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Category: Health and Medicine

brains / eating disorders / food / Health and Medicine

Binge eating tied to habit circuits in the brain

The brain circuitry that helps us form habits is connected to binge eating disorders, according to new research.

Health and Medicine / social lives

People usually appreciate this social ‘mistake’

Relating to someone else’s story with a similar one your own is often welcome, search indicates. There is one caveat, however.

brains / Health and Medicine / opioids / spinal cord

Prenatal opioids may harm newborn breathing, rat study finds

Prenatal exposure to opioids affects the development of important circuits in the brain and spinal cord that control breathing.

brains / Health and Medicine / opioids / spinal cord

Prenatal opioids may harm newborn breathing, rat study finds

Prenatal exposure to opioids affects the development of important circuits in the brain and spinal cord that control breathing.

cancer / exercise / fatigue / Health and Medicine

Mind-body practice of qigong can ease fatigue from cancer

A low-impact, meditative movement program involving qigong is as effective as standard exercise programs in improving cancer-related fatigue.

births / Health and Medicine / midwives / pregnancy

Midwives make childbirth a better experience

“Midwifery care is rooted in a philosophy that honors pregnancy and birth as a physiological, social, and cultural process…”

Health and Medicine / kidney disease / kidneys

Screening for kidney disease at 35 would save lives

Many people don’t know they have chronic kidney disease until it progresses. Screening all adults over 35 could help save lives and money.

cities / climate change / Health and Medicine / temperature / trees

Trees and tall buildings reduce urban heat island effect

The urban heat island effect can lead to dangerous temperatures during the summer. But trees—and higher buildings—can lessen the effect.

Health and Medicine / medications / nausea / pain

Tweaked nausea drug gets into cells for lasting pain relief

A modified version of an anti-nausea medication can reach inside cells to disrupt signaling and provide lasting pain relief.

COVID-19 / Health and Medicine / medications / opioids / pain / pregnancy

Postpartum women filled more opioid prescriptions during COVID

Women who gave birth during the COVID pandemic filled significantly more opioid prescriptions, and at higher strength, for postpartum pain.

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