Body Wellness

FSU cancels spring break after 1,000-person party over the weekend Florida State University cancelled its spring break for this school year after Tallahassee police had to break up a party of 1,000 at an apartment complex many students live in over the weekend.  via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2ScQ7kf

Consistency in the time of day you work out may keep off the pounds, study finds The key to working out consistently and keeping off the pounds may be as simple as setting the same time of day for your workouts and sticking to the schedule, according to a recent study in the journal Obesity. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3jkEsLR

Lawmakers consider compromise on coronavirus stimulus package Hope for COVID relief bill as Disney, United Airlines prepare for mass layoffs; Chad Pergram reports. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2GpFRCe

The rate of death went down in patients over 65. Researchers also found that children of all ages became infected and spread the virus to others. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/36lsNJc

Dr Julian Tang, from the University of Leicester, urged landlords to consider staggered leaving times for revellers in order to avoid further restrictions being imposed across the country. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/33fU5yI

NHS England confirmed 43 more people died in its hospitals between September 21 and September 29, while one more person died in Wales, seven in Scotland and one in N. Ireland. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/30ncKa5

The Government had promised to get employees swabbed every week and residents every 28 days, but it is failing to turnaround tests quickly enough, it has been revealed. (Stock) from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3kUmQqw

One in six Brits admitted binge drinking at least once a week in April, during the darkest days of the crisis, up from one in 10 pre-pandemic. The study was carried out by the University of Glasgow. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/33kFmCR

King's College London experts found that frail over-65s, such as care home residents, were more likely than normal to get delirious, tired and breathless if they had Covid-19. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/34ftjpm

Some 300,000 people are being diagnosed with the disease on the continent every week, but scientists estimate that figure was at least 3.3 million across Western Europe back in April. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/33d7FTo

Coronavirus spike protein morphs into 10 different shapes to invade cells: study The novel coronavirus uses its "spike proteins" to latch onto and invade human cells. But to do so, the spikes morph into at least 10 different shapes, according to a new study.  via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2Sdyi4s

How Joey, the baby sea otter became a viral sensation amid the coronavirus pandemic Joey is an almost 3-month-old male Canadian-born otter. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2GiFb1E

Moderna says coronavirus vaccine boosts immune system response in older adults Biotech company Moderna announced on Tuesday that its coronavirus vaccine candidate elicited immune responses in older adults from a Phase 1 study in levels comparable to those seen in younger adults. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/34akeOO

Trump, Biden clash over health care at first presidential debate President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden sparred over the coronavirus response and shutting down the economy again amid the pandemic; Fox News medical contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier weighs in. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2Gba7kI

This quick and easy green bean side dish comes together in just minutes with the help of your broiler and some Spanish romesco sauce. Read More from Serious Eats https://ift.tt/30kc2KC

2020 presidential candidates trade insults on coronavirus pandemic response Fox News medical contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier and owners of Steepologie Teas Andrea Raetzer and Joe Raetzer discuss which candidate delivered the message Americans wanted to hear. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/34dETBo

Despite slim chances that its vaccine will be ready by October, Pfizer has big incentives to hint that it might be. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/33fSDw9

She was always tired, and her stomach had become strangely fragile. But her unaccountably tan skin clued doctors in to what ailed her. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/3i9SJK8

A rigorous three-month study found that people lost little weight, and much of that may have been from muscle. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/2S6X9qI

The most recent snapshot shows just 478 out of 110,000 beds in use in England were by Covid-19 patients on September 3. This has since risen to 1,883, according to Department of Health data. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2G0W4OJ

Public Health England data shows that Hartlepool, which escapes tonight's tougher measures, has a higher and faster-rising infection rate than Durham, which is included in the rules. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3n1g9Fc

MailOnline's crunching of the numbers reveals a slight spike after the Black Lives Matter protests, and cases doubling a week after the August 31 Bank Holiday. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3n2lKLl

High street pharmacies Boots has decided to suspend bookings for those aged 65 and over at branches across the UK. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3mZjzIm

University of Mersin scientists, in Turkey, looked at 200 males with Covid-19. They found more than half developed a condition where the body doesn't produce enough of the sex hormone. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2HEr2fX

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A new experiment confirmed that cats can spread the virus to one another, and found dogs did not shed the virus. There’s still no evidence that pets transmit it to humans. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/3kWdU48

The app sends warnings of new infections to local authorities, allowing them to rapidly spot outbreaks and move to curb the spread of the virus. It has been downloaded by 12.4million Britons. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/33hkMmR

