by Sue Robbins | Sep 14, 2020 | Miscellaneous
How Flu Shots Can Help in the Fight Against Covid-19 Experts worry that the two diseases could overwhelm the health care system and create a new shortage of hospital beds and personal protective equipment. While we anxiously await the development and approval of a...
by Sue Robbins | Sep 10, 2020 | Miscellaneous
Researchers identify possible new therapy for concussion-related headaches As she jumped to head a soccer ball during her junior year of college, Kelly Farrell collided skulls with a teammate. She later was diagnosed with a concussion, which proved to be severely...
by Sue Robbins | Sep 8, 2020 | Miscellaneous
Dentists Are Seeing an Epidemic of Cracked Teeth. What’s Going On? When I reopened my dental practice in early June, the tooth fractures started coming in: at least one a day, every single day that I’ve been in the office. “How’s your dental practice?” a friend of...
by Sue Robbins | Sep 8, 2020 | Miscellaneous
While acetaminophen is helping you deal with your headache, it may also be making you more willing to take risks, a new study suggests. People who took acetaminophen rated activities like “bungee jumping off a tall bridge” and “speaking your mind...
by Sue Robbins | Aug 17, 2020 | Miscellaneous
The more intense the lighting in teenagers’ neighborhoods, the poorer their sleep and the greater their risk for depression and anxiety. Artificial outdoor light at night may disrupt adolescents’ sleep and raise the risk for psychiatric disorders, a new study...
by Sue Robbins | Aug 12, 2020 | Miscellaneous
Despite spending around one-third of our lives in the land of nod, sleep still holds many mysteries. Scientists are chipping away at the details, but the wonder of slumber is much more complex than it appears. In this Special Feature, we dispel some common myths....
