Scammers are using people’s desperation for COVID-19 vaccines in the midst of a pandemic as a bargaining chip to steal money and personal information. Though it doesn’t appear to be a widespread problem in Michigan, the state Attorney General’s Office…
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COVID-19 transmission chains in the UK accurately traced using genomic epidemiology
A team of scientists, led by researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh, has analysed the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in the UK and produced the most fine-scaled and comprehensive genomic analysis of transmission of any epidemic…
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Youth using e-cigarettes three times as likely to become daily cigarette smokers
An analysis of a large nationally representative longitudinal study by University of California San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science report that starting tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, before the age of 18 is a major…
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Read This Before Using The Break Room At Work
Your company may have decided it’s had enough of working from home, and wants everyone back in the office, even if it means staggering hours. And if you’ve been missing your colleagues, being back at work means getting a chance…
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Liver condition identified in patients using urine samples
Fifty fragments of proteins, termed peptides, have been identified in the urine of liver fibrosis patients in a new study that could pave the way for a potential diagnostic urine test for the condition if further validated. The research was…
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Stop using term ‘impulsivity’ to describe behavior or personality traits, psychologists say
When a word is too frequently used as a catch-all term, its definition becomes too broad and it can stop meaning anything concrete. That’s why Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers suggest that the descriptive term “impulsivity” has become so overgeneralized that…
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You're Probably Using Way More Toothpaste Than You Really Need, According to This Dentist
What's a toothpaste commercial without a pristine toothbrush and a plump swish of toothpaste across the top of the bristles? Well, get ready to have your mind blown: The amount of toothpaste we should actually be using on our teeth…
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Researchers develop system for using everyday glucose monitors to detect COVID-19 antibodies
A trio of Johns Hopkins scientists—a pharmacologist, a biomedical engineer, and a biophysicist—are pooling their knowledge to design a device that can detect whether a person has antibodies linked to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Antibodies are tiny proteins…
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Why bodyweight workouts can be better for you than using gym equipment
Over the last few months, many of us have had to change how we workout. With gyms shut for months on end we started running and flocked to our living rooms to follow workouts on YouTube and Instagram. We also…
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Using "pain sketches" to optimize migraine surgery outcomes
Credit: CC0 Public Domain “Can you draw me a picture of your headache?” may sound like an unusual question—but drawings of headache pain provide plastic surgeons with valuable information on which patients are more or less likely to benefit from…
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