During COVID, students taking courses online got a lot more sleep
A new paper in Sleep indicates that different teaching strategies schools imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in dramatic differences in when and how much students slept. Notably students receiving online instruction without live classes or scheduled teacher interactions woke up…
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What causes joint pain in monsoon?
"Many people experience joint pain, muscle stiffness, and injury pain during the rainy season owing to the changes in the humidity levels, atmospheric pressure, sudden shift in the temperature, and precipitation," said a doctor Have you ever noticed that your…
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Sighted and blind individuals have similar understanding of color
People born blind have never seen that bananas are yellow but Johns Hopkins University researchers find that like any sighted person, they understand two bananas are likely to be the same color and why. Questioning the belief that dates back…
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Experimental drug and immunotherapy combination shows promise in bladder cancer study
A new study in mice found that adding the experimental drug entinostat to an immunotherapy-like treatment substantially boosted cancer remission. This approach shows such promise that it's already being tested in an ongoing clinical trial in people with advanced bladder…
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Procedureless Intragastric Balloon May Cut Costs and Weight
Using a procedureless intragastric balloon (PIGB) as a first-line treatment for obesity is cost effective as either a standalone intervention or a bridge to bariatric surgery, according to a new simulation model study published in PLOS One. PIGB boasts a…
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160 Coronavirus Cases Linked to Watershed Music Festival
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. More than 160 cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed among people who attended the Watershed Music Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre, the Grant County Health…
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Katie Lee Biegel Shares Her Go-To Recipe & Tips for Easy Entertaining
Mother’s intuition kicked in for Katie Lee Biegel well before she became a mom. How else to explain that the cookbook author and co-host of Food Network’s The Kitchen set about simplifying both her cooking and entertaining style before two…
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Indian Health Service seeks vendors to replace its health IT system
The Indian Health Service is seeking enterprise health IT software to replace its current platform. The IHS currently relies on the internally developed Resource and Patient Management System to support a broad range of processes at its facilities, as…
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How (and where) the brain analyzes math and language spoken simultaneously
Separate math and language networks segregate naturally when listeners pay attention to one type over the other, according to research recently published in JNeurosci. Mathematical language borrows words from everyday speech, yet the brain processes math and language in two…
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Inflatable robotic hand gives amputees real-time tactile control
For the more than 5 million people in the world who have undergone an upper-limb amputation, prosthetics have come a long way. Beyond traditional mannequin-like appendages, there is a growing number of commercial neuroprosthetics—highly articulated bionic limbs, engineered to sense…
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