The rapid tests - which take just 15 to 30 minutes to yield a diagnosis - work like a pregnancy test and display two blue lines when someone is positive. They are made by firms in the US and South Korea. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3mZVUaV

Codagenix, a company based in New York, has created a version of the coronavirus that is around one thousand times slower at multiplying than the real thing, meaning the body should be able to stop it. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3cFmuRU

The NHS Confederation has urged the Government to 'grasp the nettle' and raise its £20.5billion-a-year healthcare bill to ensure hospital trusts can deliver effective services across the UK. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/30fVp2u

Risk of severe coronavirus resulting in uptick of weight loss surgeries: report Top health experts have voiced an uptick in obese patients seeking weight loss surgery in a bid to protect themselves from a heightened risk of severe COVID-19. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/30hei5n

The coronavirus has killed this many health care workers, according to country's largest nurses union More than 1,700 health care workers have died of COVID-19 and related complications — after many of them said they didn’t have adequate personal protective equipment, according to the country’s largest nurses union. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3jfliXY

Texas boy's brain-eating amoeba death leads city to flush water system The Lake Jackson area remains under a "do not use" advisory. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2G0tv3Z

This article was originally published by FairWarning . As genetic testing companies increasingly pivot  to medical and pharmaceutical ventures, a regulatory gap in consumer privacy protections is drawing calls for change and even legislative proposals. At-home DNA test kits from companies like 23andMe and Ancestry have enabled customers to trace their heritage and piece together family trees. A lack of strict data privacy protections has allowed these companies to rack up hundreds of millions in revenue through the collection of DNA samples and sales of genetic data, all with the consent of customers who may not have read the fine print. As it stands, there is no comprehensive federal privacy law in the U.S. Other laws, including HIPAA and the Genetic Information Discrimination Act, only keep genetic information off-limits to certain types of insurers and employers. Further, the agency that is supposed to enforce privacy rules by DNA testing companies, the Federal Trade Commissio

In the months since the pandemic took hold in the U.S., the opioid epidemic has taken a sharp turn for the worse. More than 40 states have seen increases in overdoses. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/3l9L1Sj

Dr. Nicole Saphier on why the distribution of coronavirus tests is so crucial for the US Fox News medical contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier discusses how big of a topic the coronavirus pandemic will be at the first presidential debate. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2SbbVN6

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In the months since the pandemic took hold in the U.S., the opioid epidemic has taken a sharp turn for the worse. More than 40 states have seen increases in overdoses. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/33a6unK

The C.D.C. and leading experts have concluded, using different scientific methods, that as many as 90 percent of Americans are still vulnerable to infection. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/3i6GhuE

People with extra weight may struggle to mount a robust immune response to the coronavirus — and may respond poorly to a vaccine. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/2EHXmgR

Dr. Marc Siegel on the topic of coronavirus entering first Trump, Biden debate The White House announces the distribution of 150 million coronavirus tests to states in an effort to help reopen schools nationwide; reaction from Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3i9M0zX

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The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on using your connections to get in to see a doctor months before anyone else can — and more. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/2HyTLCI

‘It’s important to approach this with the idea that there’s no ideal situation. If there were, we’d all be doing it.’ from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/2S4Pqt7

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Dr. Scott Atlas responds to criticism from Fauci, CDC head Redfield White House COVID adviser tells 'The Ingraham Angle' says disapproval 'feeding into a false narrative.' via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2G0s0CV

Coronavirus death toll hits 1M worldwide The coronavirus was first deemed a global pandemic in March. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2EKeTVG

New coronavirus test to reduce wait times President Trump touts new testing progress as schools monitor COVID-19 cases; Jonathan Serrie reports. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/33cOY24

Government data shows 5,770 people are now testing positive for Covid-19 each day, down from 5,816 yesterday - a figure that had risen every day since falling slightly to 2,998 on September 14. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2Hty07h

The wide-ranging laws and the list of punishments were revealed in legal documents and came into force on Monday. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3cFiX67

Experts at the University of Oxford said that randomised mass testing to diagnose Covid-19 would be a 'waste of resources' and swabs should be targeted at the most at-risk groups. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2G6L56f

Oxford University's frontrunner vaccine candidate was supposed to be rolled out this autumn but trials came to a standstill when infection rates in Britain petered out over summer. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2EDktce

More than 17million Britons in 48 towns and cities are living with even more limited freedoms than the rest of the country. But Luton is the only area to see success through a local lockdown. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2HvRuYY

