High blood pressure happens when the force of blood pushing against your artery walls is consistently too high and your heart has to work harder to pump blood around your body. If you have high blood pressure, your arteries lose their stretchiness and become stiff or narrow, and this narrowing makes it easier for fatty… Read More »
TUESDAY, Nov. 12, 2019 — More bicyclists on the road make cycling safer, but head and face injuries still occur, a new study finds. From 2008 to 2017, even as the number of bike riders increased, the number of head and face injuries stayed steady, according to researchers from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. “We… Read More »
Doritos American tortilla chips snack are displayed for sale at a supermarket (Photo by Miguel … [+] Candela/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) © 2018 SOPA Images How many times have we all mindlessly snacked on something that had that perfect crunch, flavor, texture, shape, and even color, whereby before we knew it, we were mopping… Read More »
Frankfurt, Germany, 12 November 2019 – Connected Germany will launch this month, bringing together the key stakeholders and decision makers from across the full breadth of Germany’s connectivity landscape. With over 350 participants and more than 75 speakers confirmed, including key representatives from Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom and Deutsche Glasfaser, Connected Germany will bring leading operators… Read More »
Overworked doctor trying to focus. Getty Graduating from medical school in 1978, I started my hellish internship while reading Samuel Shem’s classic, “The House of G-d,” a scathing indictment of medical education and the mercenary incentives in patient care. I found it shocking, crude at times and disillusioning—but at its core, absolutely correct about what… Read More »
“Can I use my saved allowance to buy a Pura Vida bracelet?” my 12-year-old daughter asked this past August. I didn’t think twice about saying yes. It was $ 12. But then I learned that these colorful bracelets — made by artisans in Costa Rica — are part of the larger “VSCO girl” trend, an… Read More »