Healthcare

Scientists Investigate the Personalities and Predictability of Farmed Calves

The study indicates the existence of exploratory and active personality types in farmed calves.Using top-notch sensor technologies, experts at the University of Nottingham have found that calves reared on ranches not only vary considerably in their movement and space patterns. However, likewise, some calves are also more predictable in their habits than others.Individual personality...

Why Do Women Feel the Cold more than Men?

A woman feeling the cold inside a house. Credit: iStock.We all have distinct preferences for when it is the correct time to draw out winter blankets. And the thermostat's setup frequently forms the basis of office debates between women and men concerning the "appropriate" temperature for it to be configured.Between the sexes, there is...

New Project Investigates How to Improve Mother’s Psychological Health

Credit: iStock/sutlafkNew mothers can access free online self-care resources to assist them in dealing with the challenges of motherhood. They gave the courses as part of an ongoing research trial by The University of Queensland.The program is examining better ways to tend to the psychological well-being of the mothers, specifically in supporting them in...

Imprisoned Zolpidem Pharmacist Struck off the Register

Credit: Hull Live.SOLIHULL - A pharmacist imprisoned last year for steering large quantities of resting pills to the black market was struck off the register, after a recent GPhC hearing.The remote fitness to a practice committee hearing on May 24-25 heard that Dean Dookhan, who worked as a pharmacist in Northbrook Pharmacy in Solihull,...

Scent Dogs Detect Coronavirus Accurately from Skin Swabs

Dogs to detect COVID-19. Credit: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.A current research by the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital affirmed that scent detection dogs can be taught to recognize people with a coronavirus infection from skin swabs. In the experimental set-up at Finland's Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport, the dogs' accuracy in...

Exercise and Lengthy COVID Syntoms

Research study: Signs and symptom variant, connections, and relationship to physical activity in Long Covid: an intensive longitudinal study. Credit: The Science Advisory board.In a recent study posted to the medRxiv preprint web server. Researchers reviewed associations between physical activity as well as long coronavirus disease (COVID) signs.History Post-acute sequelae of COVID 2019 (COVID-19)...

Three Reasons an Amazing Patient Experience Commences in the Waiting Room

Credit: The Symphony Agence.All of us know that the healthcare market is continuously altering and advancing. Patients frequently expect nothing less than the best possible care and experience when they get into a dental practice. What the majority of us do not realize is that a great patient experience begins even before the patient...

Infant Infections May Expand the Possibility of Heart Illnesses Later in Life

A study led by the Murdoch Children Research Institute (MCRI) found that multiple infections in infancy could put adults at a higher risk of heart disease, obesity, stroke, and type 2 diabetes.A possible relation between infant infections and the chance of heart disease has been discoveredNewborns have weakened body immune systems. Therefore, they are...

Why Does My Pet Cat Wake Me Up So Early, And Also What Can I Do About It?

Credit: ShutterstockYou have an meeting conference in the early morning and your pet cat wakes you at 4 am. Why? And also what can you do to stop this from occurring again?Although cats are developed for night-time activity, during domestication they have adapted to the human way of living.Domestic felines tend to be most...

A Computer Science Technique Might Assist Determine When The Pandemic is ‘Over’

The world wants the pandemic to end and life to return to normal. When will that happen? Marc Fernandes/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesIn early 2022, nearly 2 years after Covid was stated a pandemic by the World Health Organization, experts are mulling a big concern: when is a pandemic "over"?So, what's the response? What standards should...