Health

Philadelphia health officials are cautioning residents to protect themselves against West Nile virus after detecting the disease in mosquitoes near Pennypack Park in the city’s Northeast section. The city’s Department of Public Health routinely conducts surveillance for the virus. Recent testing results detected the season’s first infected mosquitoes in Northeast Philadelphia, prompting a July 7 city health advisory to area …

It’s a difficult time to be a man. They’re falling behind women academically, making less money than their dads and grandfathers, and are so desperate for kinship and community that they’ve started posting sticks on Instagram and asking each other to rank them. It’s tough out there, and now that the weather is heating up, it’s about to get tougher. …

Why Americans Keep Gaining Weight Despite Burning More Calories Than Ever  Study Finds What causes obesity? A major new study is upending common wisdom.  The Washington Post Obesity more likely caused by high calorie diet than lack of exercise  Medical Xpress Want to lose weight? Study suggests diet has much bigger impact than exercise  Baltimore Sun New study identifies the true cause for obesity …

It turns out the Dark Ages weren’t all that dark! According to new research, medieval medicine was way more sophisticated than previously thought, and some of its remedies are trending today on TikTok. A new international research project featuring faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York reveals that people in the Middle Ages weren’t cooped up in castles, …

Persistent apathy predicts faster functional decline in Alzheimer’s disease  PsyPost Source link

Scientists Warn: Popular Sugar Substitute Linked to Brain Cell Damage  SciTechDaily Popular Artificial Sweetener Linked to Higher Risk of Strokes  Newsweek Popular Artificial Sweetener Linked to Strokes and Heart Attacks — Again  Money Talks News Common sweetener found to significantly and immediately boost heart attack and stroke risk  Earth.com Study: Common Sweetener Erythritol Can Impact Brain Cells, Boost Stroke Risk  Sci.News Source link

Your Joyspan is the Key to Aging Well  The New York Times Source link

Summary: A new fMRI study reveals that our brains encode both what others intend to express emotionally and how we consciously infer their feelings—two distinct processes. Researchers trained machine-learning models on brain activity to separately predict the speaker’s self-reported emotions and the observer’s inferences. They found that even when people misjudged someone’s emotions, their brain still carried a latent signature …

Tyler’s Tee-Off continues to be a beacon of light after community’s darkest day  theCHIVE Source link

Last Thursday, leaders in Santa Barbara’s sprawling network of low-income health care clinics — also known as Federally Qualified Health Centers, or “FQHCs” — were put on notice by the federal government they had to begin verifying proof of their patients’ citizenship, effective immediately. Without such verification, the feds made clear, there would be no reimbursement for any services provided. …