In a new study, Penn State College of Nursing Project Director Erica Husser—a developmental gerontologist with a passion for nature and older women’s health—investigated the
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Thousands of words, big and small, are crammed inside our memory banks just waiting to be swiftly withdrawn and strung into sentences. In a recent
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We all perceive smells differently and that’s why one person’s pleasant perfume can be another’s nauseating pong, a UNSW researcher explains. Dr. James Hayes, of
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When epidemiologists talked about “flattening the curve,” they probably didn’t mean it this way: the US hit its peak coronavirus caseload in April, but since
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In Australia, more than 1.1 million people currently have type 2 diabetes. A host of potential complications associated with the disease mean a 45-year-old diagnosed
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In the 1970s, an epidemic of mysterious arthritis-like symptoms began spreading among children in the lushly wooded area around Lyme, Connecticut. Scientists traced the cause
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By now, we’re all familiar with the immense strain the COVID-19 pandemic has placed on our health care system, with many medical facilities across the
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Whether or not you are a smoker could determine how the coronavirus affects you. At least that is what numerous researchers are saying, insisting that
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Whether it is loud machinery at work, a busy freeway or a nearby airport, many people are exposed to high levels of noise. Two new
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DR MAX PEMBERTON: Why some of us cope so well with this crisis while others really struggle One of the things I find fascinating about
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