When it comes to human hormones, oxytocin is one of the most significant since it plays a critical part in social bonding, creating relationships, reproduction, childbirth, and nursing, among other things. Oxytocin is produced in reaction to both good social connections and stressful situations, as per the American Psychological Association. […]
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Why You Should Consider a Career in Food Safety
If you are at that stage in your life where you are evaluating different career options, food safety can be a lucrative choice. It may be something you haven’t even considered before, but now is the time to explore the field! Let’s take a look at why this could be […]
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What is psychological and emotional trauma, and how does it manifest itself?
In the aftermath of severely stressful events that have shattered your feeling of security, you may experience emotional or psychological trauma. In an unpredictable world, this makes you feel exposed and vulnerable. In the aftermath of psychological trauma, you may be plagued by disturbing memories, anxiety, and other emotional reactions […]
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Advantages of Mechano Growth Factor
MGF or Mechano Growth Factor plays a great part in childhood development while having anabolic effects during adulthood. It is released in response to exercised or stretched muscles. There is an abundance of MGF when muscles have been exposed to weight training, especially high-intensity ones. This peptide has been derived […]
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Donna Greene Reveals How You Can Live a Long and Healthy Life Full of Energy
Losing weight is only one aspect of adopting a healthier lifestyle. The most important aspect of any effective weight loss program is allowing you to live longer, healthier, and with more energy. These types of programs change the way you eat and enable you to keep track of your overall […]
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Midlife ADHD? Coping strategies that can help
Trouble staying focused and paying attention are two familiar symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a common health issue among children and teens. When ADHD persists through early adulthood and on into middle age, it presents many of the same challenges it does in childhood: it’s hard to stay […]
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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Covid and Kids
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. Nearly a year into the pandemic, many public schools are still closed to in-person instruction. But while there is increasing evidence that schools are not a major source of infection, teachers and staffers remain concerned about going back to class […]
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Improving PET scans are good news for doctors and patients alike
A recent blog post discussed a newly approved imaging agent with an unwieldy name: gallium-68 PMA-11. Delivered in small amounts by injection, this minimally radioactive tracer sticks to prostate cancer cells, which subsequently glow and reveal themselves on a positron emission tomography (PET) scan. Offered to men with rising PSA […]
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AI in health care creates unique data challenges
This article is part of a VB special issue. Read the full series: AI and the future of health care The health care industry produces an enormous amount of data. An IDC study estimates the volume of health data created annually, which hit over 2,000 exabytes in 2020, will continue […]
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Head-Scratching Over Newsom’s Choice of Blue Shield to Lead Vaccination Push
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, struggling to salvage a once-bright political future dimmed by his mishandling of the covid crisis, tapped nonprofit health insurer Blue Shield of California last week to allocate the state’s covid vaccine. The company has thus far said little about how it plans to reorganize a gargantuan […]