An assessment tool can make it easier for healthcare professionals to identify pain in residents with dementia. The right treatment can improve residents’ quality of life. We know very little about the incidence of pain among the elderly in nursing…
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Italy makes COVID health pass obligatory for teachers
Italy’s cabinet Thursday made the coronavirus health pass obligatory for teachers as well as passengers on public transport, including domestic flights, ferries and long-distance trains. The Green Pass, which is an extension of the EU’s digital COVID certificate, will already…
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French firm makes first sale of artificial heart
French prosthetics maker Carmat said Monday it had sold one of its artificial hearts for the first time since its 2008 founding, for implantation into an Italian patient awaiting a transplant. The operation “was performed by the team headed by…
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The Surprising Way Costco Really Makes Their Money
If you are the kind of person that cannot go more than a week without dropping by Costco for your weekly groceries, to check out what’s new, or even just to grab a hot dog meal, you are probably also…
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How Jenna Dewan Makes Time for Herself as a Mom of 2: It's 'Tough'
Filling her tank! Jenna Dewan opened up about squeezing self-care into her schedule as a mother of two. Jenna Dewan’s Sweetest Moments With Her and Steve Kazee’s Son Callum “It comes down to how can you find and create the…
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Mum and daughter's sunlight allergy makes it near-impossible to go outside
Most allergies are inconvenient but, on the whole, can be managed day-to-day. That’s a challenge for one family from Arizona, who have an unusual allergy that makes leaving the house extremely difficult. Kylie Szafranski and her eldest daughter, River, suffer…
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Dermatillomania in lockdown makes a skin picking compulsion feel inescapable
Scabs, scars, red-raw welts and an undeniable urge to scratch, pick, and peel – this is the skin of someone struggling with dermatillomania. While the causes behind dermatillomania, also known as excoriation disorder, are complex, an unexpected side effect of…
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OAP makes a gym using paint pots and old tights to work out during lockdown
Tony Robertson, 73, has been using his wife Lisbeth’s old tights, pots of paint and buckets of sand to keep fit during the coronavirus lockdown in a homemade gym in their back garden in Buckstone, Edinburgh. The grandfather-of-three and retired…
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Chronic fatigue makes these businesswomen sneak sleep in the toilets
It’s 8am on a Monday morning. I’ve had ten hours of sleep, a strong coffee to kick start the day and a cold shower to get my blood pumping before heading to the office. It’s 12pm on a Monday afternoon….
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What makes a ‘good Samaritan’ good? That opinion depends on the beneficiary
Your good deed for the day—whether lending a hand to a stranger or giving up your seat on the subway—may prompt others to see you as a good and trustworthy person, but not always. In certain circumstances, it may do…
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