Pregnant women who deliver early are more likely to have a diverse community of vaginal bacteria, finds a new study published in Frontiers in Microbiology. These findings also highlight specific bacteria associated with premature birth and could help identify the women most at risk of giving birth prematurely. “We show…
Corona App: Like fitness bracelets and Smartwatches, Naturopathy can help naturopathic specialist portal
Corona App: RKI asks for data from fitness bracelets and Smartwatches Digital technologies can play in the containment of infections with the new Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 an important role. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has now made an App that accesses the data from fitness bracelets and Smartwatches, in order to…
Try This Workout by Molly Sims With Your Kids to Stay Fit & Active While at Home
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A Running List of Every Festival, Sporting Event and Show Canceled or Postponed in the Wake of the Coronavirus
Following the World Health Organization’s pandemic declaration, the coronavirus has caused major disruptions on a global scale. Schools have been suspending or canceling classes, sports teams have been playing games without fans in the stands, late-night shows have started to film without live audiences, political rallies have been canceled and…
The Coronavirus Pandemic May Cause a Global Condom Shortage
“It will take time to jumpstart factories and we will struggle to keep up with demand at half capacity,” Chief Executive Goh Miah Kiat told Reuters. “We are going to see a global shortage of condoms everywhere, which is going to be scary,” he said. “My concern is that for…
Despite battling COVID-19, oncologist continues treating patients virtually
When Dr. Justin Persico first began experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, his mind immediately went to his patients. As a medical oncologist at Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center at Trumbull, part of Yale Cancer Center, he was all too aware of the people he treats, who would be at greater risk for…
What cells does the novel coronavirus attack?
Scientists from the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Thorax Clinic at Heidelberg University Hospital, whose collaboration is taking place under the auspices of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), have examined samples from non-virus infected patients to determine which cells of the lungs…
Young children find a parent’s hug more calming than a stranger’s
For infants as young as four months, a hug from a parent makes all the difference. A study appearing April 7 in the journal iScience examined heart rate responses in infants less than one year old during a hug and found that children as young as four months experience greater…
Children have very precise expectations about adults’ communicative actions
Adults talk to babies differently from how we would speak to other adults. Compared to how adults speak, speech directed at babies tends to have a higher, more varied pitch, greater positive affectation, it is slower and involves shorter phrases. The characteristics of this speech targeting babies has been studied…
Coronavirus: How to Make Your Own Cloth Face Mask at Home
Following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s warning last week that as many as 25 percent of people infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) may be asymptomatic, meaning they never show symptoms, the federal health agency is now advising that all Americans wear cloth face coverings when out to…