The Dangers of Facial Recognition
Facial recognition technology is everywhere, from your smartphone to the grocery store to city streets. But do we really want to be …
Animal, Vegetable, Criminal: Wildlife Lawbreakers
Wild animals carry out “criminal acts” with amazing frequency, ranging from simple breaking and entering to theft to manslaughter. …
Medical Notes: October 31, 2021
An influential government task force issues new advice about low-dose aspirin. Plus, a study finds that people with natural immunity to …
Endemic Covid: The Disease That Never Leaves
Many experts believe we have missed our chance to eliminate Covid-19, and that now it is very likely to become an endemic disease--one …
Eczema in Infancy: A Gateway for Allergies and Asthma
Doctors have learned that childhood allergies and asthma may have their start in dry, dysfunctional skin in infancy, when allergens such …
Medical Notes: October 24, 2021
A new study calls into question the six foot social distancing guidelines. Then, eating green vegetables and fiber can cut your risk of …
Are Regular People Equipped to Make Complicated Medical Decisions?
Patients have to make medical choices today that they never did before. But do they have enough information to make those choices? Are …
Headaches: More Than You Think
Headaches affect far more lives far more severely than most people realize. A sufferer and an expert physician discuss headaches and …
Medical Notes: October 17, 2021
Research shows Covid vaccines have no effect on fertility and vaccinated mothers can pass along immunity to babies in the womb. A study …
Synthetic Biology: Friend or Foe?
Researchers believe “SynBio” may eventually help address hunger, pollution, and other modern problems. Yet in the wrong hands, synthetic …
The Language of Addiction: Why words matter
Addiction specialists are seeking to change the words we use to describe addictive behaviors, as they’ve learned the wrong language …
Medical Notes: October 10, 2021
An analysis finds vaccinations could have prevented more than 340,000 Covid hospitalizations in the U.S. A new study finds people with …
Getting Through Grief
Grief is unfortunately more common during the Covid-19 pandemic. But many people don’t know what to do when their pain does not follow …
The Mind of a Musician
Music is more than a fun pastime. Studies show that especially in children, studying music rewires the brain in beneficial ways, giving …
Medical Notes: October 3, 2021
Children as young as five may soon be part of the tug of war over vaccine mandates. Then, several important studies on Covid and …
The Loneliness Epidemic
Loneliness has been increasing across all ages even before the pandemic. It’s especially noteworthy among seniors, and it can …
Trypophobia, the Fear of Clustered Holes: Odd But Common
As much as 16 percent of the population suffers from trypophobia, which makes them uneasy at the sight of holes clustered together, as …
Medical Notes: September 26, 2021
A study suggests recovery from concussions might take twice as long as we thought. Then, researchers say they have a solution for "Zoom …
Healthcare Data Breaches
Government reports say more than 265 million healthcare records have been stolen, lost, or improperly disclosed in the last decade. It …
Why We Don’t Stop Preventable Heart Attacks
Heart disease is often preventable, but how people look at it often keeps them from doing as much about it as they could. Often this is …
Medical Notes: September 19, 2021
With the Delta variant of Covid-19 spreading, far more Americans are worried about getting infected. American children and adolescents …
Forced Sterilization Still Exists in the U.S.
Entertainer Britney Spears claims in court that her conservator father won’t let her remove birth control. It’s merely the most …
Nail Biting
Nail biting is an extremely common habit, but some people bite their nails so badly and so often that they suffer damage to their hands. …
Medical Notes: September 12, 2021
A new study shows that naps don't make up for lost sleep. Then, research finds that people who have someone they can count on to listen …
