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The toll that COVID-19 has taken on Australian women’s health and fitness is laid bare in the 2022 Jean Hailes National Women’s Health SurveyNearly one in five women reported loss of fitness, weight gain, and muscle and joint pain. The survey, which was conducted in March-May and attracted more than 14,000 respondents, revealed that 30% […]

According to research, 37% of employees blame unproductive meetings as a significant loss to organizations. As a result, more than 24 billion productive hours are lost. Meetings take a good chunk of time out of an employee’s routine, but they are also inevitable. The worst thing that can happen is that after hours of discussion […]

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Some home tests for COVID-19 declined in performance when the Omicron variant emerged, a study published Wednesday in The BMJ, suggests. Researchers analyzed the performance of three commercially available rapid antigen tests — Flowflex (Acon Laboratories), MPBio (MP Biomedicals), and Clinitest […]

Consuming vegetables is important for the health and development of children. Several economically-developed countries have implemented public health strategies that promote the consumption of vegetables in early childhood. This is required since the insufficient consumption of vegetables can negatively impact well-being, health, and development. Study: Would offering vegetables to children for breakfast increase their total […]

Next month (October 2022), Google is updating the Destination requirements policy requiring that ad experiences on destinations (ie blogs and landing pages) follow the Coalition for Better Ads Standards. The impact on publishers and advertisers could be significant, as they’re used to having more control over their ad placements. To help you get ready for […]

GHENT, BELGIUM — A strong numerical signal suggests the addition of a selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor to a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor can reduce spinal radiographic progression in patients with active radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) over 2 years , although results are not statistically significant. Lead researcher and rheumatologist, Fabian Proft, MD, based at […]

A recent study published in the journal Arthritis & Rheumatology has revealed that people with taste are at higher risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, irrespective of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination status. Study: Gout and Excess Risk of Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Vaccinated Individuals: A General Population Study. Image […]

Trends are an excellent way to reach your audience on any social media platform. Just like Instagram often has viral trends that users capitalize on, TikTok also has them in abundance. If you are on TikTok often, you will notice how many creators consistently announce new trends on Tiktok, and they do this to encourage […]

PARIS — The launch of the Europe-wide Cancer Prevention Across Europe campaign (PrEvCan) was announced at the opening session of the 2022 Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO). The campaign was initiated and led by the European Oncology Nursing Society (EONS), but ESMO will be a key partner in the campaign, along […]

A team of researchers from the IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) has designed in silico “molecular probes” able to track the progress of a protein that misbehaves in different neurodegenerative diseases, such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Fronto-temporal dementia (FTD). The probes can be used to study the behavior of the […]