Home alone: How to keep your kids safe when you're at work during the holidays
Many working parents battle with school holidays, especially the long period between Christmas and the start of the new school year. Most people receive four weeks' leave a year, but school holidays...
View ArticleIs your 'experience diet' making you unwell?
Just as our food diet affects our physical and emotional health, so does our "experience diet". This is the day-to-day mix of the things we do, see, hear and feel. And, just like our food diet, the...
View ArticleWhen calorie counts aren't on the menu
(HealthDay)—Over the past few decades, the amount of food Americans eat away from home has increased from 18 percent to 33 percent.
View ArticleExperts share how our relationships with each other, the world around us and...
Depending on who you ask, happiness can be a lot of things.
View ArticleBetter architectural design could prevent youth suicide
Suicide among younger people is often so spontaneous that it can be prevented if they do not encounter a potentially dangerous place outdoors. Getting the form of the built environment correct is...
View ArticleWhat do we really know about e-cigarettes and vaping?
E-cigarettes get teenagers hooked on nicotine. Or they aid cigarette smokers seeking to quit. Or they may be harmful in other ways. Those competing messages make the devices a tricky subject for health...
View ArticlePlanes, trains and viruses: How transit air might predict the next outbreak
It's common knowledge that congested public places such as transit systems and airports harbor all kinds of potentially harmful microbes that pass easily from person to person. What's not clear is...
View ArticleSmart steps for stronger calves
(HealthDay)—Have you been neglecting your calves? Many people forget about these important muscles when doing strength training. These exercises will add definition and help protect against some lower...
View ArticleApp that alerts CPR-trained bystanders could make lifesaving connection
If you should collapse of a sudden cardiac arrest at the mall food court, your lifesaver could be shopping nearby and completely unaware that someone is in urgent need of help.
View ArticleMemories of movement are replayed randomly during sleep
Sleep is far from an inactive time for the brain: while rats (and humans) are asleep, neurons in the hippocampus fire rapidly. After a rat has repeatedly moved from one spot to another, the same...
View ArticleUS county declares state of emergency amid measles outbreak (Update)
A New York county hit by a measles outbreak declared a state of emergency Tuesday and banned non-vaccinated minors from public places in a bid to prevent the once-eliminated disease from spreading.
View ArticleGrid cells create 'treasure map' in rat brain
Grid cells and place cells are specialized neurons that allow the brain to create a map of the outside world in which one navigates (Nobel Prize 2014). This brain GPS system is built on grid cells'...
View ArticleHundreds vaccinated after measles emergency in New York
A New York county which declared a state of emergency over a measles outbreak is on the "right path" after administering hundreds of vaccinations in two days, the chief of the US district said on Friday.
View ArticleKey brain region for navigating familiar places identified
UCL scientists have discovered the key brain region for navigating well-known places, helping explain why brain damage seen in early stages of Alzheimer's disease can cause such severe disorientation.
View ArticleCDC: Measles cases reach 465 this year in the United States
(HealthDay)—The number of reported measles cases in the United States hit 465 as of April 4, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. That is 78 more than in the previous week's...
View ArticleFennel: A food lover's dream ingredient
(HealthDay)—You might have seen fennel in the produce section of your market without knowing what exactly it was. Fennel is a fragrant bulb that can be a food lover's dream ingredient, because it has a...
View ArticleSurge in US measles cases leads to extraordinary measures
Quarantines in California. Fines in New York City. Orders for some people to avoid public places in Rockland County, New York.
View ArticleOfficials declare measles outbreak in Pacific Northwest over
A measles outbreak that sickened more than 70 people, mostly children, in the Pacific Northwest is finally over even as the total number of cases nationwide continues to spike to near-record levels ,...
View ArticleImagine: Our attitudes can change solely by the power of imagination
Sometimes in life there are special places that seem to stand out to us—a school playground, perhaps an old church, or that inconspicuous street corner where you were kissed for the first time. Before...
View ArticleEssentials for growing tasty herbs on your windowsill
(HealthDay)—Whether you have a dedicated space in an outdoor garden or just a few buckets on a small patio, there's nothing quite like having your own herb garden for giving your cooking fresh flavor...
View ArticleSmokin' hut: Singapore's solution for cigarette puffers
Smokers in Singapore will no longer have to sneak a drag on the street, with the launch of the city-state's first air-conditioned "smoking cabin", but the experience won few fans among cigarette...
View ArticleChild deaths in Brazil fall following comprehensive smoking ban
Child deaths have fallen in Brazil following complete smoking bans in public places, according to a new study.
View ArticleWhy you should try rhubarb
(HealthDay)—Despite its vibrant green and red stalks, rhubarb might be one of the most overlooked plants in the garden.
View ArticleMontenegro bans indoor smoking in public places
Smoking indoors in public places was banned from Wednesday in Montenegro, a major challenge in the tobacco-mad Balkan country with some of the highest smoking rates in Europe.
View ArticleCase studies suggest that 'red flag' laws play a role in preventing mass...
Case studies of individuals threatening mass violence suggest that extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs), colloquially known as 'red flag' orders, may play a role in preventing mass shootings. An...
View ArticleChild mortality intervention helps close poverty gap in Ghana
Giving people access to nurses in their own communities is reducing the child mortality rate in Ghana, offsetting the health disadvantage amongst poor and uneducated mothers, according to a study in...
View ArticleTwo samples of West Nile in Coconino County came from different sources
After sequencing more than 400 different genomes of the West Nile Virus, an NAU scientist discovered the two reports of West Nile Virus in Coconino County came from two different places. One migrated...
View ArticleSkin-cells-turned-to-heart-cells help unravel genetic underpinnings of...
Genome-wide association studies have uncovered more than 500 genetic variants linked to heart function, everything from heart rate to irregular rhythms that can lead to stroke, heart failure or other...
View ArticleNavigating 'Neuralville': Virtual town helps map brain functions
Psychologists at Emory University have found that the human brain uses three distinct systems to perceive our environment—one for recognizing a place, another for navigating through that place and a...
View ArticleSpace and place in alcohol research
Every time someone drinks an alcoholic beverage, he or she will drink that beverage at some place and some time. Not surprisingly this means that the physical and social environments in which that...
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