Namaste noir: Yoga co-op seeks to diversify yoga to heal racialized trauma
Beverly Grant spent years juggling many roles before yoga helped her restore her balance.
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New research center at University of Warwick to explore the building blocks of childhood
The first building blocks of our lives are to be explored by a new research centre at the University of Warwick, starting from before we are even conceived right up to the age of five years old.
Missourians to vote on Medicaid expansion as crisis leaves millions without insurance
Haley Organ thought she had everything figured out. After graduating from a small private college just outside Boston, she earned her master’s degree, entered the workforce and eventually landed a corporate job here as a data analyst.
Study: Plant-based diets rich in whole carbohydrates can improve insulin sensitivity
Plant-based diets rich in whole carbohydrates can improve insulin sensitivity and other health markers in individuals with type 1 diabetes, according to two case studies published by researchers from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine in the Journal of Diabetes & Metabolism.
New CT scan technique can reduce radiation exposure
A CT scan technique that splits a full X-ray beam into thin beamlets can deliver the same quality of image at a much reduced radiation dose, according to a new UCL study.
Medicaid mystery: Millions of enrollees haven’t materialized in California
The predictions were dire: Coronavirus lockdowns would put millions of Americans out of work, stripping them of their health insurance and pushing them into Medicaid, the health insurance program for low-income people.
Adjunct professors: Jobs are low on pay and health benefits with high COVID risk
David Chatfield feels he transitioned from an unstable career in graphic design to what is becoming an even more unpredictable one in academia.
States search for ways to deal with COVID-19 testing backlogs
States frustrated by private laboratories’ increasingly long turnarounds for COVID-19 test results are scrambling to find ways to salvage their testing programs.
University of California San Diego launches new center to help conduct meaningful research in real-world settings
Throughout the history of medicine and science, researchers have frequently discovered evidence of promising ways to improve health outcomes for patients and communities — only to have those findings languish in papers published in scientific journals.
Report calls for customized evidence on optimal implementation of COVID-19 measures
Today a report was released that calls for the use of research evidence on the optimal implementation of public health interventions for COVID-19 in varied global settings.
Atlas provides harmonized data on levels of natural radiation across Europe
The European Atlas of Natural Radiation provides harmonised data on levels of natural radiation across the EU and aims to raise awareness among Europeans of living with natural radioactivity.
COVID-19 outcomes better in countries with female leaders
A thought-provoking new study published on the preprint server medRxiv on Thursday suggests that countries headed by female leaders showed better outcomes over a variety of indicators.