izzet ugutmen/Shutterstock If you hate Mondays, you’re most certainly in good company. After a couple of days off, many of us have difficulty settling back into our routines and work duties. You may even have dread and anxiety that seeps into the weekend in the form of “Sunday scaries”. YouContinue Reading
Abortion is legal in Wyoming again, oddly enough as the result of a state constitutional amendment pushed by conservatives opposed to Obamacare more than a decade ago. Teton County District Court Judge Melissa Owens in a ruling Wednesday temporarily blocked enforcement of the state’s newly enacted abortion ban that tookContinue Reading
Sitting with legs crossed for prolonged periods may have negative health effects, expert warns. Polina Tankilevitch/Shutterstock Are you sitting comfortably? Just pause for a moment and without adjusting, notice your posture. What are your legs doing? Are they crossed? And are you a right or left crosser? Some 62% ofContinue Reading
A logo on the Sanofi exhibition space at the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France June 15, 2022. Benoit Tessier | Reuters Shares of Sanofi and Regeneron both jumped by more than 6% on Thursday after the pharmaceutical companiesContinue Reading
A NEW coronavirus found in British bats could mutate to infect humans, a study claims. The Covid-like virus could adapt to spill over into people, researchers said, although it is not clear if it has any potential to cause harm. Getty A new coronavirus in British bats could infect humans,Continue Reading
Tatiana Grozetskaya/Shutterstock The early part of the COVID pandemic led to a significant reduction in air pollution in many parts of the world. With lockdowns, travel restrictions and decreased economic activity, there was a noticeable drop in the emission of air pollutants, such as nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) and particulate matterContinue Reading
Warning: this article may contain spoilers. HBO’s hit TV adaptation of the popular video game The Last of Us has just aired its season one finale. While there are some aspects of the series’ premise that are far from realistic (such as the possibility of a fungal pandemic), other elementsContinue Reading
Misinformation about antidepressants is rife and is probably fuelling their rise in use. Chief among these false ideas are: Antidepressant withdrawal effects are mild and only last two to three weeks, with any severe symptoms interpreted as a relapse in depression. Antidepressants are not addictive, so they can’t be thatContinue Reading
Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock From the widespread outbreak of mpox (formerly called monkeypox) in 2022, to the evolving bird flu situation, to recent cases of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea, COVID isn’t dominating the headlines as much as it used to. Instead, we’ve been regularly hearing about outbreaks of newly emerging orContinue Reading
Citing death threats and harassing phone calls, the federal judge who is presiding over a pivotal case that could decide the future of the abortion pill in the U.S. asked attorneys not to publicize the date of a key hearing, telling them “less advertisement is better.” Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ofContinue Reading
