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Medical Xpress / Top tips for getting through winter months—and they're not what you think
Winter can feel long. With the buzz of the festive season behind us and spring not yet on the horizon, January and February can be particularly challenging. It's cold outside and daylight is in short supply, but what if, ...
Medical Xpress / Why procrastination isn't laziness—it's rigid thinking that your brain can unlearn
Most of us have experienced it: a deadline approaches, the task is perfectly doable, yet instead of starting, we suddenly feel compelled to tidy a drawer or reorganize the apps on our phone. Procrastination feels irrational ...
Medical Xpress / Pregnant women hospitalized for COVID-19, and their newborns, have higher complication risk
When hospitalized for COVID-19, pregnant women—and their eventual newborn children—have a higher risk of complications, according to a Michigan Medicine study.
Medical Xpress / Moving house? 3 surprising ways your new neighborhood can affect health and happiness
January is consistently Australia's busiest month for moving house—around 14-18% of the yearly total, far higher than any other month.
Medical Xpress / Why do I seem to get sick as soon as I take time off?
You've been hanging out for a break, getting through the busy last weeks of work or class. You're finally ready to relax. And then tiredness descends, you feel the tickle in your throat, and you realize you're getting sick.
Medical Xpress / How binge drinking triggers gut damage and inflammation so quickly
Research shows that a single drinking binge—roughly four drinks for women or five for men within about two hours—can disrupt the gastrointestinal tract in measurable ways. Even in healthy adults, such a rapid influx of ...
Medical Xpress / How my time-space synesthesia affects how I experience and 'feel' the new year
I have a form of time–space synesthesia, so the new year arrives for me in a very physical way. I feel myself move around the year, almost like I'm traveling along a structure. December sits low and to my left; January ...
Medical Xpress / If you get lost in the bush, can you really survive by drinking your own pee?
TV adventurer Bear Grylls has built a global reputation through his often unconventional and sometimes extreme survival feats to stay hydrated.
Phys.org / When stars fail to explode
Many stars die spectacularly when they explode as supernovae. During these violent explosions, they leave behind thick, chaotic clouds of debris shaped like cauliflowers. But supernova remnant Pa 30 looks nothing like that.
Medical Xpress / Three climate New Year's resolutions that will fail—and four that can actually stick
Four in five adults in the UK say they have changed their lifestyle to help tackle environmental change. The New Year is a good time to implement changes to behavior, but our willpower is finite.
Medical Xpress / Five ways to improve your health this year that don't rely on losing weight
Every January, internet searches for the terms "diet" and "weight loss" surge, gyms become busier and diet trends spread across social media. But research shows that most people who try the latest quick-fix plan do not keep ...
Phys.org / Space mice come home and start families
Four mice went to space as astronauts. One came back and became a mother. And that simple fact might matter more than you'd think for humanity's future beyond Earth.