Fitness YouTuber Cole Baker has filmed a number of 30-day challenge videos in which he chooses a famous figure’s workout regime to follow, from calisthenics athletes to Avatar: The Last Airbender characters. In his most recent video, Baker spends a month training according the workout split favored by world-famous bodybuilder and action movie legend Arnold […]
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College Tuition Sparked a Mental Health Crisis. Then the Hefty Hospital Bill Arrived.
Despite a lifelong struggle with panic attacks, Divya Singh made a brave move across the world last fall from her home in Mumbai, India. She enrolled at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, to study physics and explore an interest in standup comedy in Manhattan. Arriving in the midst of the covid-19 pandemic and isolated […]
How reducing body temperature could help a tenth of all ICU patients
A tenth of all intensive care unit patients worldwide, and many critical patients with COVID-19, have acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Therapeutic hypothermia, an intentional cooling of the body, has been suggested as a way to improve ARDS. New research by Chiara Autilio and colleagues in the lab of Jesus Perez-Gil at the Complutense University […]
The 30\/10 Diet Gives You High-Protein, Healthy Meals for a Month
If there’s one thing that unites all diets, it’s can’t. Diets tell you what foods you can’t eat, how much food you can’t eat, and now, with the rise of intermittent fasting, even when you can’t eat. Yes, depriving yourself of food can lead to temporary weight loss. But eating well is less about what […]
Scientists launch a pre-emptive strike on deadly post-transplant infection
A potential new treatment to protect immunosuppressed patients from human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) has been discovered by scientists at the University of Cambridge. Their study shows that certain epigenetic inhibitors expose and help to destroy dormant HCMV infections, which often reactivate to cause serious illness and death in these vulnerable groups. Subject to clinical trials, their […]
Nurse's ‘anxiety’ was actually a rare brain bug that left her in a coma
A psychiatric nurse who thought she was suffering with anxiety found out that her panic episodes were actually down to a rare brain bug. Jenn Wiles, who was studying at the University of Salford at the time, first had a panic attack after going to a concert with friends in May 2017. The 24-year-old from […]
The cost of a healthy diet
What does it cost to eat healthy? According to a landmark international report based on work led by William Masters and colleagues at the Friedman School, the answer is: too much for the poor, but less than what most of the world’s people already spend on food. Released last year by the Food and Agriculture […]
It's A … ! Pregnant Josie Bates and Kelton Balka Reveal Sex of 2nd Baby
Boy or girl? Pregnant Josie Bates and Kelton Balka used confetti cannons to reveal the sex of their upcoming arrival on Thursday, February 18. Bringing Up Bates’: A Comprehensive Guide to the Bates Family “It’s a GIRL!!!” Bates, 21, announced via Instagram. “Our hearts are overflowing with joy as we are anxiously waiting to meet […]
Could a nasal spray prevent coronavirus transmission?
A nasal antiviral created by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons blocked transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in ferrets, suggesting the nasal spray also may prevent infection in people exposed to the new coronavirus, including recent variants. The compound in the spray—a lipopeptide developed by Matteo Porotto, Ph.D., and Anne Moscona, MD, professors […]
Why a few side effects after your Covid jab are actually a good thing!
Why a few side effects after your Covid jab are actually a good thing! Some people do have passing symptoms, but it’s a small price to pay for protection A sore arm, headache, fatigue, nausea, dizzy spells, aching joints and sore muscles. These are the common side-effects reported by some of the 15 million NHS […]