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By Jane C. Hu Nearly three months after the novel coronavirus arrived in the United States, the country is scrambling to manage COVID patients. There’s still a major shortage of tests. Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced it would end federal funding of 41 testing locations, while there’s still a backlog of tests in...
Quick! Don’t think about it, just answer. If you’re buying dried pasta, what is the very first line you should read on the Nutrition Facts label? If you said calories, you’re wrong. Fat grams? Nope. Carbohydrates? Wrong again. The most important piece of information on the Nutrition Facts label is the serving size. Know that,...
By Carolyn Y. Johnson In a desperate bid to find treatments for people sickened by coronavirus, doctors and drug companies have launched more than 100 human experiments in the United States, investigating experimental drugs, a decades-old malaria medicine and cutting-edge therapies that have worked for other conditions such as HIV and rheumatoid arthritis. Development of effective treatments for Covid-19 would be one of the...
By Bill Ward Conventional wisdom holds that the older we get, the harder it is to learn a new language. Which is true — except when it’s not. Turns out that while our brains might not be as quick or deft as in those halcyon days of youth, all that hard-earned experience, knowledge and discipline...
By Karla Freeman Chicken little: Is the sky falling? Chicken Little stood outside her house and said, “The sky is falling. Oh, my God, the sky is falling.“ Toilet paper, hand sanitizer, gloves, and masks fell on her from the sky. She looked up saw dark clouds above and more coming in the distance. Chicken...
By Kells McPhillips I don’t know about you, but I’ve never owned more frozen food in my life than I do right at this very moment. My freezer is stuffed to capacity with cauliflower gnocchi, Brussels sprouts, veggie burgers, and raspberries galore—but I’d be lying if I said I know how to thaw frozen food “correctly.” And...
By Mark Mahoney As we transition out of National Nutrition Month in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of good nutrition, particularly when many of us are under orders to shelter-in-place, is very important. Healthy eating is especially important for keeping your immune system in top condition. Here are some steps you can...
By Ray Horsley In a different time, place, and dimension there was once a land of many tribes. Each one had a chief, many elders, and a large number of native peoples who were born to the tribe. These tribal leaders and their advisors had tremendous control over their people. Special permission had to be...
By Aaron Holmes Scientists at Stanford University have developed a smart toilet that can identify people based on their butt and monitor the health of their poop and pee. If you’re looking for very, very personalized data about your bathroom habits, look no further. The smart toilet, which the Stanford team published an article about...
By Sylvia Richardson and David Spiegelhalter The past few weeks has seen an unstoppable epidemic … of statistics. The flood threatens to overwhelm us all, but what do all these numbers mean? Here are eight statistics you may see, with some warnings about how much we might trust them. 1 The number of new cases each day This can...
By Giovanni Cambizaca Now that the coronavirus is no longer just a smudge of misery hidden by the curve of the earth’s surface, writing about food all the time seems a little trivial, so this week I’m going to consider the way we live now and try to place that in a historical context. The...
By Ted Kyle Health disparities are an ever-present feature of American healthcare. Money, race, and ethnicity have long been deciding factors in who lives and who dies. Chronic diseases have their greatest impact on black, Hispanic, and economically disadvantaged communities. Prevalence is higher. But access to treatment is lower. It’s equally true for diabetes, heart...
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