This article originally appeared in the December 2020 issue of Men’s Health. DAVID DOBRIK is one of the internet’s most successful personalities, reaching an audience of millions via Vine, YouTube, and most recently TikTok, cooking up viral video after viral video thanks to a combination of hustle, humor, and go-all-out intensity. But 2020 offered Dobrik […]
Everything You Need to Know about the Relationship of Soon-to-Be Parents Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid
It’s hard to stay realistically optimistic these days primarily because of the Covid-19 pandemic that has left all of us unsure of what the future might still hold for us. But, every now and then, there are news that give us hope, including reports that reveal Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik are expecting their first bundle of […]
Does your pain feel different in English and Spanish?
We take for granted the fact that feelings such as love, happiness, or pain are described with different words and expressions across languages. But are these differences in the ways we express these feelings in different languages also tied to differences in the sensations themselves? Would a painful event like a stubbed toe or a […]
Access routes and asking prices: Getting drugs to cancer patients
What’s a fair price for a drug? How can we make sure more patients have access to the latest treatments? And how can we speed up the whole process of bringing drugs to cancer patients? These are tough questions, and stakeholders from across the life sciences spectrum have very different approaches to answering them. So […]
COVID-19 vaccines: How Pfizer’s and Moderna’s 95% effective mRNA shots work
The COVID-19 pandemic has driven a massive allocation of resources towards producing solutions, from identifying life-saving medications, tracking how the virus spreads and ultimately to preventing infection with vaccines. As a physician scientist, I study how the virus has evolved over the pandemic, since any changes in the virus could also change the effectiveness of […]
Sophie Turner Reveals Her and Joe Jonas' Daughter Willa's Birthday
Super subtle! Sophie Turner shared her and Joe Jonas’ daughter Willa’s birthday with a new necklace. Sophie Turner’s Baby Bump Pics Ahead of Her 1st Child “Thank you @jenniferfisherjewelry,” the Game of Thrones alum, 24, captioned a Sunday, November 15, Instagram Story selfie. The actress rocked a white tee with layered gold necklaces, one reading […]
Warfarin use significantly increases risk of knee and hip replacement in people with OA
New research presented at ACR Convergence, the American College of Rheumatology’s annual meeting, shows that use of warfarin, a vitamin K drug widely prescribed to prevent blood clots, is associated with a significantly greater risk of knee and hip replacements in patients with osteoarthritis (ABSTRACT #0934). Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common joint disease that most […]
Q And A: COVID-19 testing for children
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have two children under 10 who just returned to school in person. The school announced updated requirements that when children return to school from being sick, they will need to have a negative COVID-19 test. Since my daughters are not good patients, I’m concerned about how to prepare them if they […]
How contact tracing has evolved and ways to get through the next COVID-19 wave
As positive COVID-19 cases spike across the country, the role of contact tracing becomes even more important. Contact tracing is the process of identifying those who may have been exposed to someone with COVID-19, assessing the risk of their exposure and facilitating quarantine when indicated Early in the pandemic, Dr. Laura Breeher, a preventive medicine […]
Aging in place: Home is where our heart and health is
Age may well be just a number, but it will inevitably catch up to us. Physically, and mentally, we just won’t be able to do the things we once could. But with a little bit of help, we could delay the move into the aged care system and be happier and healthier for it. Internationally, […]