Category: 4. Health

A 2023 report on PsychologyToday.com suggested that anger in American is at an all-time high. The rise of anger in this country has been discussed in a variety of media outlets. For example, a 2024 report on Travel.alot.com provided a list of the angriest states of America based on statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, internet comments, and the FBI’s hate crime data. According to this list, Alabama was ranked as the…

There have been concerns about the side effects of ADHD medications but the new findings, coupled with other studies, suggest that the benefits of taking these medications outweigh the risks, while highlighting the need for careful monitoring.

The study, published in The Lancet Psychiatry, conducted the largest…

Released today, the report reveals Australia has experienced a 37 per cent increase in excess heat factor over the past 20 years.

Lead author and Director of the Lancet Countdown Centre in Oceania, Professor Paul Beggs from Macquarie University, says these findings underscore the importance of long-term…

The research, published in The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, found that exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) and fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) is linked to lower scores in key cognitive abilities, particularly language skills.

NO₂ mainly enters the atmosphere through fuel combustion, originating from emissions of vehicles like cars,…

She was crying. I slowly walked into her room startled.

Despite her longstanding condition of diabetes with many complications, she was optimistic and usually had a beaming face. I rushed to her side concerned about her tears. Her toe had been amputated because of an infection causing unbearable pain. I asked her what was wrong.

To my surprise, she said between her sobs, “They… took… my hair tie! First my toe… and now my hair’s… a mess!”

A problem I could somewhat easily…

With hundreds of millions of dollars of federal grants being abruptly…

The Senate Judiciary…

A man in Florida recently visited a Tiffany & Co jewelry store posing as a buyer for a professional US athlete. While viewing the items, together worth well over £1 million, the thief tried to grab them and run from the store.

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Each year, nearly half a million people worldwide die from brain aneurysms. In the U.S., an estimated 6.7 million people have an unruptured brain aneurysm, which means about one in 50 people might have one.

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