The most reliable way to prolong the effect of your favorite perfume is to drop its travel version in your cosmetic bag. When this is not possible (anyway, forgetfulness is our second nature), simple rules will help keep its fragrance for the rest of the day. Where to store the perfume First of all, take…
But many patients find sleeping with a mouth guard less awkward or unpleasant than using a CPAP machine. The technical term for these appliances is mandibular advancement devices, so named because they work by pushing the lower jaw forward, which in most people helps keep the airway open. There are many variations of these gadgets…
When Paul Moser considers getting a coronavirus vaccine, he also thinks about his outstanding medical debt: $1,200 from a few urology visits that he has been unable to pay off. Mr. Moser, a 52-year-old gas station cashier in New York State, has friends who were surprised by bills for coronavirus tests, and worries the same…
It requires daily or weekly attention to maintain foreground friends, so there are necessarily a limited number of slots (four to six, maximum). Some of those may be filled by your romantic partner, parent, sibling or child. Because they are front and center, foreground friends are the ones who have the most profound impact on…
Be open to negotiating the “must dos.” As with any summer, there will be some non-negotiables when it comes to how young people spend their days. Teenagers may need to get jobs, take over chores or brush up academically. Required activities can certainly be part of a recovery-focused summer, but when possible, let teens have…
Instead, she says, the bot delivers “digital therapeutics.” And Woebot’s terms of service call it a “pure self-help” program that is not meant for emergencies. In fact, in the event of a severe crisis, Woebot says that it is programmed to recognize suicidal language and urge users to seek out a human alternative. In that…
Army scientists working as part of an international consortium have developed and tested an antibody-based therapy to treat Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV), which is carried by ticks and kills up to 60 percent of those infected. Their results are published online today in the journal Cell. Using blood samples donated by disease survivors, the…
Despite a name straight from a Tarantino movie, natural killer (NK) cells are your allies when it comes to fighting infections and cancer. If T cells are like a team of specialist doctors in an emergency room, NK cells are the paramedics: They arrive first on the scene and perform damage control until reinforcements arrive.…
Researchers world-wide are focused on clearing the toxic mutant Huntingtin protein that leads to neuronal cell death and systemic dysfunction in Huntington’s disease (HD), a devastating, incurable, progressive neurodegenerative genetic disorder. Scientists in the Buck Institute’s Ellerby lab have found that the targeting the protein called FK506-binding protein 51 or FKBP51 promotes the clearing of…
BALTIMORE, June 1, 2021 – Kennedy Krieger Institute is one of 15 institutions across the U.S. that recently received a Center of Excellence designation or redesignation from the International Rett Syndrome Foundation (IRSF). This special honor recognizes Kennedy Krieger’s dedication to providing best-in-class clinical care for patients with Rett syndrome, a rare neurological and developmental…