Looking for a late-night meal? America ’s closed
Hungry at 3 a.m.? Head home and go to sleep. You’re out of luck. Shift workers, bar-hoppers and night owls don’t have nearly as many late-night dining options as they did during the pre-pandemic heyday of 24-hour diners and restaurants. And it’s not just restaurants. Walmart, four years after…#yelp #hollywood #breakfast #denny #wafflehouse #alexbarakos #greek #denver #hudsonriehle #datassential (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How to Keep Your Pets Safe During the Solar Eclipse
The solar eclipse set to cross North America on Monday, April 8, has humans aflutter with anticipation, but the phenomenon, and even more so the crowds it attracts, could be disorienting and anxiety-inducing for pets.
During solar eclipses, when the sky briefly turns dark, dogs may cower, birds stop flying and grow quiet, and nocturnal creatures emerge.
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But the bigger concerns for pets, veterinarians tell TIME, are the anticipated mass gatherings. Millions are expected to travel and attend eclipse viewings that will likely provoke strong emotions in humans, which co...
Source: TIME: Science - April 7, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Mallory Moench Tags: Uncategorized Solar Eclipse 2024 Source Type: news
Mental health absences adding to NHS staffing crisis
NHS staffMore than three in ten (31%) NHS employees have had to take time off work with mental health issues in the past year, according to a UNISON survey published today (Sunday).
As the staffing crisis in the health service continues, the union says the findings – based on more than 12,000 health workers across the UK – show the effects of burnout among employees and mean many more could quit altogether.
Panic attacks, high blood pressure, chest pains and headaches are among physical signs of stress reported by nurses, porters, 999 call handlers and other NHS staff who completed the survey. Some also said they exper...
Source: UNISON Health care news - April 7, 2024 Category: UK Health Authors: Anthony Barnes Tags: News Press release mental health NHS staff Source Type: news
Can Machine Learning Predict CVD Risk? Sleep-Related Benefits of Exercise
(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center... (Source: MedPage Today Allergy)
Source: MedPage Today Allergy - April 6, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: news
Nerve Stimulation for Sleep Apnea May Not Work for All
(MedPage Today) -- Use of hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HGNS) may be effective for treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but a higher body mass index (BMI) and supine sleeping position may decrease effects, according to a retrospective cohort... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - April 5, 2024 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Sleep Disorders Increase Risk for High Health Care Use in Children With Chronic Illness
FRIDAY, April 5, 2024 -- Sleep disorders are associated with an increased risk for heightened health care utilization (HU) in children with chronic medical conditions, according to a study published online April 1 in the Journal of Clinical... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 5, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Why Heart Disease Research Still Favors Men
Published in partnership with The Fuller Project, a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to the coverage of women’s issues around the world.
Katherine Fitzgerald had just arrived at the party. Before she could even get a drink, she threw up and broke out in a sweat. “I was dizzy. I couldn’t breathe. I had heart pain,” Fitzgerald says.
She knew she was having a heart attack.
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What she didn’t know then was that the heart attack could have been prevented. Fitzgerald, a health-conscious, exercise-loving lawyer, should have been taking statin drugs to s...
Source: TIME: Health - April 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Maggie Fox Tags: Uncategorized freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
5 Gory Horror Movies On Netflix That Are Too Disturbing To Watch Alone
Learn More 5 Gory Horror Movies On Netflix That Are Too Disturbing To Watch Alone Even if you love horror movies, sometimes a scary flick can really get you spooked — to the point where maybe you sleep with all your lights on or don't even manage to nod off at all because you're so freaked out.…#annabelle #chucky #netflix #mikeflanagan #geraldgame #flanagan #stephenking #geraldburlingame #carlagugino #brucegreenwood (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nerve Zap Treatment for Sleep Apnea Less Effective in Obese People
FRIDAY, April 5, 2024 -- Obese folks are less likely to benefit from a nerve-stimulation treatment for sleep apnea that’s recently been made available to them, a new study reports.
The treatment is likely to be 75% less effective among obese... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 5, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Experts reveal the 8 things we should all do now to slash our risk of Alzheimer’s disease
Making these tweaks to your diet, exercise routine, sleep and other aspects of your life could keep your brain healthy in old age. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Ritual Effect by Michael Norton review – standing on ceremony
From Rafael Nadal ’s ball-bouncing to families’ Christmas traditions, what purpose does ritualistic behaviour serve?The adjective “ritual”, from Latin via French, means related to religious rites. (A rite, according to the OED, is “a prescribed act or observance in a religious or other solemn ceremony”.) As soon as it appeared, however, the word “ritual” could be used in a derogatory fashion to denote things empty of authentic spiritual content. In his Ecclesiastical History (1570), for example, the martyrologist John Foxe complained about two epistles erroneously (so he argued) attributed to the third-cent...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 5, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Steven Poole Tags: Society books Health, mind and body books Psychology Culture Science Source Type: news
The Super Patch Company Assembles Industry-Leading Advisory Board to Advance Wellness Technology
Imagine a world of better sleep and less pain, without relying on medication. The Super Patch Company takes a giant leap forward with a newly formed advisory board featuring top doctors and scientists. Their expertise will drive the development of innovative wellness patches, backed by... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - April 5, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PER Source Type: news
Estimating community disruption from nighttime gunshots in 6 U.S. cities, 2015 to 2021 - Robbins R, Affouf M, Masiakos PT, Iyer JM, Griggs C, Klerman EB, Sacks CA.
BACKGROUND: Gunshots affect those directly involved in an incident and those in the surrounding community. The community-level impact of nighttime gunshots, which may be particularly disruptive to the sleep of nearby community members, is unknown. ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news
Rising Threat to Americans' Healthy Sleep: Neighborhood Gunfire
THURSDAY, April 4, 2024 -- A good night ' s sleep is often hampered by caffeine, hunger, alcohol or chronic pain.
Now, America has a new cause of poor sleep: the sound of gunfire on city streets.
New research shows that gunshots are twice as likely... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 4, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Tough Work Hours in 20s, 30s Tied to Worse Health Decades Later
THURSDAY, April 4, 2024 -- A rotten work schedule in young adulthood can affect a person’s middle-aged health, a new study finds.
Young adults who worked shifts outside the usual 9-to-5 schedule were more likely to report worse sleep and... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 4, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
