Life and Living
Researchers are warning U.S. leaders and health officials against national strategies for a “new normal” of life with COVID-19. The warning, published in a Journal of General Internal Medicine viewpoint, argues that talks of a new normal fail to incorporate important lessons from the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic: the significant role of […]
Shielding those vulnerable to COVID-19, while allowing the virus to spread, largely unmitigated, through the rest of the population, would have failed according to a new modelling paper published today in PLOS Global Public Health by University of Bath scientists. Shielding strategies or “focused protection,” as advocated for in the Great Barrington Declaration, would have […]
Learn eight ways to overcome stress to better relieve the emotional or physical tension it takes on your mind and body. Stress is the sensation of being under emotional or physical tension. This pressure may come from a variety of sources in your daily life. A greater workload, a disagreement with your family, or new […]
Learn the “5 A’s” to better manage stress, which includes avoiding, altering, adapting, accepting, and being active. Almost everyone will encounter some level of stress regularly, so it is crucial to discover healthy strategies to manage and minimize its effects. While stress can feel overwhelming at times, you can control it once you understand what […]
You may not always be able to avoid an anxiety attack, but here are 13 ways to manage or stop anxiety attacks when they happen Although anxiety is a normal and sometimes healthy response to stress, an anxiety attack can be scary and hit you suddenly. An anxiety attack is a sudden episode of fear […]
A year ago, amid surging COVID-19 cases and a limited supply of newly developed vaccines, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention faced a big question: Who should be at the front of the line to get a vaccine? Students living in college dorms or people living with chronic kidney disease? Grandmas or teachers? […]
A team of scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed a predictive computer model that, when tested on real pandemic data, proposed strategies that would have reduced the rate of both COVID-19 infections and deaths by an average of 72 per cent, based on a sample from four countries. The model, called […]
Do you have your own personal Guilt Monster (GM)? You know the type. Maybe your GM is an innocuous fellow. He might hide out in a small corner of your brain, causing little trouble until you stumble across him again. Then, however, he can be like a bee stinger left in your skin. A week […]
Learn how to stop the arguments before they escalate. Conflict-resolution strategies for relationships are now important more than ever. In January 2020, when you were making your New Year’s resolutions about your life and relationship, you probably never thought that you would be stuck inside with your partner for a couple of months and be […]
I’ve been up in the middle of the night a lot lately. It’s given me the opportunity to work with my own anxiety and reflect on some of the things that can be most helpful at a time like this, with so many people struggling in personal and collective ways during this pandemic. I’ve been […]