Coronavirus antibodies present in less than 10% of Americans, study finds Most Americans are still vulnerable to coronavirus infection, according to the findings of a study published Friday that echo recent comments made by a top official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3j6pCbQ

The average person’s mind wanders nearly half the time. Here’s how to pull it back to attention. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/2S2k5XT

Coronavirus lockdowns just ‘defer the problem’ of third wave, UK scientist warns A UK government science adviser warned Sunday that ongoing lockdowns just “defer the problem” — and warned that a third wave of the coronavirus next year is “entirely possible.” via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/36fxm80

Nasal spray reduced coronavirus replication by 96% in animal study, Australian biotech says Australian biotech Ena Respiratory on Monday announced that a nasal spray originally developed to boost the immune system against the common cold and flu may also be effective in the fight against COVID-19. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3i7BpoZ

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Coverage is a major expense for employers, especially those in small businesses, as they deal with the pandemic’s economic fallout. Many may face end-of-year renewal deadlines that are harder and harder to afford. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/346IMYJ

South Carolina mom dies of coronavirus 3 weeks after daughter The nursing instructor reportedly went to the hospital three times before she was admitted. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/3mZ4JBW

For years, telemedicine has been touted as a way to address mental health provider shortages in Greater Minnesota or as an option that could help stave off the looming mass retirement of the state’s aging psychologist workforce. But, despite the promise offered by technology, most mental health providers in Minnesota avoided making the move to telemedicine, instead preferring to see their patients face-to-face.  Then COVID-19 hit Minnesota and everything changed. Within weeks of Gov. Tim Walz’s statewide stay-at-home order , mental health providers across the state were forced to embrace telemedicine: Sticking with the old ways of doing business would mean turning patients away and shutting down their practices.  This rapid switch went surprisingly quickly, said Teri Fritsma, senior research analyst for the Minnesota Department of Health Office of Rural Health and Primary Care . With an eye on keeping their practices alive, mental health providers made the switchover en masse

Many Iowans plan to wait on taking coronavirus vaccine: poll Iowans will take a wait-and-see approach to a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new poll. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2GfS9gy

We gave the classic recipe a makeover by adding whole wheat wheat flour, melted butter, and a touch of ground coriander to give classic zucchini bread more nuanced flavor. Read More from Serious Eats https://ift.tt/2S2tSxj

Coverage is a major expense for employers, especially those in small businesses, as they deal with the pandemic’s economic fallout. Many may face end-of-year renewal deadlines that are harder and harder to afford. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/3i6RICn

In a new study, psychologists tried to get a handle on the personality types that might be prone to outlandish beliefs. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/3cK8gzi

Dr. Nesheiwat says America needs to continue social distancing with the approaching flu season 22 states report spikes in coronavirus cases; reaction from Fox News medical contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2ED7gjE

Workers were followed, videotaped and threatened in confrontations across Minnesota, the state Department of Health said. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/3mVoVVh

Professor Russell Viner, from University College London (left), said schools must cease 'flip-flopping' between opening and closing because of the harm they are doing to children's education. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2EJXSuQ

The strategy would see UK ministers encourage those most at-risk of coronavirus, including patients with underlying health woes, to stay home and shield - just like they were told to do during the first lockdown. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/330aF5B

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The number of lives lost to the virus is nearing 1 million, and new hot spots keep emerging. The U.S., Brazil, India and Mexico account for more than half of the total. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/2Gfpok0

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The health law had slipped in voter priorities, but the Supreme Court vacancy and November arguments in a case challenging its constitutionality, have given the Affordable Care Act new urgency. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/3kSnzJ4

MinnPost provides updates on coronavirus in Minnesota Sunday through Friday. The information is published following a press phone call with members of the Walz administration or after the release of daily COVID-19 figures by the Minnesota Department of Health. Here are the latest updates from September 27, 2020: Four more Minnesotans have died of COVID-19, the Minnesota Department of Health said Sunday, for a total of 2,008.  Of the people whose deaths were announced Sunday, two were in their 80s, one was in their 70s and one was in their 50s. One person whose death was announced Sunday was a resident of a long-term care facility. Of the 2,008 COVID-19 deaths reported in Minnesota, 1,445 have been among residents of long-term care. The current death toll only includes Minnesotans with lab-confirmed positive COVID-19 tests.  MDH also said Sunday there have been 96,734 total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Minnesota. The number of confirmed cases is up 1,075 from Saturday’s count a

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