-conscious. Private companies are offering tests, costing $100 to $500 or more, that promise a bacterial inventory of your ...
In just 9 days, on Friday, October 31st, we will have our annual celebration of Halloween in the USA. Of course, on Halloween, there will be many kids out doing their trick-or-treating, and will also be carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, visiting haunted attractions, sharing scary ...
LANSING – Microplastics are everywhere: in our water, our food and even our bodies. At under 5mm in size – smaller than a pencil eraser – microplastics are a significant source of pollution in the Great Lakes, according to the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration. The ...
NEW YORK (AP) — “Being bald is sexy. It’s an attitude. It’s a luxury. It’s a lifestyle.” That’s how Brennan Nevada Johnson, who shaved her head voluntarily 14 years ago, opens the video podcast she launched last November to celebrate the advantages of choosing a bald ...
(AP) — Nurse Rod Salaysay works with all kinds of instruments in the hospital: a thermometer, a stethoscope and sometimes his guitar and ukulele. In the recovery unit of UC San Diego Health, Salaysay helps patients manage pain after surgery. Along with medications, he offers tunes on request and sometimes sings. His repertoire ranges from folk songs in English and Spanish to Minuet in G Major and movie favorites like “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” Patients often smile or nod along. Salaysay even sees changes in their vital signs like lower heart rate and blood pressure, and some ...
It probably began on a flight from Marquette to New York. Somewhere in the crowded cabin, someone coughed or sneezed, releasing a cloud of invisible viral particles into the air. I inhaled one — perhaps a few. That was enough. By the time I reached my hotel, I had a mild runny nose. I ...
